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Overture cover art

Overture

Black Shell Games · Plug In Digital · 2015-02-02

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!

Overture is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 1260 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Overture is a roguelike adventure video game developed by Black Shell Games, a subsidiary of Black Shell Media LLC. The game was released on January 1, 2015 for Microsoft Windows. In the game, players select from one of 24 characters and travel throughout the game vanquishing enemies, collecting loot, and slaying monsters.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,258 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2021-06-18) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.372015-01-062026-03-182015-01-06 — best price $4.992015-12-14 — best price $4.992016-04-15 — best price $2.492016-09-30 — best price $0.492017-02-23 — best price $0.502017-08-07 — best price $0.502018-02-20 — best price $4.992018-08-30 — best price $0.542019-09-12 — best price $4.992020-03-25 — best price $0.492020-06-16 — best price $4.082020-08-10 — best price $4.392020-10-01 — best price $4.992020-10-31 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-03-02 — best price $4.992021-04-05 — best price $4.392021-05-05 — best price $4.392021-06-04 — best price $4.392021-08-15 — best price $3.922021-12-11 — best price $4.992022-02-11 — best price $0.492022-06-14 — best price $3.892022-08-16 — best price $0.492022-11-23 — best price $0.402023-01-29 — best price $3.902023-03-24 — best price $4.992023-05-16 — best price $3.922023-07-27 — best price $0.892023-09-16 — best price $3.922023-11-06 — best price $0.742024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992026-03-18 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-06-02 — 2 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1 pageviews2026-06-14 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1 pageviews2026-07-04 — 10 pageviews2026-07-08 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 0 pageviews2026-07-20 — 0 pageviews2026-07-24 — 0 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-09 — 0 pageviews2026-08-13 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 2 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews2026-09-02 — 2 pageviews2026-09-06 — 4 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 4 pageviews2026-09-19 — 1 pageviews2026-09-23 — 0 pageviews2026-09-27 — 4 pageviews2026-10-01 — 1 pageviews2026-10-05 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 0 pageviews2026-10-11 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
2.2%
earned "Victorious Shaman"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-02-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)28676%4

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

Player tags

2DRPGLootIndieRetroActionCasualStrategyAdventureRogue-like

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.