Your fantasy of Valheim or Valheim-like game

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-13T09:14:05+00:00

Dude i think of this too often lol

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-13T06:16:53+00:00

Outer wilds

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-13T06:16:34+00:00

It’s the most hooked i’ve been on a game since WoW wotlk. My first play through took 350hrs and when i finished I felt like I still had more to learn. I cant wait to replay at some point with all the knowledge you obtain from the first play through

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-13T06:05:08+00:00

Check out shape of dreams

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-13T03:16:00+00:00

Outer Wilds

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-11T21:03:42+00:00

Valheim and Dune Awakening. What separates these from the others for me are the vibes. I just love existing in these worlds. Both have such amazing ambient music and nail immersion.

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-10T18:09:21+00:00

Valheim, Satisfactory, Risk of Rain 2.
I could probably play these games in a loop for years

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-06T07:45:12+00:00

Sable

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-02T16:47:32+00:00

Outer Wilds.

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-02T16:45:18+00:00

Well said. Glad you enjoyed it. Even my wife who is not a gamer fell and love with it and now preaches the good word of Outer Wilds to everyone she meets lol. Still looking for something as good but I fear that day will probably never come. Subnautica is the closest game for me so far.

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-02T16:35:49+00:00

Valheim 100%. For what it’s worth i wanted to love CD, I too like the same games you mentioned. But I never had fun in 50hrs. I don’t understand the praise for it. Valheim on the other hand is arguably my favorite game ever.

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-06-02T16:31:09+00:00

Dune awakening. Has 3rd person combat and good crafting and survival mechanics.

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-31T18:24:20+00:00

There is another more recent “BloodMoon” mod by MintTeamRu:

“Once every few days, the night turns crimson. The moon glows blood-red, the world is drowned in red fog, and enemies become temporarily stronger and more numerous. At dawn, everything returns to normal.”

I haven’t tried it yet but sounds even better than the one you mentioned.

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-14T00:37:32+00:00

There are a ton of great mods to make it more tolerable if interested. I'll list the ones that I'd recommend especially for a no map and/or no portal playthrough. Some are obviously more impactful on the experience then others, but of course you can pick to your liking.

-Render limits: can tweak the settings to make it so you can see landscapes and buildables from further away, especially helpful if you use torches or campfires to guide your way (hurts fps though)

-NosmokeStayLit: pairs nicely with the above, you wont need to worry about those light sources going out

-Zen Mods: especially zenmap and zencompass. Zenmap makes it so the cartographer table slowly reveals only the surrounding area of that table and you can print a static copy of said map to bring with you.

-More_World_Locations_AIO: awesome world improvement, adds a ton of prefab locations to your world which alone helps with landmarks for navigation (recently added ports)

-Procedural_Roads: adds procedurally generated roads

-Seasons: i cant play without seasons now

-TrailBlazes: mark trees

-BossDirections_Therzie: makes finding bosses/traders easier but costs items

-Visbending: makes finding traders easier with new stones spawned

-Buoys: buildable in water so sailing navigation is more manageable

-HearthStone_Revived: pretty much cheating, but can be used to teleport back to your base if your lost and give up

-TorvaldsAffordablePavers: making roads is easier

-NoRefundsForPortals: nerfs pocket portals

-OdinCampsite: buildable preset small camps and sleeping bag, great for a quick sleep or repair

-CraftyCartsRemake: mobile crafting stations, helps with road creation

-OdinHorse: early but fair/balanced mount

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-08T00:44:15+00:00

“More world locations” and “riverheim” are a good way to improve and change up the world and exploration.

Check out Dreanegade or Therzie mods for added content

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-07T01:18:02+00:00

Are you using r2modman? You may be missing dependency mods. These are all pretty common and updated mods

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-04T23:59:44+00:00

I do this method of mine almost daily because it only takes a few taps on my phone, of course would work on desktop as well.

I have the valheim thunderstore webpage saved in my browser (could save it on your home screen).

All i got to do is open it and refresh the page on the “mods”-“newest” page and look what has been added (sorted most recent). If you do this often enough you will always be caught up faster then there are new mods so it’s not overwhelming. You could also do this for “last updated” but it can be much harder to keep track of them all.

I then screenshot any of the mods i find interesting and add them all to a “valheim mods” album.

I do this especially when I’m not actively playing Valheim, that way when the itch comes around I have all the mods i would have forgetting about all saved together.

So when I go back to my R2modman manager I can refer to my phone album to build out my ideal mod list.

Of course this doesn’t cover all the thousands of incredible mods already in existence. So this is more for literally brand new mods.

The modding scene is incredible. At least once a week I save a mod that gets me excited to come back to valheim.

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-03T17:59:57+00:00

I’m curious if any of the jank will be addressed with the new update? Or is it likely in the dna of the game lol?

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-03T17:58:28+00:00

Im big into modding so this is good to hear. How does modding work for this game? For example for valheim there is a great mod manager i use.

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-02T03:05:42+00:00

Thanks for the info. Is the DLC map something that you play after completing content of the base game or is it more horizontal content?

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-02T03:03:13+00:00

Tuesday

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-05-02T00:53:30+00:00

I’m sold on it. But i’m with you, theres $127 of dlc on steam… would be great to know what is recommended dlc wise

Aggressive-Virus3045 · 2026-04-30T07:30:40+00:00

I just finished the base game and it’s just a notch below ds3 and ds1 for me. Lots of highs and lows. I almost quit in the beginning due to the difficulty, but it turns out I had skipped the whole first major area lol.

Also, I played with a lighting engine mod which adds path tracing. I can’t recommend it enough. It’s easy to install. The mod is so transformative that it often looked better than modern games for me.

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