How to play Valhalla Hills: Definitive Edition on Mac

Game summary

They spent their whole lives in service to the gods of Asgard. They died an honorable death and have earned their place in the halls of Valhalla. But when they knocked on the heavenly gates to receive their final reward, no one answered. Odin has turned his back on his people. And it’s your fault. In Valhalla Hills, you are Leko – youngest son of Odin, exiled to Midgard by your father for failing to meet his expectations. More interested in building villages than pillaging them, you now find yourself far from home with a disgruntled band of recently-deceased muscleheads. There’s only one thing for it – you’ll have to guide your newfound companions to heavenly glory the only way you know how. Now, you must lead your band of outcast Viking warriors through the mountain region of Valhalla Hills, where a magical portal awaits to take you to your rightful place in the realm of the gods. But the journey is a hazardous one, and the Vikings will need to do one thing first…survive! Reach the portal at the top of each mountain, and shout your battle cry loud enough for the gods to hear. If they will not give your people the reward you all deserve, then by your axe, you will take it from them. • Build and manage a thriving Viking settlement with over 35 buildings • Conquer massive mountainside landscapes and face dangerous foes like Ice Giants, Lava Crawler or Mummies. • Play on snow-covered slopes, barren sand dunes, fiery volcanos or in gloomy caves. • The console versions include the DLCs Sand of the Damned and Fire Mountains, as well as a new exclusive map type – The Dwarf Cave. • Randomly generated maps, day and night cycles and a well-balanced economic system provide endless challenges and variety.
First released: Apr 2017

Play Valhalla Hills: Definitive Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Valhalla Hills: Definitive Edition on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Valhalla Hills: Definitive Edition installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Valhalla Hills: Definitive Edition like you would on any PC.
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