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Overlord™

Triumph Studios · Codemasters · 2007-10-26

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RPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 26, 2007 (Xbox 360), Jun 26, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 22, 2008 (PlayStation 3)

Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic?

16
playing now
94%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (156 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 24h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Overlord is an action role-playing video game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Linux and PlayStation 3. It was released in 2007 in North America on 26 June, in Europe on 29 June and Australia on 6 July.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 255 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 269k–539k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,736 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-05-15) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5762026-08-06 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 40 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 39 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 28 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 47 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 37 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 34 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 47 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 24 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 27 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 45 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 26 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 33 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.49$0.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-02-18 — best price $4.992015-04-16 — best price $2.502015-06-11 — best price $1.242015-09-09 — best price $4.992015-11-30 — best price $4.992016-02-29 — best price $4.992016-06-19 — best price $1.242016-09-29 — best price $1.242016-12-15 — best price $1.242017-03-27 — best price $1.322017-06-22 — best price $1.242017-10-19 — best price $1.242018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-03-21 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-10-23 — best price $4.992018-12-02 — best price $4.242019-02-23 — best price $4.992019-05-20 — best price $1.252019-08-26 — best price $4.992019-11-18 — best price $4.512019-12-27 — best price $4.992020-02-03 — best price $1.242020-03-27 — best price $4.992020-05-08 — best price $3.942020-06-22 — best price $1.142020-08-02 — best price $1.012020-09-14 — best price $4.992020-10-17 — best price $4.992020-12-06 — best price $4.142021-01-20 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-03-16 — best price $4.992021-04-15 — best price $4.142021-05-09 — best price $4.142021-12-22 — best price $2.492023-11-21 — best price $3.042025-05-01 — best price $1.092026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

RPGRTSFunnyActionPuzzleStrategyAction RPGDark HumorOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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