Valheim Surpasses 5 Million Players

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Last Updated on: 4th March 2021, 11:42 am

Valheim has been sailing on full-speed since its release last month, steadily breaking marks and growing its fan-base more and more!

Now its developing team revealed that only 10 days after reaching the 4 million players mark, Valheim passed the insane mark of 5 million active players.

To celebrate the achievement, the developing team wrote a message to its players, featuring some curious statistics.

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Check out the full message bellow:

Vikings!

You’ve done it again! As you are reading this, the Valkyries have ferried more than FIVE MILLION souls to Valheim to uncover ancient treasures, sail savage seas and secure the tenth norse world.

During the little time you’ve spent in Valheim, all five million of you managed to:

We watch with pride and excitement, and struggle to find the right words to express our gratitude to you, the community. Exciting new milestones lie ahead, and we for one cannot wait to show you more of the game as we journey through our 2021 Roadmap.

– Spend more than 15,000 years playing Valheim
– Watch more than 35 million hours of gameplay Twitch
– Pushed us to number 39 in the best user reviewed games on Steam of all time
– Made our five-person strong team excited to come to work (virtually) each and every single day (that’s one person per million sales, by the way!)

May Frey bless you with a plentiful harvest, and may Heimdall watch over your settlement. Oh, and if you see an oversized mosquito, run.

Praise Odin!”

– The Iron Gate Team

Valheim was released on February 2, 2021. The game is currently available for PC via Steam Early Access. Check out the game’s launch trailer, and its official synopsis below.

“A battle-slain warrior, the Valkyries have ferried your soul to Valheim, the tenth Norse world. Besieged by creatures of chaos and ancient enemies of the gods, you are the newest custodian of the primordial purgatory, tasked with slaying Odin’s ancient rivals and bringing order to Valheim.

Your trials begin at the disarmingly peaceful centre of Valheim, but the gods reward the brave and glory awaits. Venture forth through imposing forests and snow-capped mountains, explore and harvest more valuable materials to craft deadlier weapons, sturdier armor, viking strongholds and outposts. Build a mighty longship and sail the great oceans in search of exotic lands … but be wary of sailing too far…”

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Don’t miss out on one of the biggest successes of 2021. Go and prove your worth alongside the other five million players in Valheim!