December 26, 2023 - Day 360 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 383

Game: Niffelheim

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 26, 2018
Installation Date: Dec 26, 2023
Unplayed: 0d
Playtime: 45m

Niffelheim is a Norse-themed 2D survival crafting game with some RPG elements.

As part of my two remaining goals of attempting to review 400 new games by the end of the year, and to get my unredeemed keys list down to under 200 (current count: 201 left), I had no idea what this key was actually for.

At some stage I'd overtyped the title without noticing. Niffelheim it is.

The game opens up with a Viking funeral boat, aflame and disappearing into the mist, while a narrator intones about how my boat has been hijacked on the way to Valhalla.

I then found myself at a character selection screen with a choice between three burly male warriors, and a well-endowed Valkyrie.

My Valkyrie then found herself armed with some basic weapons, and a basic hut, and a series of quests delivered by a raven.

Other than that, you're in pretty standard survival game mechanics; kill things, cut down trees, gather food. The 2D aspect makes playing with a controller natural, and before I noticed, I'd been in-game for 45 minutes.

I found Niffelheim strangely compelling, so let's say that it's:

4: Good

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