- It’s cold outside, and you can take that chill into the palm of your hand with Landnama
- Seeing you take on the role of viking chieftain, you’ll have to plan out the perfect settlement
- Just beware, because winters can be long and harsh in medieval iceland
I don’t know whether there’s some sort of psycho-social reason, but it seems that nowadays games which deal with the deadliness of winter becoming increasingly popular. Whether it’s Whiteout Survival making ways at Tokyo Games Show or Frostpunk finally hitting mobile, people can’t just seem to get enough of freezing to death.
Fortunately, in Landnama this isn’t all you have to worry about. This viking-set, hex-crawling puzzle game will see you slowly build up a settlement as you play a Norse chieftain preparing to survive the long winters of medieval Iceland. Rather than the brutal combat of so many viking-focused games, Landnama concentrates on the lesser known rigours of daily life for these hardy people.
You’ll get to explore different biomes as you balance out the expenditure of your key resource, The Heart, in order to survive. As a strategic puzzle game, each decision matters and the different terrain and hexes you crawl will inform just how you can grow your settlement.
It’s grim up norse
I’m a big fan of vikings, maybe that’s my Danish ancestry or because the idea of drinking mead and sitting in front of a roaring fire just sounds appealing to me. Either way a new entry in the surprisingly small strategy genre for this time period and people is always welcome.
You can find Landnama out now on the iOS App Store and Google Play!
And if you’re looking for more thoughtful strategy to give you the satisfaction of building something from nothing, be sure to check out our list of the top 20 best city builders on iOS and Android!
Or if you want something a little more fresh you can always dig into the latest entry in our regular feature of the top five new mobile games to try this week!
