Originally posted by Zeppion:

People are saying it's taking a long time for Valheim to finish, and then it dawned on me. Why did it take so long to make a game this awesome in the first place? The survival genre is very addictive and satisfying, and I understand why it has become so popular. The thing I don't understand is why did it take so long to make it? In the year 2022 and we're just now seeing survival games that are good? We've been thinking about survival games for a while now, but Valheim was the first to actually nail it.

Valheim is not a survival game. It's a building/crafting/exploration game. You don't need to sleep, you don't need to eat, the only hostile climate is in the mountains. People are too quick to label anything a "survival" game. That being said, it is still a really great game. If you want survival, play The Long Dark.