I have a first bug in the first "level". Defeat the Jokul......I defeat him, but nothing happend......The quest is still there and I am captured in the "fight-arena". I have tried it four times now and always the same....
I can see ehe cutscene where the Jokul dies, but then I can not move, but If I go to the menu I can move, but I am captured.

Win 7
AMD R9280X
I5 6600k
16GB RAM

PreOrder DLC is installed.

Same here

I had this too, but I think I found a way around it.

What I tried first was to uninstall the DLC, which did nothing and probably isn't necessary. I was able to get past the fight when I went into the options before the fight and turned all of the options in the "gameplay" menu (subtitles, display health bar numbers, display damage numbers, and show helmet) to "off." Not sure which one of those did it, but going through the fight after that worked first try.

Not sure if I got lucky or if one of those caused it, but it's worth a try.

Did you try the above? Turning off the options before the fight? I'm curious if that actually works for anyone else.

Thanks for the tip, didn't help me though. ^^
A Steam patch is already out while we have to wait yet again, great release so far...

postet on Steam by Odinsblade Vor 36 Minuten

i have the same problem, GOG version also, did you manage to fix it op ?
Edit 1.
Well i found this weird and stupid "fix". You kill the jokul once, then wait to die from freezing, then kill him again and it works.
This doesnt work if you die killed by the jokul, only if you die freezing after you kill him.

Yes It works like this on Win 7 64bit. Kill Jokul,; let yourself die by freezing; kill him again and it will let you out of room. (GOG version)

Another workaround for me was to go back to the village and play this "level" again....

Well, just to let you know, many boss encounters are bugged, either not triggering/starting, or trapping player after winning the fight, each time requiring to force exit the area and restart it over from beginning

I too had the Jokul one
I had Bishop of Earth getting stuck in starting dialog (no fight)
I had the giantess in the portal poisonous word not appearing at all at first (getting to the area with 3 light blue circles, and the opened cave blocked by invisible wall, no boss talking)
I had been trapped after freeing the guy in the final room of the Lotnar village

well, i didnt have any boss fight that didnt bug either at start or at end at least once, except maybe the Lady with her two shield maidens.

As much as i like the game so far, such game-breaking issues are really doing harm to the game, as it had an official release and is not supposed to be in dev/early access anymore... Because so far, i feel like i'm beta-testing a potentially good game, not playing it as expected...

I really hope those boss encounters bugs can quickly be spotted and fixed because it ruins the game and i fear it would bring mercyless bad reviews upon a game that would be very fun if not for those...

let the boss kill you, and then try it:)

such workaround may not be very appealing if playing in HC/Valhalla mode though

:D