The Lost Vikings

Guide three very different Vikings — each with unique abilities — through clever puzzle-platforming to escape an alien spaceship and get home — The Lost Vikings is free on this page, with nothing to install and nobody to sign up with. Blizzard's brilliant 1992 puzzle-platformer loads in seconds and delivers smart, cooperative-style puzzle-solving with three characters at once. A phone will run it, but you spend this game switching between three Vikings and holding one steady while another climbs on him, which wants keys you can keep your fingers on.

How to Play The Lost Vikings Online

Getting into the action takes seconds:

1. Press Play to load Blizzard's original release.
2. Let the opening sequence run until the menu appears — it sets up the Vikings' abduction in a handful of screens.
3. Click inside the game frame so the keyboard drives the Vikings rather than the browser.
4. From the menu, start a new game.
5. Switch between the three Vikings, using each one's abilities to solve each level.

The Lost Vikings is a puzzle game — you must get all three Vikings to the exit, so use each one's unique skills together to clear obstacles.

Controls

The Lost Vikings is played with the keyboard, controlling three characters:

You control one Viking at a time and switch between them as needed — Erik runs and jumps, Baleog fights with sword and bow, and Olaf blocks with his shield (and uses it to glide) — combining their skills to solve each level.

What Is The Lost Vikings?

The Lost Vikings is a puzzle-platform game developed by Silicon & Synapse (later Blizzard Entertainment) and released in 1992 for MS-DOS and other platforms. It follows three Vikings — Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout — who are abducted by the alien overlord Tomator and must work together to escape his spaceship and travel through various time periods and worlds to get back home. The catch: each Viking has different abilities, and you must use all three in concert to solve each level.

The Lost Vikings is celebrated as a clever and original puzzle-platformer, blending action-platforming with genuine brain-teasing puzzle design. Rather than a single hero, you control three distinct characters: Erik can run fast, jump, and break walls with his head; Baleog wields a sword and bow to fight enemies and hit distant switches; and Olaf carries a shield that blocks attacks, serves as a platform, and lets him glide. The core challenge is figuring out how to combine their skills to get all three safely to each level's exit. Witty, charming, and inventive — an early showcase of Blizzard's talent — it remains a beloved classic.

How the Game Works / Gameplay Basics

Each level is a puzzle-platforming stage that you must clear by getting all three Vikings to the exit. You control one Viking at a time and switch between them as needed, using each character's unique abilities to overcome obstacles that the others can't. Erik runs fast, jumps, and can smash through certain walls; Baleog fights enemies with his sword and bow and can shoot switches or foes at a distance; and Olaf uses his shield to block hazards and enemy attacks, to act as a stepping platform for the others, and to glide down from heights. The Vikings share an inventory and can hand items between them.

The heart of the game is cooperative puzzle-solving with one player: levels are designed so that no single Viking can succeed alone, requiring you to coordinate their abilities — perhaps using Olaf as a platform so Erik can reach a ledge, having Baleog clear enemies ahead, and combining them to navigate hazards, switches, and enemies. Each Viking has limited health, so you must keep all three alive, and the puzzles grow more intricate across the game's varied worlds and time periods. The blend of platforming action and thoughtful, character-based puzzle design — all delivered with humor and charm — makes The Lost Vikings a uniquely satisfying and clever game.

Beginner Tips

• Use each Viking's strengths. Erik for speed and jumps, Baleog for combat, Olaf for blocking and gliding.
• Get all three to the exit. You must keep and guide every Viking to clear a level.
• Use Olaf as a platform. His shield lets the others reach higher places.
• Plan your order. Think about which Viking to move first to set up the others.
• Share items. Pass useful items between the Vikings as needed.
• Keep them all alive. Protect each Viking's health — losing one means restarting the level.

Why Play The Lost Vikings Online?

This came out on Silicon & Synapse floppies, before the studio renamed itself Blizzard, and playing it meant disk swaps and a sound setup pass first. In a tab it simply opens: free, unconfigured, and gone the moment you close it.

The puzzle design suits that. These are levels you walk away from and come back to with a fresh idea about where Olaf should be standing, and a browser tab is an easy thing to come back to — whether you already know Erik, Baleog and Olaf by heart or have never met them.

Troubleshooting

• Game won't start? Reload and let the intro sequence get going by itself before you touch the keyboard.
• Keyboard not responding? Click once inside the game frame; the Viking-switch key in particular does nothing until the frame has focus.
• Running slowly? The game itself is undemanding, so a stutter here is usually the browser rather than the emulation — close other tabs and heavy applications.
• No sound? Audio cues tell you when a Viking you aren't controlling is taking damage, so check the tab isn't muted and turn the volume up.
• Screen too small? Use fullscreen mode — with three Vikings spread across a level, the larger view saves a lot of scrolling back and forth.
• Stuck on a level? Think about how to combine the three Vikings' abilities to get past the obstacle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Lost Vikings free to play online? Yes. It is free from the first level to the last, with no purchase step and no paid unlock waiting partway through.

Do I need to install anything or dig out the original disks? No. The whole game runs inside this page, with no install, no disk images to find, and no sign-up.

Can I play The Lost Vikings on mobile? It runs, but you are constantly swapping between three characters and parking one of them precisely so the others can use him, and keys handle that far more steadily than touch zones.

Is this the original 1992 The Lost Vikings? Yes — the original, made by Silicon & Synapse before the studio became Blizzard Entertainment.

Who are the three Vikings? Erik the Swift (running and jumping), Baleog the Fierce (combat), and Olaf the Stout (shield and gliding).

Can I save my progress? The game uses a password/save system between levels — note your progress as you advance.

An alien spaceship and three Vikings far from home await. Load it up and start the escape.