- Vikings: Valhalla has been included on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the 100 best Netflix series with a 96% Tomatometer score.
- The series follows famous figures from the Viking Age and has been praised for its combination of historical accuracy and fictional storytelling.
- Vikings: Valhalla has been described as even better than the original Vikings, offering a more focused story with plenty of violence, political intrigue, and character drama.
Netflix has no shortage of historical dramas, but few are as unapologetically violent as Vikings: Valhalla. The series has swords, political betrayals, brutal battles, and enough bloodshed to make it an easy recommendation for anyone looking for a sprawling historical binge.
That reputation has followed Vikings: Valhalla since its debut, but the Netflix series is now getting another reason to be on viewers’ radar. Rotten Tomatoes has included the three-season historical drama on its list of the 100 best Netflix series to watch right now, where it currently sits at No. 36 with a 96% Tomatometer score.
‘Vikings: Valhalla’ Is One Of Netflix’s Best Series To Watch Right Now
Set roughly a century after the events of Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla follows some of the most famous figures from the Viking Age, including Leif Erikson, Freydís Eiríksdóttir, and Harald Sigurdsson. The series combines historical figures with fictionalized storytelling as its characters navigate warfare, political power struggles, religion, and the changing balance between the Vikings and the English.
Netflix’s series ran for three seasons from 2022 to 2024, with Season 3 bringing the story to its conclusion. That makes it particularly easy to binge now: viewers don’t have to worry about waiting for another season or being left with an unresolved cliffhanger.
Rotten Tomatoes currently gives Vikings: Valhalla a 96% critics’ score, placing it alongside some of Netflix’s most acclaimed series on the site’s September 2026 list.
The show’s placement is also notable because it isn’t simply riding the success of its predecessor. In fact, Vikings: Valhalla has developed an identity of its own.
‘Vikings: Valhalla’ Has Been Called Even Better Than The Original
Comparisons to Vikings were inevitable when the sequel series premiered, but Vikings: Valhalla has gradually made a case for itself rather than simply living in the shadow of the original.
ScreenRant has argued that the Netflix sequel is even better than the original Vikings, pointing to the ways it builds on the formula established by the History Channel series while delivering a more focused story. Combined with the lack of Ivar the Boneless and Ragnar’s terrible decision-making skills, this writer would have to agree that the follow-up is better viewing than the O.G.
The sequel also doesn’t shy away from the violence that made Vikings such a popular watch. CBR describes Vikings: Valhalla as the “bloodiest binge of the decade”, an appropriately dramatic description for a series that spends much of its runtime depicting battles, executions, raids, and the brutal realities of its setting.
That violence isn’t the only reason the series works, though. Vikings: Valhalla also has plenty of political intrigue and character drama, giving the battles some actual stakes beyond simply determining who gets to swing the biggest sword.
The series’ three-season run also gives it a beginning, middle, and ending, making it a relatively straightforward recommendation for viewers who want a completed historical drama rather than another ongoing Netflix series.
This story was originally published byMen’s Journalon Sep 28, 2026, where it first appeared in theEntertainmentsection. Add Men’s Journal as aPreferred
