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War for the Overworld

War for the Overworld

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.

Released Apr 2, 2015 Developer Brightrock Games Publisher Mythwright, Brightrock Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Dungeon CrawlerBase-BuildingVillain ProtagonistSandboxManagement
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

85.9%positive7,837 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Dungeon keeper 2.0 , with the original voice actor too !”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2 were games that set fire to my young imagination many years ago. These games have an undeniable charisma that pulls you in and makes you want to explore their nooks and crannies. War for the Overworld is essentially Dungeon Keeper 3, and has the same…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“This is a modern version of a old goldie called Dungeon Keeper. I dont kow how many hours I spent in DK2 but this game is going to cause the same lose of time. Definitely worth spending some hours playing through the campaign and then enjoying the pet dungeon mode.”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:58 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

94playing at last check
10724-hour peak
2,227all-time peak
0 500 1k 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 527 avg · Apr 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

142achievements
2.4%median completion
0.5%rarest: Master of The Under Games
82.3% of players 58.9% of players 44.1% of players 37.5% of players 32.4% of players 26.4% of players 24.8% of players 22.3% of players 19.3% of players 17.1% of players 16.3% of players 13.4% of players 11.1% of players 10.1% of players 9.0% of players 8.2% of players 7.4% of players 6.9% of players 6.8% of players 6.3% of players 5.8% of players 5.7% of players 5.3% of players 4.7% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 82.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
82.3%Awakening — Complete level 1
73.3%Welcome to Kairos — Complete level 2
58.9%The Breach — Complete level 3
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Master of The Under Games — Win the The Under Games on Master difficulty
0.6%Black Widow — Beat Zeam on Hard difficulty on any official 1v1 Skirmish map
0.6%I Won't Be Back — Beat Volta on Hard difficulty on any official 1v1 Skirmish map

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$5.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US29.99 USD
EU28.99 EUR
UK24.99 GBP
Australia43.95 AUD
Canada38.99 CAD
Japan3,400 JPY
Brazil88.99 BRL
China108.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$16 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$33

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 22, 2026
Patch 2.1.4: Two New Hands, Graphics Updates & Masters of Albion Bundle

Darkest greetings, directors/cleaners/underlords! Quite an eccentric resume, there.We’re still up to our elbows in Kaiju guts, and the next War for the Overworld game remains in early pre-production,

Sep 28, 2025
Brightrock’s Next Game — Kaiju Cleanup — Studio Update & War for the Overworld

Darkest greetings Underlords, Entranced in their darkest worships your cultists study visions of a distant and unusual realm; one overrun with gargantuan monsters, brought low by overwhelming firepowe

May 09, 2025
Hotfix Patch 2.1.3f1 - Release Notes

Fixed an issue where the High-Cost options toggle did not appropriately enable the high-cost options on shadow type and distance Rearranged the options menu

May 07, 2025
War for the Overworld x Dungeon Keeper Bundle

Darkest greetings Underlords, Today we bring you some terrific news courtesy of the devilishly brilliant efforts of Mythwright, War for the Overworld's new publisher, the pact with whom you can read m

Apr 02, 2025
Ten Year Anniversary Update, New & Exclusive Skins. What's Next?

Darkest greetings Underlords, Yesterday, your cultists brought word of an astounding new development in the War for the Overworld multiverse which, as many of you no doubt surmised, was a most ingenio

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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.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsDungeon Crawler · Base-Building · Villain Protagonist · Sandbox · Management · Dark Comedy · Old School · Simulation · God Game · Strategy · RTS · City Builder (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America *
Achievements142
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.wftogame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 , Windows 8 , Windows 10, Windows 11 Processor: Dual Core CPU @ 2.5GHz Memory: 4GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GT450 512MB or better, ATI 4870HD 512MB or better G3D Mark : 1500 Hard Drive: 7GB available space Sound: Speakers or headphones Full Knowledgebase Article