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Overclocked: A History of Violence cover art

Overclocked: A History of Violence

House of Tales · HandyGames · 2015-04-03

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 12, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Set against the backdrop of a catastrophic thunderstorm raging over New York City, Overclocked explores an archetypical, yet actual condition of mankind: violence. This psychological thriller mixes frightening fictional thriller elements using innovative narrative structures.

0
playing now
74%
positive of 145 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Overclocked: A History of Violence is a psychological thriller adventure game developed by House of Tales and published by Lighthouse Interactive. The game was supposed to be released in North America on March 31, 2008, but was delayed to April 15, 2008.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.98 at Gamer Thor (2024-11-24) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 80 of 116 observed days · $14.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.70$1.222015-01-172026-08-302015-01-17 — best price $11.552015-12-21 — best price $14.992016-06-22 — best price $14.992016-12-12 — best price $14.992017-07-14 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-08-08 — best price $3.872018-12-02 — best price $12.742019-04-22 — best price $3.752019-08-19 — best price $2.252019-12-13 — best price $15.002020-02-14 — best price $12.992020-05-18 — best price $2.752020-07-25 — best price $2.602020-09-23 — best price $11.892020-11-18 — best price $11.892021-01-23 — best price $12.382021-03-20 — best price $11.892021-05-09 — best price $14.992021-07-09 — best price $14.992021-10-02 — best price $14.992021-12-23 — best price $2.542022-03-20 — best price $14.992022-07-11 — best price $2.992022-10-08 — best price $13.172022-12-23 — best price $1.222023-04-25 — best price $3.002023-08-22 — best price $13.052024-01-06 — best price $14.992024-04-24 — best price $11.192024-08-20 — best price $12.742024-11-29 — best price $3.002025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-08-02 — best price $14.992025-11-19 — best price $11.962026-03-20 — best price $14.842026-07-03 — best price $13.492026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2752026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 27 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 17 pageviews2026-06-19 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 7 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-10 — 20 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 24 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Player tags

IndieMysteryAdventureStory RichPoint & ClickPsychological

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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