Unleash the Vikings! Midgard is waiting to be conquered, and your tribe will need a wise and powerful leader if it’s going to come out on top in the wonderfully detailed RPG Viking Rise: Valhalla.

What we love: The Vikings had a reputation for violence, but building a kingdom requires rather more nuance than that. Sure, you’ll need to fight off invaders, seize new territory and protect your citizens from monsters, but a successful tribe also needs a chief who’s as much town planner as ruthless general. You’ll need to collect and manage resources to level up your settlement, recruiting workers and warriors as you construct new buildings and defences. Feeling confined by those freshly bolstered city walls? There’s plenty more land and sea waiting to be plundered!

Quick tip: Don’t get bogged down in unnecessary side projects. To progress through the chapters, prioritise the missions that appear in the task list on the left of your screen. That way, you’ll level up when you need to and collect the extra resources required to build a thriving society.

Meet the creator: Other strategy games from Singapore–based developer IGG include the dragon-themed adventures of Game of Sky, the monster-hunting sci-fi of Yeager: Hunter Legend and the zombie/robot crossover of Doomsday x Pacific Rim.