Expeditions: Viking similar games & best alternatives

Expeditions: Viking

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

Circa 790 AD. A small band of Norse warriors lands on the shores of England. History may have forgotten their names, but their actions live on. As the chieftain of your clan, let ambition guide your choices in the party-based RPG Expeditions: Viking. How will history remember you?

What works

  • Engaging story with meaningful choices
  • Tactical turn-based combat
  • Deep character and party customization
  • Immersive viking historical setting
  • Replayability with multiple endings

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Time limits can cause pressure
  • Ui and inventory management can be clunky
  • Combat can become repetitive
  • Graphics and camera have limitations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Expeditions: Conquistador

  • Expeditions: Rome

  • Urban Strife

  • Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

  • Pillars of Eternity

  • Wasteland 3

More fantastical

Games that feels like Expeditions: Viking but with more imaginative fiction

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

  • Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

  • Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

  • Battle Chasers: Nightwar

  • Zoria: Age of Shattering

Less social

Games that feels like Expeditions: Viking but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Tower of Time

  • Those Who Rule

  • Dice Gambit

  • Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

  • Sword of Convallaria

  • Wartales

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Expeditions: Viking: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 04/08/2026