Valheim: How many players can you host on one server?

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You don’t have to prove your worth alone! Valheim is best played with friends, but how many players does Valheim support? We’ve got everything you need to know.

You might not know too much about Valheim right now, but it’s one of the hottest co-op survival games on Steam at the moment.

Although, that doesn’t mean you can play with all your friends. Here’s everything you need to know about how many players can fit in one Valheim game.

How many players can play Valheim?

Valheim can be played as both a single-player experience, or co-operatively with a few friends.

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However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a server cap. The developers themselves have stated that Valheim is best played with a couple of friends and for that reason, their servers are capped at 10 players.

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Iron Gate doesn’t provide any official servers, so any multiplayer servers you play on are player-to-player and session based. However, you can download a Dedicated Server application from Steam if that’s more your style.

What is Valheim all about anyway?

Valheim may look a little low-res, but that’s the whole point! We’re not sure whether this was a decision that was made with performance in mind, or just a stylistic choice, but it works better than it should!

” The visuals are inspired by the early days of 3D graphics, like the style seen in PS1 titles and old DOS-era 3D games (before hardware acceleration and texture filtering was a thing).”

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Valheim takes inspiration from Norse mythology and pits players against an array of beasts and creatures ripped straight from your favourite tales from Norse mythology.

” Prove your worth to Odin by helping him reclaim the long forgotten lands of Valheim. Survive in Valheim’s hostile environments by gathering resources, building outposts and farms, and slaying the monsters that stand in your way. Work up your courage and strength to take on the nine Forsaken Ones to free Valheim from their grasp.”

For more FAQ’s on Valheim, you can find Iron Gates’ FAQ page here.

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