Every so often, a game comes out of nowhere, and becomes a huge hit for one reason or another.
This 2021, one such game is Valheim.
You might not have played Valheim yet, but there's no doubt that you've heard of it. It's impossible to not have had to, as it's taken over Steam completely, seeing as it's only taken the game a week to surpass one million in sales and less than two weeks to hit two million.
With that said, scroll down below to find out more about Valheim and what makes this game so popular.
What is Valheim?
Valheim is a co-op Viking survival game with some added fantasy and role-playing elements along with a plot based loosely on Norse mythology.
The game's developers, Iron Gate, is a studio based in Sweden, and its publishers are Coffee Stain, who previously developed a hit indie title that may have already heard of and played with the name, Goat Simulator.
