From Press Release:
BORDEAUX, France – Sept. 30, 2026 – Northgard Battlegrounds, the city-building auto-battler set in the 5 million-unit-selling Viking world of Northgard, boards the longships and launches on PC via Steam Early Access Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. Get a first taste of the action in the Northgard Battlegrounds demo, which launches on Steam on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026.
In this fresh spin on Northgard’s colony management and strategy mechanics, created in a collaboration between Northgard creators Shiro Games and Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor developer Funday Games, lead a clan of Viking warriors out of the ashes of Ragnarok in this new take on the PVP Auto-battler genre.
In each round, pick buildings and upgrades to add to your clan’s settlement, balancing the need for early-game strength and long-term growth. Synergize buildings via their adjacency bonuses to buff your economy and military units. Spend Lore to get powerful boons from the Norse gods themselves. Grow your settlement, expand, and create the most powerful warband made up of classic Northgard units such as Shield Bearers, Axe Throwers, and creatures of myth and legend like Jötnar, Draugrs, and Wyverns.
The demo introduces the Raven and Stag clans, with 50 unique structures, more than 100 Fate cards, and ranked ladder matchmaking.
Northgard Battlegrounds launches on PC via Steam Early Access on Tuesday, Oct. 27, with English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, and Simplified Chinese language support. For more information, wishlist the game on Steam, visit the official Subreddit, and follow on X, Bluesky, Facebook, and Discord.
About Shiro Unlimited
Shiro Unlimited is the publishing label of Shiro Games, built on over 12 years of experience developing and publishing successful indie titles. Shiro Unlimited curates and supports projects aligned with the studio’s creative vision, while empowering developers to focus on what matters most: making the best games possible.
For more information on Shiro Unlimited, please visit the official website.
About Funday Games
Funday Games was founded in 2011 in Aarhus, Denmark, and today employs more than 50 talents.
Best known for developing Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, which has surpassed more than 3 million players since launching in 2024, the studio specializes in creating spin-off games based on evergreen indie IPs across all platforms.
Simultaneously, Funday Games also creates and publishes its own original IPs.
