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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. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
31 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Unique and fun gameplay. The controls are a bit bad but you get used to it”
15 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“He tears off fairies' wings, crushes hobbit skulls with his steel boot, and wears a necklace made of the teeth of heroes of good around his neck. Yes, it's him, Monsieur Overlord in a fantasy romp where you and your…”
“Having grown up watching my parents play this absolute gem of a game, Im finally getting to enjoy the wonders of the early 2000's era of gaming. Everything - from the story to the gameplay mechanics- are wonderfully…”
“Full review: https://thegamehoard.com/2026/05/07/picking-up-steam-overlord-pc/ Overlord is more of a villainous romp than an actual host to an evil adventure, but the humorous presentation makes it easy to delight in…”
3 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“The game has a ton of charm and character, adorable cartoonishly little evil gremlins, great voice acting and lots of extra stuff to add to it that modern games exclude since the shareholders think are unnessesary. An…”
“fine for older game”
“Such a classic, oozing with character and origonality. A note to self - keep pressing A to skip through the studio intro's - the codemasters one crashes the game on the steam deck about half the time, otherwise runs…”
3 of the 97 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I've done everything. I've granted all access rights, restricted all Windows security, updated all the drivers to the required ones, changed all the settings, tried to forcefully create the files necessary to run the…”
Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-05-12.
| 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 |
| 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)