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War for the Overworld cover art

War for the Overworld

Brightrock Games · Mythwright · 2015-04-02

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 02, 2015 (Mac), Apr 02, 2015 (Linux)

War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.

125
playing now
86%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

125 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

War for the Overworld is a 2015 real-time strategy video game developed by Brightrock Games based in Brighton, UK. The game started as a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, which ran from November 29, 2012, to January 3, 2013. In the game, players build dungeons containing deadly traps to kill adventuring heroes that enter. The game is inspired by Dungeon Keeper, StarCraft, Overlord, and Evil Genius. It includes a campaign, sandbox mode, and online multiplayer.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 125 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 140 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 203k–487k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,113 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$5.99-80%
GOG$5.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.64 at GreenManGaming (2020-11-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 62 of 100 observed days · $3.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11711720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

125232026-08-06 22:00 — 52 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 56 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 59 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 33 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 69 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 80 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 70 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 61 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 54 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 57 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 52 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 60 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 74 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 34 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 67 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 46 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 86 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 101 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 34 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 50 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 109 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 49 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 125 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.642015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $24.992015-12-22 — best price $17.992016-10-28 — best price $14.992017-03-22 — best price $29.992017-08-04 — best price $10.492017-12-27 — best price $29.992018-06-21 — best price $7.492018-11-15 — best price $7.492019-03-10 — best price $29.992019-08-30 — best price $7.462020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-05-12 — best price $22.042020-08-04 — best price $29.992020-10-01 — best price $26.882020-11-07 — best price $26.882020-12-17 — best price $22.042021-03-09 — best price $25.382021-04-22 — best price $29.992021-06-01 — best price $29.992021-09-03 — best price $5.992021-11-30 — best price $29.992022-03-07 — best price $29.992022-06-10 — best price $4.802022-10-08 — best price $23.892023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-05-07 — best price $5.992023-09-04 — best price $29.992024-01-23 — best price $29.992024-04-05 — best price $23.892024-08-07 — best price $14.992024-11-17 — best price $22.042025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-06-09 — best price $29.992025-09-15 — best price $5.992025-12-06 — best price $29.992026-04-01 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

63222026-05-29 — 41 pageviews2026-06-01 — 51 pageviews2026-06-04 — 35 pageviews2026-06-07 — 42 pageviews2026-06-10 — 37 pageviews2026-06-13 — 34 pageviews2026-06-16 — 22 pageviews2026-06-19 — 48 pageviews2026-06-22 — 63 pageviews2026-06-25 — 38 pageviews2026-06-28 — 59 pageviews2026-07-01 — 33 pageviews2026-07-04 — 30 pageviews2026-07-07 — 41 pageviews2026-07-10 — 38 pageviews2026-07-13 — 52 pageviews2026-07-16 — 41 pageviews2026-07-19 — 39 pageviews2026-07-22 — 41 pageviews2026-07-25 — 32 pageviews2026-07-28 — 45 pageviews2026-07-31 — 33 pageviews2026-08-03 — 30 pageviews2026-08-06 — 55 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-12 — 28 pageviews2026-08-15 — 25 pageviews2026-08-18 — 49 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 37 pageviews2026-08-26 — 42 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.4%
earned "Awakening"
8.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud8 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,1930%142

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

Player tags

RTSFantasySandboxGod GameStrategyManagementOld SchoolSimulationDark ComedyUnderground

Census log

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

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