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OVERWHELM

Ruari O'Sullivan · Alliance · 2018-06-11

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 04, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 11, 2018 (Mac), Jun 11, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.

0
playing now
85%
positive of 237 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 56% of 10,958 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.9k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 237 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492018-06-192026-08-302018-06-19 — best price $9.992018-08-27 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-07-25 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-10-26 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

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

Player tags

2DDarkIndieRetroActionHorrorDifficultControllerFast-PacedPlatformer

Census log

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

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