The set is nearly complete: Valheim is coming to PlayStation next year. Remember, the procedurally generated, multiplayer viking survival game is already available on PC, Mac, Linux and Xbox Series S/X (and Game Pass).
Iron Gate didn’t announce a specific PlayStation console, by the way, which may mean PlayStation 4 is included, but I’ll check this and let you know. And yes, the PlayStation version of the game will have full cross-play with other versions of Valheim.
Development partner Piktiv, which helped implement cross-play when the Xbox version of the game released, and which also helped bring the game to PC Game Pass, will be handling the PlayStation port.
Astarion actor Neil Newbon features in this new trailer. He was once on British TV soap Hollyoaks, you know. (I actually didn’t know that until very recently.)Watch on YouTube
A specific date in 2026 wasn’t shared, possibly because the PlayStation release will coincide with the long-awaited 1.0 release of the game, which is expected sometime in 2026 as well. Valheim, if you don’t know, has been in Early Access since 2021.
But much has been added to the game in that time. Valheim was a phenomenal success when it launched, commanding half-a-million concurrent players at its peak on Steam, and such success expands plans. Part of the reason Piktiv is handling the PlayStation port is so that Iron Gate can focus on finishing the seventh and final biome update for the game, Deep North.
Emma was our resident Valheim reporter when she was here, and she last properly looked at the game in 2023, and discovered a Valheim stuck in limbo. She also wrote a specially commissioned feature for Supporters of Eurogamer that year, which followed her on a ridiculous but inspired adventure to become a real-estate agent in Valheim. Oh, the lengths she went to.