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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.
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
44 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“Everyone, this is straight up Dungeon Keeper 3. It's so truthful to the original material, it's so amazing, I absolutely love it.”
“War for the Overworld is a game I have been a fan of and supported and encouraged to others since it's earliest days of development. It has gone through many rocky periods and lots of various issues, and it is not…”
“A1! As close to perfect as possible. This actually feels like Dungeon Keeper, through and through. Cannot recommend this enough.”
10 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“If you love the Dungeon Keeper games, this is the worthy successor you've been looking for. It does pretty much everything Dungeon Keeper does and does it in the same style and just as well. The narrator from Dungeon…”
“Fantastic...I am a fan of dungeon keeper and dungeon keeper 2. Just realize this game exist. Sure brings back old memories...it's just as I remember it ..with the absolutely epic narartion. I can see that they made lots…”
9 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“If you love the Dungeon Keeper games, this is the worthy successor you've been looking for. It does pretty much everything Dungeon Keeper does and does it in the same style and just as well. The narrator from Dungeon…”
“Fantastic...I am a fan of dungeon keeper and dungeon keeper 2. Just realize this game exist. Sure brings back old memories...it's just as I remember it ..with the absolutely epic narartion. I can see that they made lots…”
3 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“I love this game, it's great to see a company breath life back into god sims like this. I played Dungeon keep in my youth and it holds a special place in my heart, unfortunately EA bought it, so we know it's never…”
“fantastic time killer. with a story that's surprisingly interesting, even if you're listening with half attention. the game takes a second to learn, but its fun once you get it's a bit dated, but still gets updates.…”
3 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“If you're into Dungeon Kepper, the Dungeons games, etc this is for you. It plays differently and gets pretty difficult but certainly worth picking up, has this neat pet dungeon mode in the base game other than the…”
“the map editor is peak and the campains are difficult but not to difficult. I love this game.”
11 of the 77 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“If you don't play the game exactly the way the campaign wants you to, you'll get completely wrecked. For example on the third map I decided to take the fight to the enemy rather than wait for the scripted events to…”
“Don't waste your time on this. It's not the game you want it to be.”
“a good spiritual successor to the dungeon keeper games. just wish it had the combo rooms like in DK2.”
3 of the 77 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Couldn't get into it, too many things are too convoluted, and the interface is not always easy to read. Main complains: trying to form war bands, cannot understand how many units I put into them, not sure if there is a…”
Counted across 77 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 85.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Dungeon keeper 2.0 , with the original voice actor too !”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 2.1.4: Two New Hands, Graphics Updates & Masters of Albion Bundle
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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
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
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
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 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Dungeon Crawler · Base-Building · Villain Protagonist · Sandbox · Management · Dark Comedy · Old School · Simulation · God Game · Strategy · RTS · City Builder (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Achievements | 142 |
| Official site | http://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