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I play many games, most from Steam, but the most recent one I've been enjoying is a Viking inspired survival game called Valheim. It reminds me of The Forest but feels less scary somehow despite all the monsters that are hunting you, and has a Minecraft vibe in the way you build and harvest stuff from the environment. I love that it takes physics into account when you build, so you have to actually consider your materials and design as you build.

It takes a little while to get yourself established, and is definitely a lot more fun with friends, but even playing solo it's worth it for the folklore-like vibe and the ambience of the music and the biomes. I LOVE that it lets you use the same character on multiple servers, meaning that you don't have to start over every time your friend invites you to play on a new server. You can bounce easily from server to server and still keep your gear and skill points.

There's heaps of different monsters you can fight, including powerful boss mobs. Don't feel like fighting? Then take some time to gather materials and build a Viking fort instead! You can also go hunting and fishing, treasure hunting, track down a mysterious trader in the wilderness to buy stuff from him, and you can even build yourself a ship and go exploring across the seas. This game has HUGE maps, and like Minecraft, you have several biomes that you can explore in order to obtain different resources.

The game is in early access still, and the devs are promising more to come on game content- personally, I could really use a horse or something, as currently we are stuck running everywhere on our own two feet, and having a mount would more fun! There's a few bugs and glitches that they're working out, but over all, I am looking forward to more!

If you want to give it a try, let me know, and I can introduce you to the game via my own personal server. <3

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory insp

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