RaiderHeim

RaiderHeim is an atmospheric dark-fantasy survival adventure set in a world inspired by Viking-Age culture, where the last safe frontiers are collapsing. Explore vast, handcrafted lands where clans are breaking apart, warlords compete for power, and a contagious plague spreads through both humans and animals. You play as a Seidr – who sent to the mortal world by the Weavers of Fate – to guide humanity's survival during its most perilous era. The undead armies of the Pale King are advancing, devouring villages and scouring the wilderness. Some survivors turn on each other for the remnants of the old world, while others sacrifice everything to hold the line. Your journey carries you through ruined settlements, harsh forests, military outposts, and regions scorched by infection. This is a dense, grounded, slow-burn survival narrative, where atmosphere, tension, and human stories shape the experience. Expect quiet moments around a campfire, dread near infected hordes, fierce battles fought with medieval weapons, and a constant search for a path through a world that is falling apart. RaiderHeim is created by a solo veteran developer with two decades of industry experience. Instead of spectacle, the focus is on immersion, mood, storytelling, exploration, and a world that feels handmade rather than assembled from templates. Many of its systems – from crafting and survival to character progression – were designed through hands-on iteration, including a complete shift from top-down to third-person to deliver a deeper, more personal sense of presence. Features - A realistic dark-fantasy world inspired by Viking-Age culture - A vast, handcrafted map with settlements, forests, borderlands, and war-torn regions - Atmospheric narrative with numerous characters, dialogues, and faction conflicts - Medieval combat using blades, bows, and improvised survival tools - Encounters with infected humans, plague-ridden animals, and hostile clans - Crafting, hunting and gathering, survival systems, and interactive world mechanics - A journey shaped by atmosphere, tension, and personal discovery - Cyclical day and night, with dynamic weather - Weapon generation, repair, and improvement - Character progression with branching skills and RPG depth - and more... RaiderHeim has reached its first playable state, and development now turns toward player testing and feedback. A closed demo will be available soon. Follow the project and add it to your wishlist to be among the first to enter this world and help shape its direction with your feedback. Visuals are still early in development, as the focus so far has been on forging the gameplay core, combat systems, and the foundations of the world itself. Raiderheim awaits.