How long until completion?

[Wight]

Haven't played Valheim for a long time, decided to wait until it is complete.
They have overshot their original release target.

Any ETA on actual 1.0 release?

[DarkEternal]

The game will be finished when it is finished. That's the only ETA we have.

[Suzaku]

"Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“We don’t know. We’re currently working on our seventh biome, the Ashlands, and after that we have one more to complete (the Deep North) before we’ll consider the game to be version 1.0. It’s a pretty safe bet to say that Valheim will be in active development for at least another two years (counting from January 2023). Aside from the large biome updates, we also want to add smaller updates to fill out the game.”"

[Wight]

So they really changed the, 'We are Veterans we know how to make a game, we are going to be in EA for 1 year maybe 2 if we require it." To just pushing the game 2 years more.

Seems to have production issues imo.

[umop-apisdn]

Originally posted by Wight Pride:

So they really changed the, 'We are Veterans we know how to make a game, we are going to be in EA for 1 year maybe 2 if we require it." To just pushing the game 2 years more.

Seems to have production issues imo.

Or scope creep. Or underestimating something that they didn't know was going to be an issue. Or any number of other stumbling blocks one encounters when attempting to bend a game engine to their will and evoke the SuperAwesomeGame in their heads into a reality.

Stuff happens. We get to play it while it does. Some people quite like that.

[Mharr]

Honestly you could tell they weren't *that* experienced because they made a prediction on time to complete. No veteran would do that and believe it.

[ArcAngelSintas]

It seems like this game has run out of steam before it is actually release. How many people still play? Is there a way to see that metric?

[Suzaku]

Originally posted by ArcAngelSintas:

It seems like this game has run out of steam before it is actually release. How many people still play? Is there a way to see that metric?

https://steamdb.info/app/892970/charts/
Roughly 21k right now. Seems to be roughly 20k-35k depending on what day it is.
For a game that has been unfinished for years, and still has years to go, that's incredibly healthy.

[StinkDiver]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Originally posted by ArcAngelSintas:

It seems like this game has run out of steam before it is actually release. How many people still play? Is there a way to see that metric?

https://steamdb.info/app/892970/charts/
Roughly 21k right now. Seems to be roughly 20k-35k depending on what day it is.
For a game that has been unfinished for years, and still has years to go, that's incredibly healthy.

it also has plenty of mods, and is worth the full price even in its current state. Id be happy with my purchase if the game just outright died update wise.

[Humpenstilzchen]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3010702951

[Oakshield]

My best guess:

Somewhere between now and then.


Thorin :)

[Maelstrom]

Factorio was in early access for 8 years
Subnautica was in early access for 4 years

Haven't followed any other EA projects that closely, but going off of those two and statements from various game devs over the years that most projects take about 5 years I'd say we're about 3 years from Deep North which will probably be the last biome before 1.0. If the devs continue to alternate big content patches with full biome releases we'll also get 1 more Hearth & Home / Mountain Caves / Hildir-style patch on the way.

[Aurumworks]

My optimistic estimate is: "Yes." My more realistic estimate is: "Probably, yeah."

[Mr B.]

See that bit of string? That long.

[shangoose]

soon