Configure Valheim on the computer

Valheim is an emerging name in the gaming community and is standing in the top of the Steam Early Access sales chart. This is a Viking-style survival action game that is very attractive to many gamers around the world.

On February 10th, just 8 days after its debut. Developer Iron Gate announced that Valheim had sold 1 million copies, and just five days later the number had grown to 2 million.

The current number of Valheim players is second only to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO). This is a game that has set a record when it reached more than 391,000 players at the same time. Breaking GTA V off that top 10 chart.

How to play Valheim?

With a 1-10-player co-op mechanism, this is an open world survival game that is very suitable for a team of friends to play together.

In Valheim, players will play the role of mighty Viking warriors. You will have to collect items, craft weapons, build buildings . in a simple way. No need to spend a lot of time building the necessary things as you gather new ingredients. Crafting recipe will automatically unlock, it can be said that the gameplay of Valheim will be similar to Minecraft.

A little difference is that in Valheim, you will have to fight legendary monsters to prove to the hordes of legendary monsters in the afterlife to prove your worth to the supreme god Odin. help them step into paradise.

With mythological elements combined with a unique context, that's why a game in the open-world survival genre is not new, but very attractive to players recently.

Minimum configuration Valheim on PC

Like most games on the current PC, although released in 2021, the configuration requirements of Valheim are not too high. A PC with below average configuration can still experience Valheim smoothly.

1. OS: Windows 7 and above (64bit)
2. CPU: Minimum 2.6 GHz Dual Core or similar
3. RAM memory:  4 GB
4. Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 500 series or similar
5. DirectX: Version 11
6. Required hard drive space: 1 GB of available space

Recommended configuration Valheim on PC

1. OS: Windows 7 and above
2. Processor: Core i5 3GHz or higher
3. Memory: 8 GB RAM
4. Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 series or similar
5. DirectX: Version 11
6. Network: broadband Internet connection
7. Storage: 1 GB of available space

Comparing Valheim's recommended configuration with many other games, the above parameters are considered quite light. Just the legendary GTX 750 Ti is enough to run Valheim in medium configuration. And if you want to experience the game at maximum configuration, get a GTX 1650 Ti or higher in the present time.

Jessica Tanner

Update 18 February 2021