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Overlord™
Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the tem
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I'm envious of anyone who is playing this for the first time.”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“Super fun; unusual gameplay but you just can't stop playing. Just give the controls a chance.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Overlord is a really fun game if you like the idea of playing the villain instead of the hero. Controlling your army of little minions and watching them run around causing chaos never really gets old. The game has a lot of humor and doesn’t take itself too seriously, which makes…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:41 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Overlord now available on SteamOS, Mac and Linux
Overlord is now available for your Steam Machine as well as Mac and Linux computers. Virtual Programming and Codemasters have ported this popular twisted fantasy action adventure to these systems wher
Overlord now available on SteamOS, Mac and Linux
Overlord is now available for your Steam Machine as well as Mac and Linux computers. Virtual Programming and Codemasters have ported this popular twisted fantasy action adventure to these systems wher
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | Villain Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Dark Fantasy · Puzzle · RTS · Action RPG · Action-Adventure · RPG · Strategy · Funny · Third Person · Dark Humor (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.codemasters.com/overlord |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
MINIMUM Supported OS: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Processor: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or Athlon XP 2400+ RAM: 512MB RAM Hard Drive: 4.5 GB available Video: GeForce FX5900 / Radeon 9500 or above DirectX Version: DirectX 9c Sound: DirectX compatible sound card Multiplayer is no longer available SUPPORTED GRAPHICS CARDS ATi Radeon: 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950 nVidia: GeForce FX5900, FX5950, 6600, 6800, 7100, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8800 Not compatible with all integrated sound/graphics solutions (inc. Laptops)