Bad North

Bad North focuses on real-time tactics gameplay. The player is tasked with defending their kingdom from Viking invaders. The procedurally generated islands are divided into multiple tiles and have houses with Vikings attacking from any corner, so the player's strategy must be well planned to get the opportunity to save the people from the enemy by protecting the houses. The Viking invaders will chuck torches into the houses, and if they burn completely, the player will not earn coins for those houses.

Coins are needed for upgrades to units and to level up commanders' defenses. The player can also pick up items (represented as question marks in the map) and add new commanders to the army.

Bad North received "mixed or average reviews" according to Metacritic. The game was nominated for "Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year" at the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.