Valheim coming to PlayStation in 2026 with crossplay

Valheim, the Viking-themed survival game that launched in early access on PC in 2021 and reached Xbox in 2023, will arrive on PlayStation in 2026, publisher Coffee Stain Publishing and developer Iron Gate announced. The companies confirmed the PlayStation launch window but did not provide a specific release date, saying only that the port would reach PlayStation consoles next year.

Valheim is a procedurally generated multiplayer survival title in which up to 10 players build, fight and explore a mythic purgatory inspired by Norse lore. The game has been one of the breakout indie hits of the last half decade: Iron Gate and partners say it has shipped more than 12 million copies since its PC debut and at its Steam peak drew roughly 500,000 concurrent players. On Steam the title holds a Very Positive aggregate rating, with hundreds of thousands of player reviews.

Henrik Törnqvist, cofounder of Iron Gate, said the studio is eager to bring Valheim to more players. "Bringing both new and longtime players to a new platform allows even more people to explore the world we have worked so hard to build, and we cannot wait to hear their stories as they are able to dive into their Viking...