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Overlord II

Triumph Studios · Codemasters · 2009-06-23

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RPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 23, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 09, 2009 (Xbox 360), Jun 23, 2009 (PlayStation 3)

Overlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition...

Overlord II is a 2009 RPG game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 4979 reviews).

28
playing now
89%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (77 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (458 downloads)
23h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 30h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Overlord II is a 2009 action role-playing game and sequel to the 2007 video game Overlord and its 2008 expansion pack in the form of Overlord: Raising Hell. It was developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. All versions were released in North America on 23 June 2009, in Europe on 26 June and Australia on 9 July 2009, alongside two spin-offs; Overlord: Dark Legend and Overlord: Minions for the Wii and the Nintendo DS, respectively. Ports for Linux and OS X were released on 26 July 2016.

Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 190 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 200k–399k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,993 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.69 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 47 of 86 observed days · $9.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

69162026-09-15 12:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 33 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 33 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 69 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 43 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 27 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 40 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 40 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 46 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 42 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 34 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 37 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 28 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 43 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 51 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
29625Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 39 · peak 77Dec 2012 — avg 32 · peak 69May 2013 — avg 31 · peak 67Oct 2013 — avg 35 · peak 163Mar 2014 — avg 57 · peak 158Aug 2014 — avg 51 · peak 105Jan 2015 — avg 115 · peak 495Jun 2015 — avg 77 · peak 173Nov 2015 — avg 104 · peak 332Apr 2016 — avg 53 · peak 116Sep 2016 — avg 55 · peak 187Feb 2017 — avg 56 · peak 121Jul 2017 — avg 79 · peak 233Dec 2017 — avg 58 · peak 138May 2018 — avg 54 · peak 104Oct 2018 — avg 63 · peak 178Mar 2019 — avg 46 · peak 102Aug 2019 — avg 46 · peak 101Jan 2020 — avg 54 · peak 131Jun 2020 — avg 64 · peak 142Nov 2020 — avg 66 · peak 155Apr 2021 — avg 49 · peak 111Sep 2021 — avg 46 · peak 106Feb 2022 — avg 52 · peak 114Jul 2022 — avg 48 · peak 87Dec 2022 — avg 37 · peak 84May 2023 — avg 52 · peak 155Oct 2023 — avg 31 · peak 73Mar 2024 — avg 40 · peak 93Aug 2024 — avg 37 · peak 79Jan 2025 — avg 39 · peak 91Jun 2025 — avg 34 · peak 80Nov 2025 — avg 34 · peak 79Apr 2026 — avg 49 · peak 165Aug 2026 — avg 38 · peak 79
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.96$1.832015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-03-24 — best price $5.422015-07-14 — best price $2.992015-11-30 — best price $9.992016-01-31 — best price $9.492016-04-13 — best price $2.492016-09-29 — best price $2.492017-01-20 — best price $9.992017-06-08 — best price $2.492017-10-27 — best price $2.492018-02-08 — best price $2.492018-06-07 — best price $2.502018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-01-05 — best price $9.992019-05-10 — best price $2.492019-09-14 — best price $2.492019-12-13 — best price $8.342020-02-03 — best price $2.492020-04-10 — best price $2.182020-07-11 — best price $2.462020-09-04 — best price $9.992020-10-22 — best price $2.492020-12-11 — best price $9.992021-02-04 — best price $9.992021-03-20 — best price $1.832021-05-02 — best price $8.842021-09-27 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992024-04-04 — best price $9.992025-03-06 — best price $1.992025-12-03 — best price $9.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

106312026-06-02 — 57 pageviews2026-06-06 — 51 pageviews2026-06-10 — 52 pageviews2026-06-14 — 76 pageviews2026-06-18 — 47 pageviews2026-06-22 — 89 pageviews2026-06-26 — 43 pageviews2026-06-30 — 52 pageviews2026-07-04 — 60 pageviews2026-07-08 — 78 pageviews2026-07-12 — 64 pageviews2026-07-16 — 52 pageviews2026-07-20 — 54 pageviews2026-07-24 — 51 pageviews2026-07-28 — 64 pageviews2026-08-01 — 106 pageviews2026-08-05 — 62 pageviews2026-08-09 — 62 pageviews2026-08-13 — 57 pageviews2026-08-17 — 57 pageviews2026-08-21 — 58 pageviews2026-08-25 — 39 pageviews2026-08-29 — 71 pageviews2026-09-02 — 56 pageviews2026-09-06 — 47 pageviews2026-09-10 — 41 pageviews2026-09-14 — 45 pageviews2026-09-18 — 43 pageviews2026-09-22 — 39 pageviews2026-09-26 — 60 pageviews2026-09-30 — 56 pageviews2026-10-04 — 55 pageviews2026-10-08 — 33 pageviews2026-10-11 — 38 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)17,1232%49
PS3 (PlayStation)14,2589%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGFunnyMagicActionComedyFantasyStrategyAdventureAction RPGDark Humor

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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