In response to @Yasik:

Valheim is considered one of the easy survival titles. This has nothing to do with being a "manly man viking chad", but with what that genre entails.

In that regard I agree with being "over-hyped" as the game attracted players who are not familiar with the genre and were simply put off with what they experienced.

I am almost 61 years old, I am certainly not a "manly man viking chad". But I do have experience with survival games (most notably Conan Exiles), and found the game to be to my liking. Especially since it was a bit more forgiving than Conan Exiles.

Yes, typical survival games are even harder than Valheim. Now, again, I'm not a "manly man viking chad" and I certainly don't look down on the players that don't get along with the genre.

I just learned, adapted, improvised, and now I love the game.

YMMV.