" Apple'N'Apps wrote "Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage reinvigorates the physics puzzle genre, and is a definite chip off the old ice block that is Angry Birds." Gamezebo wrote "The controls in Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage are easy enough to get used to given time, however. You can expect a stiffer challenge here than you'll get from the average physics puzzler, but that's not necessarily a bad thing in 2013. " Modojo said "Fortunately, there's enough variety and imagination in the level design, not to mention humor in the game's storytelling, to help Icebreaker just about rise above these concerns. Vandal Online wrote "This game builds a very solid base where one of the most fun and addictive games for iOS devices can grow from. The production lines operate in real-time - in that while the player can pause the game to arrange equipment within a production line, the game while running tracks the movement of each unit of material through the production line and only considered each unit as a product when it reaches the end of the production line. The produce is rated on a letter-grade based on the effectiveness and lack of side-effects as well as current market demand. This product is then sold on the game's virtual market. Once the player has produced a complete pill from specific materials for the first time and delivered it to an output port, they are given the opportunity to name the product. The player can click on processes or materials to evaluate their current state, thus giving them the ability to debug the production line. Added building space can be purchased with in-game funds.
Materials are transported via conveyor belts between the processing units. This is done on an isometric view of building plant floorplan, with various ports along the edges that can be used to bring in materials or ship out completed drugs. The player produces the drugs using an assembly line approach with various equipment that can modify the concentration of the material, combine materials, rearrange the effects of a material to determine how effects combine when mixed, analyze materials to determine maximum potency levels, and finally prepare the material in pill form for delivery.