Einar

The player takes on the role of Einar, who is on a quest to kill the inhabitants of a Norse fishing village who are infected by a mysterious material. Use different weapons such as the bow, hammer and axe to…

20 July 2017

Indie Strategy Action Fantasy

Einar is an indie developed by DreamPunks, released 20 July 2017 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 30 Aug 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Einar is

Einar is an indie game developed by DreamPunks and released in 2017. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player takes on the role of Einar, who is on a quest to kill the inhabitants of a Norse fishing village who are infected by a mysterious material. Use different weapons such as the bow, hammer and axe to clear the village of the monsters.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Einar launched on 20 July 2017, within three weeks of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.

Released around the same time: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.