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Sonderland · Published by Sonderland
Mostly Positive — 76% positive (475 reviews) · 15 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Face the judgment of winter’s deadly toll as you lead the first Viking clans to settle Iceland in this non-violent, rogue-lite survival base builder.
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Strategy · 2023 · More £5 - £15 games
Landnama challenges you to build and survive in a non-violent base-building experience set during the first Viking settlements. Navigate treacherous landscapes, making tough decisions that shape your clan's fate.
About this game
In the 9th century, Vikings crossed the sea to establish the first settlements in Iceland, documented for the ages in the great book of Landnama. Select a clan and attempt to settle this unwelcoming land, but you’ll need to choose your strategy wisely to survive the ever increasingly harsh toll of winter and complete your saga.
The thrill of a dungeon crawler with the vibe of a city builder, Landnama is a survival strategy game that forces you to carefully decide your next step. Explore the land and discover hidden challenges and powerful landmarks. Build your settlement and brace for the punishing Winter’s Toll. Settle each region with differently skilled clans while facing ever increasing challenges and no second chances.
Only one resource exists in the game, Heart, but it must be invested wisely. Heart can be gained in many ways, whether you want to focus on exploring the land as a hunting clan or by building your settlement into a thriving production hub. Establish a completed settlement before winter takes your final heart, but how you get there is up to you.
This isn't your typical Viking game, there is no combat or raiding. These are farmers, explorers, and builders. But conflict isn’t missing, it comes in the form of a harsh winter that you’ll need every bit of your focus to survive.
Landnama is a taxing race against time with an ever present ticking clock pushing you always closer to winter, but it’s also a beautiful world where you can freeze time and enjoy the atmospheric music and art. Explore in detail the settlement you’ve built and the animated denizens that populate it.
We’re a small, passionate team of friends that are excited about bringing you a different kind of Viking game. We hope you enjoy it and appreciate your support!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Support for OpenGL 3.1
- Storage: 250 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
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v2.3.2 Icelandic, Traditional Chinese and more!
Hi everyone! We're releasing a small update, together with two new languages! And not just any language... the game is now available in Icelandic thanks to our friends from Nörd Norðursins! ❤️ Changelog: Added Added Icelandic localization Added Traditional Chinese localization You can now retry submitting highscores in case of network errors Changed Reorganized bottom bar to give it more space Trimmed the tutorial to make it easier to digest for new players When you're about to lose heart due to the maximum, we no longer jiggle the maximum but show a proper tooltip with the house icon to make this easier to understand for new players Thanks! Mario, Michael & Mathias - SonderlandRead full article on Community Announcements (ehmprah)Patch NotesOfficial
v2.3.1 Changelog
Fixed Fixed an exploit where you could unlock infinite perk stacks Fixed an exploit where you could gain unlimited mastery points Fixed upgrade progress not appearing on home tile when triggering the next during an ongoing upgrade Fixed two issues with the focus navigation between renown screen buttonsRead full article on Community Announcements (ehmprah)Patch NotesOfficial
Content Update 2.3 Out Now
Hi everyone, today we're excited to release a new content update for the game and a few other changes! In this patch, we introduce a new game mode called the "Weekly Gauntlet". This mode has been teased in our previous post and you had the chance to playtest it on the beta branch and give feedback - thanks to all who participated and gave feedback, we've made some adjustments and it is now added to the game. The Weekly Gauntlet offers introduces a new element: alternate win conditions! You will be challenged to complete a series of three tasks and settlements without losing, each featuring a different objective to complete. The set of tasks will reset every week on Wednesdays and add in a new rotation. Each week, you will have three attempts at completing the tasks and top the leaderboard! We are looking forward to extending some elements to other game modes if you guys like this new kind of challenge and look forward to your feedback ❤️ See you in Iceland! Mario, Michael & Mathias Changelog: Added Weekly Gauntlet: a new game mode where you compete in a weekly leaderboard, completing a series of settlements with alternative win conditions Changed Re-designed the top bar to display both the tasks and homestead update progress Improved button highlight visibility Improved readability of bottom UI bar Increased and streamlined size of input prompts everywhere Increased minimum font size for better readability on small screens Fixed Fixed an issue where Expeditions wouldn't unlock Achievements Fixed an issue where the amount of available mastery points in the home menu wouldn't show immediately after upgrade completion Fixed an issue where you would lose button focus when switching between clans and perks on the renown screen Fixed an crash upon exploring two tiles at the same time when there are no more events left Fixed Sacred Meadow build duration (12 -> 6)Read full article on Community Announcements (Lxsd-)AnnouncementsOfficial
v2.3 Beta Branch Available
Hi everyone! We've just opened a beta branch for Landnama's v2.3 content update which brings a brand new game mode with alternate win conditions: the Weekly Gauntlet! It is available for play testing already and we would love to hear your feedback, suggestions... and bug reports. In the Gauntlet, you are challenged to complete three tasks in a succession without failing. Each task introduces a new win condition to the settlement for which you will have to strategize and make the best of the randomly selected region and clan. Choose your task, complete all of them and win the Gauntlet! Here's a sneak peak at the new tasks and win conditions for the mode: Build 10 houses Reach 10 production with the Gothi Produce a 100 Heart with one of the production buildings Explore 10 sea tiles Reach 15 production with one of your production buildings Build 10 buildings around curiosities or landmark Reach 5 production with each production buildings Each week, a new selection of tasks, regions and clans will be added for you to complete in a maximum of three attempts. We are looking forward to hearing what you think. See you in Iceland! Mario, Michael & Mathias Warning: only localized in English for now switching to the beta branch will invalidate saga / daily / expedition, so they should move those somewhere else if they want to keep 'em (simply copy the whole folder or finish your in-progress games first) How to test: Head over to your Steam library and right click on Landnama > Properties > Betas Select "beta - Content Update v2.3 Beta" Hit Play (you might have to restart the Steam client) Select "Weekly Gauntlet" in the main menu selection of game modesRead full article on Community Announcements (Lxsd-)Patch NotesOfficial
Content Update 2.2 Out Now
Hi everyone! Our next free content update is now live and brings balancing changes, some visual improvements, quality of life features, two new clans to unlock, new daily trial modifiers and a new difficulty level! The Mastery system has been changed to grant more points (from 3 to a total of 6 now). The design goal is to make the choice less restrictive, the power curve steeper and generally allow you to have more tools at your disposal to tackle challenging maps. You will be able to try more versatile builds depending on the needs. Support production buildings (all except Shipbuilder) can now also be built on any biome type (except Glacier). With this change, we want to allow you to create more interesting and fun synergies by connecting production lines which the biome type hard requirement was preventing in most cases. We also swapped the default and quality bonus for Hallowed Grounds (and halved their build times) so the Gothi/Hallowed buildings are much less dependant on RNG and become more accessible. We hope you like the changes and wish you happy holidays! Mathias, Mario & Michael P.S.: Some of the changes we made unfortunately made the save games incompatible; once you update and play the new version, any previously saved sagas, expeditions or daily trials will be reset. Changelog: Added The Wise clan: Starts with an extra mastery point and completes upgrades twice as fast The Curious clan: Starts with a curiosity close to home and gets 10 maximum heart for each discovered curiosity New Daily Trial: Start with 6 mastery points New Daily Trial: Everything is completed instantly A new difficulty level where you have to scale production to 70 while fighting a more aggressive winter Inactive buildings are now highlighted on the map Changed You now get 2 and 3 mastery points on the second and third upgrade respectively (for a total of six points!) Revamped the home and mastery menus for more clarity and better usability Kiln, Weaver, Carpenter and Tanner can no...Read full article on Community Announcements (ehmprah)
