One-off purchase
Valheim cost to play
Valheim's Steam Charts figures: a 498,478 all-time peak, what it costs on Steam UK, and the age ratings Steam lists.
Valheim gameplay, images and trailer
© Coffee Stain Publishing, Valheim trailer “Deep North Animated Trailer” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £23.49: Cheapest standard price: Valheim (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 189k Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- Steam Germany 16, DEJUS 12 (no PEGI rating in Steam data): Age rating
- Released
- 9 September 2026
- Developer
- Iron Gate AB
- Publisher
- Coffee Stain Publishing
- Platforms
- PC
- Age rating
- Steam Germany 16, DEJUS 12 (no PEGI rating in Steam data)
- Genre
- Open world, Co-op, Action
- Modes
- Single-player, Multiplayer, Co-op
On this page
Valheim player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Players now
- 189,415
- Steam, 5 Nov 2026
- Peak, last 30 days
- 223,559
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 307,757
- 110,174 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +894%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 498,478
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Is Valheim dead?
No. Valheim peaked at 307,757 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 110,174 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 263% on the three months before. These are Steam players only.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 110,174 | 307,757 | +893.6% |
| August 2026 | 15,759 | 30,973 | −11.7% |
| July 2026 | 17,923 | 35,085 | +11.4% |
| June 2026 | 15,533 | 31,485 | −10.3% |
| May 2026 | 16,370 | 35,091 | −3.3% |
| April 2026 | 18,277 | 36,273 | −17.0% |
| March 2026 | 21,096 | 43,714 | −6.0% |
| February 2026 | 22,466 | 46,486 | −3.8% |
| January 2026 | 22,868 | 48,333 | +23.7% |
| December 2025 | 17,999 | 39,064 | −8.0% |
| November 2025 | 19,819 | 42,468 | −12.2% |
| October 2025 | 21,922 | 48,368 | – |
What Valheim costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valheim (Steam UK, standard price) | £23.49 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 5 Nov 2026 |
How Valheim is rated
GamesChart Score
82.9, #289 of 3,236 rated games
#3 of 2026 · #60 of the 2020s · #77 in Indie · #157 on Nintendo
Critics
Players
Built from 501,470 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #288
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Valheim questions
How many people play Valheim?
Over the 30 days to 5 November 2026 Valheim peaked at 189,415 players online at once on Steam, with an average of about 74,616, according to Steam Charts. Its all-time Steam peak is 498,478, in February 2021. Steam Charts counts the Steam version only.
What age rating is Valheim?
Valve's Steam store data lists 16 in Germany and 12 in Brazil. It shows no PEGI rating, and the PEGI database has no entry for it.
How much does Valheim cost in the UK?
Valheim (Steam UK, standard price): £23.49. Prices checked 5 November 2026.
Is Valheim free to play?
No. Valheim is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
What is Valheim's all-time Steam peak?
498,478 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Valheim (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 223,559. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Valheim dead?
No. Valheim peaked at 307,757 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 110,174 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are up 263% on the three months before. These are Steam players only.
Do these Valheim player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Valheim?
Valheim is developed by Iron Gate AB and published by Coffee Stain Publishing.
Valheim is a Viking survival game for one to ten players from Iron Gate AB. Steam gives its release date as 9 September 2026, and Steam Charts has figures back to February 2021. This page covers the Steam version on PC.
Players
Valheim player count: the 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 189,415 concurrent players on 5 November 2026, with an average of about 74,616. About 58,506 were playing when we checked. The all-time Steam peak is 498,478, in February 2021.
Monthly peaks: 307,757 in September 2026, the month Steam now gives as its release date, and 223,559 in October. Steam Charts only counts the Steam version.
How it plays
Valheim is an exploration and survival game for one to ten players, in a procedurally generated world inspired by Norse mythology. You play a Viking sent to prove yourself to Odin, gathering resources, crafting weapons and building anything from a small shelter to a mountainside fortress.
The world is split into biomes, each with its own enemies and resources, and you sail between them. Progress comes from defeating regional bosses called the Forsaken, using axes, blades and bows that you craft along the way. You can play alone or with up to nine friends.
What it costs
On Steam UK, Valheim costs £23.49 at standard price.
Age rating
Valve's Steam store data lists 16 in Germany, for violence, alcohol and tobacco, and 12 in Brazil. It shows no PEGI rating, and the PEGI database had no entry for it when we searched on 6 November 2026, so there is no official PEGI rating to show.
How we checked
We read the Steam UK listing, Valve's Steam store data and Steam Charts on 5 November 2026, and searched the PEGI database on 6 November 2026. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from Coffee Stain Publishing's Valheim Steam store page. © Coffee Stain Publishing. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Coffee Stain Publishing.
Official links: Steam
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Valheim Steam store screenshots (Coffee Stain Publishing), published by store.steampowered.com
- Valheim on Steam (Coffee Stain Publishing) – UK price and release date, published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam store data for app 892970 (Valve) – UK price, age ratings and features, published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam Charts – Valheim, published by steamcharts.com
- PEGI database search (no entry, 6 Nov 2026), published by pegi.info
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