Northgard

Northgard: Norse Mythology-Based Real-Time Strategy Game

Explore a world of Norse mythology, build and manage your Viking clan, gather resources, trade with others, and engage in real-time strategy combat.

What is Northgard?

Northgard is a real-time strategy game developed by Shiro Games and released in 2017. The game is set in a fantasy world based on Norse mythology, where the playable factions are Viking clans.

The main gameplay revolves around establishing and growing a settlement by assigning your clan members to various tasks like building structures, harvesting resources, researching technologies, and exploration. Resources like wood, food, lore, stone, and gold are necessary to produce units and construct buildings.

There is a single player campaign mode that has a story-driven narrative guiding you through different scenarios. There is also a skirmish mode for playing against AI opponents, an online multiplayer mode for competing against human players, and a ranked ladder system.

Key features of Northgard include:

• Beautiful voxel-style graphics with varied biomes like forests, farmlands, mountains, and frozen wastelands
• Six unique Viking clans, each with different bonuses, units, structures, and playstyles
• Resource management involving prioritizing food, wood, gold and other resources
• Territory control via expanding and defending borders with watch towers
• Emphasis on exploration and discovery on procedurally generated maps
• Single player campaign with cutscenes and set missions
• Online multiplayer with casual and ranked game modes
• AI opponents across multiple difficulty settings

Northgard has received positive reviews for its blend of city-building, exploration, and conquest with Norse style visuals and gameplay. Fans of real-time strategy titles should check it out, especially those wanting Viking-themed base construction and battle mechanics.

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