Valheim
Developers | |
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Iron Gate Studio | |
Publishers | |
Coffee Stain Studios | |
Engines | |
Unity | |
Release dates | |
Windows | Early access |
Linux | Early access |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Survival, Adventure |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Fantasy |
Valheim is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person survival and adventure game.
The game was released to early access on February 2, 2021 on Steam, reaching over three million sales 17 days later.[1]
General information
Essential improvements
Improve the performance in OpenGL mode on Linux for AMD/Intel
Running the game with mesa_glthread=true %command%
on Steam greatly improves the performance when running on Linux with Mesa driver library for AMD/Intel GPUs in order to utilize multiple CPU cores. Not required in Mesa 21.1
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\ |
Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/prefs |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\ |
Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/IronGate/Valheim/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
HUD Settings
Hide HUD
The default hotkey to toggle the HUD is Ctrl+F3 |
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Exclusive Fullscreen mode
Command line parameter[2] |
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Force Vulkan on Windows
Command line parameter[3] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Bulgarian | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Romanian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 10 | Co-op, Versus PVP can be turned on. Off by default |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Dedicated |
Issues fixed
Game runs poorly on Vulkan in AMD on Linux
Force OpenGL mode |
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Run the game with |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | Alternate API on Linux |
Vulkan | 1.2 | Default API on Linux |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.6 GHz Quad Core | Intel Core i5 3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 AMD Radeon HD 7970 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 |
Other | Broadband Internet connection |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Any up to date version | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.6 GHz Dual Core | Intel Core i5 3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 AMD Radeon HD 7970 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 |
Other | Broadband Internet connection |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.