Valheim, one of the most successful PC games of 2021, could be seeing a console port sometime in the future. One of the biggest surprises to the early 2021 season was the monumental success of Iron Gate AB’s Viking survival RPG.Valheimbroke multiple concurrent player records on Steamafter it launched and became an instant hit. Now that the dust has settled on the PC success, the developer is contemplating bringing the game to other platforms.
Valheimspent its first two months as the highest-selling game on Steam, and his since accumulated over 7 million copies sold. While Iron Gate AB would likely not trade away that success for the world, the massive player count came with bugs and issues that the team had to work through. But now it could finally be time to consider portingValheimto consoles, and that is what the developer just brought up.
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Now that theValheimHearth and Home update is liveand many of the initial bugs have been taken care of by the team, Iron Gate AB’s co-founder Henrik Tornqvist told GamesRadar that bringingValheimto consoles is a discussion that is on the table. No release window was given, nor was this a confirmation. But for console players who have been interested inValheim, it is nice to hear that the door is officially open.
It is rarer than ever for a popular game to remain exclusive to one platform, especially PC, without it being owned by the platform it is on or some strict licensing deal being in place. WithValheimblowing up the way it did, it makes sense for the title to expand onto consoles. There are likely plenty of console fans that have been watching the Viking-themed game with great interest, so it is exciting to think that the game could be on the way at some point. The game has also been a popular streaming title, which can be the case when one player base is unable to enjoy it thanks to it being “locked” on one platform.
IfValheimwere to come to consoles, there could be the chance that Xbox or PlayStation tries to strike a deal for some version of exclusivity, as well. There was a time in which Xbox gobbled upPUBGfirst, for example. It could certainly be the type of game that one of the two attempts to steal away from the other. That being said, Iron Gate AB has the opportunity tostrike the iron while it is hot withValheim,as ithas been a big hit. So if and when a console port does happen, it could be beneficial to release it on as many platforms as possible.
