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Overlord™ cover art

Overlord™

Triumph Studios · Codemasters · 2007-10-26

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

RPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

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?

Overlord™ is an RPG game released in 2007, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 6736 reviews).

22
playing now
94%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Overlord™ trailer thumbnail

OVERLORD (2018)- Official Trailer - Paramount Pictures

≈90,891 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 22 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 6% of 13,875 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 270k–541k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,758 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 6 of 12 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

5392026-09-14 21:00 — 27 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 33 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 40 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 29 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 25 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 46 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 29 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 25 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 30 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 37 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
29619Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 29 · peak 53Dec 2012 — avg 25 · peak 56May 2013 — avg 25 · peak 54Oct 2013 — avg 26 · peak 209Mar 2014 — avg 43 · peak 112Aug 2014 — avg 41 · peak 85Jan 2015 — avg 72 · peak 309Jun 2015 — avg 60 · peak 165Nov 2015 — avg 105 · peak 291Apr 2016 — avg 42 · peak 97Sep 2016 — avg 46 · peak 210Feb 2017 — avg 45 · peak 112Jul 2017 — avg 70 · peak 215Dec 2017 — avg 53 · peak 123May 2018 — avg 44 · peak 97Oct 2018 — avg 54 · peak 173Mar 2019 — avg 36 · peak 78Aug 2019 — avg 36 · peak 73Jan 2020 — avg 42 · peak 108Jun 2020 — avg 39 · peak 79Nov 2020 — avg 52 · peak 140Apr 2021 — avg 42 · peak 94Sep 2021 — avg 36 · peak 74Feb 2022 — avg 46 · peak 113Jul 2022 — avg 35 · peak 81Dec 2022 — avg 30 · peak 75May 2023 — avg 49 · peak 185Oct 2023 — avg 26 · peak 66Mar 2024 — avg 35 · peak 90Aug 2024 — avg 31 · peak 74Jan 2025 — avg 34 · peak 76Jun 2025 — avg 30 · peak 70Nov 2025 — avg 33 · peak 77Apr 2026 — avg 46 · peak 221Aug 2026 — avg 28 · peak 67
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Attention

173772026-06-01 — 105 pageviews2026-06-05 — 111 pageviews2026-06-09 — 87 pageviews2026-06-13 — 130 pageviews2026-06-17 — 99 pageviews2026-06-21 — 100 pageviews2026-06-25 — 126 pageviews2026-06-29 — 99 pageviews2026-07-03 — 99 pageviews2026-07-07 — 97 pageviews2026-07-11 — 103 pageviews2026-07-15 — 98 pageviews2026-07-19 — 112 pageviews2026-07-23 — 110 pageviews2026-07-27 — 111 pageviews2026-07-31 — 133 pageviews2026-08-04 — 137 pageviews2026-08-08 — 124 pageviews2026-08-12 — 114 pageviews2026-08-16 — 130 pageviews2026-08-20 — 106 pageviews2026-08-24 — 137 pageviews2026-08-28 — 115 pageviews2026-09-01 — 121 pageviews2026-09-05 — 118 pageviews2026-09-09 — 136 pageviews2026-09-13 — 112 pageviews2026-09-17 — 105 pageviews2026-09-21 — 92 pageviews2026-09-25 — 107 pageviews2026-09-29 — 133 pageviews2026-10-03 — 94 pageviews2026-10-07 — 101 pageviews2026-10-11 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGRTSFunnyActionPuzzleStrategyAction RPGDark HumorOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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