# Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage (Universal) > Puzzle Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id656637359](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id656637359) ## Overview - **ID:** `id656637359` - **Platform:** Apple - **Type:** Apple app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Nitrome - **Category:** Puzzle - **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (199 ratings) - **Version:** 1.3.1 - **Last updated:** 2015-05-20 - **First published:** 2013-06-20 - **Size:** 59 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-24 - **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/icebreaker-a-viking-voyage-universal/id656637359) - **Privacy policy:** [http://www.nitrome.com/privacy/](http://www.nitrome.com/privacy/) ## Description Over 2 million downloads! #1 iPad app! Featured by iTunes in 146 countries! WINNER! iOS game of the year - Pocket Gamer Award 2014 WINNER! Overall Game of the year - Pocket Gamer Award 2014 WINNER! Best casual/puzzle - Pocket Gamer Award 2014 Metacritic top 20 – all platforms 2013 “Nitrome couldn’t have done a better job bringing the series to mobile devices. A Viking Voyage is perfect!” - Jayisgames "I’m not entirely sure that I could be any happier with Icebreaker. It’s an incredibly fun, incredibly diverse, and incredibly clever physics puzzler." - 148 Apps "Definitely give this a look if you've ever remotely found yourself enjoying physics puzzlers." - Touch Arcade “Bursting with clever level design and creativity, this physics-puzzler is a cut above the competition.” - AppSpy An epic adventure based on the award-winning flash game! An icy wind has swept the Vikings away, leaving them stranded throughout the land and surrounded by trolls, deadly traps, dangerous enemies, and worst of all… troll snot! Now it’s up to you to save them! Use your icebreaking skills to solve puzzles and cut your way through ice, rope, cannons, explosives, slime and… err… chickens to get your clan back safely to the Viking longboat! Features: • Based on the award-winning flash game by Nitrome, now expanded, updated, and optimized for iPhone and iPad! • 140 action-packed levels in three different lands! • Beautifully immersive world filled with vikings, trolls, deadly theme park rides, and looooots of ice! • Use special god powers to speed through tricky levels! • Side quests! • Unlockable secrets! • Epic final bosses, including the gigantic Mountain Troll and his legendary indigestion! Can you seize your destiny and become the new icebreaking champion? Important Message for Parents This game may include: - Direct links to social networking websites that are intended for an audience over the age of 13. - Direct links to the internet that can take players away from the game with the potential to browse any web page. - Advertising of Nitrome products and also products from select partners. - The option to make in-app purchases. The bill payer should always be consulted beforehand. ## Rankings - #107,723 — Overall - #58 — university ## Review summary Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage is a charming, physics-based puzzle game with nostalgic visuals and humor, praised for its clever level design and replay value. It is also criticized for heavy monetization, intrusive ads in the free version, and occasional screen compatibility issues. Players desire more levels and updates, while paid players enjoy a largely ad-free experience. Updated monetization and ads are a recurring frustration for many. ### Pros - Engaging puzzle gameplay with creative, physics-based levels and multiple ways to solve each puzzle. - Nostalgic appeal with charming pixel art, textures, soundtrack, and Viking humor. - Strong replay value and broad appeal; players frequently want more levels and updates. - Addictive and great for passing time during travel or downtime. - Paid version offers an ad-free experience with fewer interruptions. ### Cons - Free version is plagued by pop-up ads and interruptions; ads are a major complaint for many users. - Monetization and gating concerns include paying for upgrades or continuing content and price hikes. - Screen size and device compatibility issues, including no support for iPhone X and misfitting screens. - Some updates are perceived as worsening the experience by increasing ads or pushing monetization. - Some levels can be unintuitive or misleading in how to solve them. ## Similar extensions and apps - [Freeze!](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id518123684) — 4.50 / 5 - [Beyond Ynth](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id386303262) — 5.00 / 5 - [Freeze! 2 - Brothers](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id904424939) — 4.70 / 5 - [Ice Math Ninja ZERO](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id541794723) — 4.50 / 5 - [Amazing Breaker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id421088863) — 4.50 / 5 - [The Frostrune](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1067658337) — 4.50 / 5 - [Oddmar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1247397901) — 4.80 / 5 - [iBlast Moki 2](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id437400857) — 4.30 / 5 - [Interlocked](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id554072547) — 4.80 / 5 - [Lost in Play](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6449434958) — 4.90 / 5 - [Glacivotrek](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6781173803) — 3.30 / 5 - [Scurvy Scallywags](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id593299847) — 4.70 / 5 --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id656637359)