Comparison

Vikingard vs Odyssey Shadow Work

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Vikingard

Lead your Viking tribe to glory by reclaiming land, growing crops, and engaging in epic battles. Collect and upgrade heroes, embark on grand voyages, and forge alliances to conquer enemies. Raise heirs and train pets to aid you in both life and combat.

Highlights
  • Collect and upgrade Viking heroes
  • Explore vast worlds on epic voyages
  • Join or create alliances for strategic battles
  • Raise and train heirs for future battles
  • Raise and train pets for combat support
  • Engage in diverse daily gameplay and events
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Show your leadership to achieve crowning glory! Reclaim land, grow crops, preside over trials, and brawl with warriors in real Viking style! With fully developed characters, gripping storylines, and dynamic gameplays that are simultaneously exciting and casual, VIKINGARD is a game no true Norseman should miss! Get prepared for your incredible Viking voyage! Game Features -Collect hersirs and make them your pride on the battlefield! Valiant Viking warriors, heroic Valkyries... hundreds of high-quality animated heroes are at your command! With level, aptitude, weapon and other stats available for upgrade, devote your resources to your favorite hersirs and make them top the leaderboards! -Go on voyages and explore the vast world! From Scandinavia, venture deep into continental Europe and pen your epic! An incredible adventure awaits! Deal carefully with different issues on your journey as your choices have consequences. -Join alliance and challenge yourself in strategic Alliance Clash! Ice or Fire? Choose your faith! Join or create an alliance in the name of the Nordic gods. Contribute to the growth of the alliance, arrange allies and troops to challenge enemies in furious Clash, and finally lead your alliance to victory and glory! -Create romantic stories and raise your heirs! Travel around the world, meet various companions! Give them presents, go on dates, and unlock more romantic moments! Train your next generation and appoint hersirs to mentor them. Let them be your capable assistant on battlefield! -Raise your pets to accompany aside in life and battles! Play or train? How will you take care of your little pets? Let these fluffy friends be the strongest power to protect your tribe! -Diverse gameplay and events make it possible to have a new experience every day! Say no to tedious games! Have fun in the Mead Hall with players from all servers. Participate in Viking-featured mini games and meet fantastic new friends! Follow us on our official social media platforms to stay up to date with the latest news: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vikingardgame [App Permission Information] In order to provide services below, we request for certain permissions. 1. Storage: Permission to access the folder in order to apply app resources 2. Mic: Permission to record audio for uploading 3. Camera: Permission to take photos or record videos for uploading

About

Odyssey Shadow Work

Features
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You play Odysseus. But the choices are yours. Every trial he faces — the Lotus-Eaters, the Cyclops's cave, Circe's island, the Sirens' song — becomes a question for you. Not "do you know the myth." A question with no right answer: what would you choose? WHAT IS ODYSSEY: SHADOW WORK Odyssey: Shadow Work is a choice-based psychological narrative game. You live through Homer's Odyssey as Odysseus, but every chapter is built around one idea: your answers say more about you than they do about him. Inspired by Carl Jung's idea of the Shadow — the parts of ourselves we suppress, deny, or never quite see — the game turns each trial into a mirror. The outward voyage home to Ithaca becomes an inward voyage toward yourself. HOW IT WORKS - Step into a scene from the Odyssey — Polyphemus's cave, Aeolus's winds, Circe's island, the Sirens - Read the situation as it unfolds - Face a question with several possible responses - Choose the one that feels like you - Watch the story continue based on what you chose - Notice the pattern forming across your choices There's no score to chase and no way to "lose" by picking wrong. Every choice moves the story forward — and moves you a little closer to a pattern you may not have noticed in yourself. NOT A QUIZ ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW A normal quiz asks: do you know the answer? Odyssey: Shadow Work asks something else: what would you choose — and what does that choice reveal? Nobody is graded here. There's nothing to study. The only thing required is being honest about how you'd actually respond. BUILT ON THE ODYSSEY, POINTED AT YOU Homer's Odyssey is the frame — the Cyclops, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, the long road home. But this isn't a mythology lesson. It's a cinematic psychological journey where an ancient story becomes the language for a very modern question: who are you, when nothing is grading the answer? WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most mobile games ask if you can win. Odyssey: Shadow Work asks something you can't fail: - Not "can you beat the level" — "what would you choose" - Not a personality test — a story that changes with your choices - Not a mythology quiz — a psychological experience wearing myth as its skin WHO IT'S FOR - Anyone curious about Shadow Work, Jungian psychology, or self-discovery - Fans of choice-based and narrative games - Readers who love the Odyssey and want to live inside it - Anyone who's ever wondered what their choices say about them — even in a game A NOTE ON WHAT THIS IS (AND ISN'T) Odyssey: Shadow Work is an entertainment and self-reflection experience. It's inspired by Jungian psychology but is not a psychological assessment, diagnosis, or substitute for therapy or professional mental health care. YOUR JOURNEY STARTS NOW Odysseus already knows how his story ends. Yours hasn't been written yet. Play it. Choose it. See what it shows you.

Screenshots

Vikingard4 screens
Odyssey Shadow Work4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Vikingard at 3 against Odyssey Shadow Work's 1. Vikingard also leads on iOS requirement (14 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Vikingard sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Odyssey Shadow Work sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vikingard versus Odyssey Shadow Work: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVikingardOdyssey Shadow Work
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size1.6 GB203 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperOrienjoy International Company LimitedDragoslav Ivkovi

Bugs and requests

Vikingard

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Account resets and data loss
  • Connectivity issues and server problems
  • Glitches in events and mini-games
  • Incorrect or missing game mechanics
  • Crashes and performance problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More gender/romance options
  • Improved matchmaking and balancing
  • Faster resource gathering and progression
  • Expanded pet/companion system
  • Better customer support and communication

Odyssey Shadow Work

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Vikingard

One-time9
  • In-App Purchase_1$0.99
  • In-App Purchase_9$1.99
  • In-App Purchase_22 variants$4.99
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  • In-App Purchase_3$9.99
  • In-App Purchase_4$14.99
  • In-App Purchase_5$19.99
  • In-App Purchase_6$29.99
  • In-App Purchase_7$49.99
  • In-App Purchase_8$99.99
3 purchases

Odyssey Shadow Work

One-time3
  • sailors 10$0.99
  • sailors 30$2.99
  • sailors 100$8.99

Questions

Is Vikingard free?
Vikingard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Odyssey Shadow Work free?
Odyssey Shadow Work is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vikingard or Odyssey Shadow Work have ads?
Neither Vikingard nor Odyssey Shadow Work shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vikingard or Odyssey Shadow Work?
Vikingard ships an update every 9 days, and Odyssey Shadow Work every 9 days. Most recently, Vikingard was updated on November 6, 2026 and Odyssey Shadow Work on October 31, 2026.

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