A player on Reddit explained their "first 15-20 hours are great" when playing Valheim alone, but soon became "tedious and frustrating without other players."

The Redditor expressed they had to "grind hours and hours to be able to get certain items, and enemies [became] super strong," which they believed showed Valheim was "clearly made with multi-player in mind."

On another thread, a player corroborated this claim with their own solo experience, saying, "You can tell it's made for co-op, the grind is unreal for a solo player, and not in an enjoyable way."

There are plenty of middling takes about whether playing Valheim alone is worth the trouble, but if you enjoy taking things slow and don't mind searching for tips, you can get some fun out of this by yourself.

Valheim is now available in early access on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.