Valheim
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
- Developer
- Iron Gate AB
- Publisher
- Coffee Stain Publishing
- Released
- Sep 9, 2026
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Metacritic
- 89 ↗
- Website
- valheim.com ↗
How many people are playing Valheim?
Valheim had 56,617 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 2, 2026, 23:00 UTC, down 26% from 76,596 a day earlier. As of Nov 2, 2026, 23:00 UTC, it ranks #14 of the 502 games tracked here, down 3 places from #11 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 14, 2026 is 287,246, on Sep 20, 2026; the latest reading is 20% of that.
Over the last four weeks, Valheim has been busiest during the evening in Europe, with the busiest hour around 20:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent Valheim updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Sep 9, 2026 Major update Valheim 1.0 Has Arrived! ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Feb 2, 2026 Regular update Patch 0.221.10 – Five Years of Valheim! ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Sep 9, 2025 Regular update Patch 0.221.4 – Call To Arms ↗ Not tracked the week before
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