Raiders of the North Sea

Buy86%

Very Positive · 265 player reviews · Low confidence

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS

Dire Wolf · Strategy · Jul 30, 2019

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Price
$7.49−50%
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
29
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio0 of 5
Subtitles0 of 5

Should I buy Raiders of the North Sea?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 265 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 193 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise17% are divided25% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
18 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Raiders of the North Sea is a good board game with clever worker placement system that involves slowly "upgrading" the shared pool of workers over the course of the game through your actions, which gives the game almost a "competitive coop" feel: everyone is working toward the goal of raiding the fortresses, and it's a race to see who can score the most points in working toward that shared goal.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
17 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
It retains the signature rhythm and strategic flow of the tabletop original while enhancing the experience with clean interface design, animated boards, and a Viking atmosphere that feels lively without overwhelming the underlying mechanics.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
15 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
For it's asking price, the game offers a couple nice tutorials, a campaign mode, where each game/stage has some special rules, a standard versus AI, with decent computer challenge.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
14 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
This is a good worker placement board game with relatively simple mechanics and a nice viking vibe.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
13 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Dire Wolf’s interface faithfully reproduces the art style of the board game while adding clarity and fluid animations that make the board feel alive.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
11 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Does get the feeling of playing a board game really well, the difficulty is very well adjusted, very recommended to anybody into tabletop games

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Co-op18 reviews
Interface17 reviews
Story15 reviews
Gameplay14 reviews
Graphics13 reviews
Difficulty11 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
100% still recommend
Bugs
33% still recommend
Players complain
Multiplayer
52% still recommend
Crashes
0% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
25% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest
$7.49$14.99−50%

The lowest we've tracked is $4.49.

7 points recordedtoday · $7.49

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