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War for the Overworld

Brightrock Games · Mythwright · 2015-04-02

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

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.

War for the Overworld is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $5.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 8128 reviews).

45
playing now
86%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (1.4k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

War for the Overworld trailer thumbnail

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≈397,440 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 45 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 3% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 203k–488k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,128 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 87 of 131 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

99232026-09-15 12:00 — 52 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 57 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 65 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 99 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 28 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 36 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 62 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 43 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 56 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 72 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 29 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 28 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 68 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 67 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 33 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 55 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 52 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 34 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 86 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 83 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 34 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5275May 2013Aug 2026May 2013 — avg 42 · peak 164Oct 2013 — avg 11 · peak 55Mar 2014 — avg 10 · peak 30Aug 2014 — avg 12 · peak 30Jan 2015 — avg 21 · peak 66Jun 2015 — avg 162 · peak 650Nov 2015 — avg 93 · peak 363Apr 2016 — avg 70 · peak 182Sep 2016 — avg 87 · peak 195Feb 2017 — avg 95 · peak 211Jul 2017 — avg 128 · peak 347Dec 2017 — avg 172 · peak 490May 2018 — avg 169 · peak 451Oct 2018 — avg 138 · peak 690Mar 2019 — avg 93 · peak 211Aug 2019 — avg 95 · peak 196Jan 2020 — avg 103 · peak 215Jun 2020 — avg 90 · peak 217Nov 2020 — avg 125 · peak 305Apr 2021 — avg 122 · peak 296Sep 2021 — avg 94 · peak 249Feb 2022 — avg 77 · peak 165Jul 2022 — avg 85 · peak 163Dec 2022 — avg 72 · peak 132May 2023 — avg 80 · peak 162Oct 2023 — avg 77 · peak 169Mar 2024 — avg 72 · peak 164Aug 2024 — avg 56 · peak 105Jan 2025 — avg 66 · peak 166Jun 2025 — avg 63 · peak 143Nov 2025 — avg 63 · peak 143Apr 2026 — avg 76 · peak 222Aug 2026 — avg 56 · peak 140
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.642015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $5.992026-09-04 — best price $5.992026-09-29 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

65222026-05-29 — 41 pageviews2026-06-02 — 37 pageviews2026-06-06 — 36 pageviews2026-06-10 — 37 pageviews2026-06-14 — 39 pageviews2026-06-18 — 53 pageviews2026-06-22 — 63 pageviews2026-06-26 — 48 pageviews2026-06-30 — 33 pageviews2026-07-04 — 30 pageviews2026-07-08 — 35 pageviews2026-07-12 — 52 pageviews2026-07-16 — 41 pageviews2026-07-20 — 39 pageviews2026-07-24 — 27 pageviews2026-07-28 — 45 pageviews2026-08-01 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 29 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-13 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 33 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-25 — 58 pageviews2026-08-29 — 65 pageviews2026-09-02 — 35 pageviews2026-09-06 — 45 pageviews2026-09-10 — 40 pageviews2026-09-14 — 34 pageviews2026-09-18 — 26 pageviews2026-09-22 — 37 pageviews2026-09-26 — 39 pageviews2026-09-30 — 42 pageviews2026-10-04 — 31 pageviews2026-10-07 — 34 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

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2016-05-27, latest 2018-04-20 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSFantasySandboxGod GameStrategyManagementOld SchoolSimulationDark ComedyUnderground

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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