War for the Overworld

Tired of invading dungeons? It's time you built your own! War for the Overworld is a Dungeon Management Game that employs your favourite aspects of the RTS and God Game genres. Carve out your Dungeon and conquer the Overworld!

War for the Overworld is a simulation, god game and strategy game developed and published by Brightrock Games.
Released on April 02nd 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Japanese and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 7,680 reviews of which 6,609 were positive and 1,071 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.79€ on Steam and has a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified War for the Overworld into these genres:

Simulation God Game Strategy RTS City Builder Base-Building Villain Protagonist Dungeon Crawler Management Fantasy Underground Dark Comedy Singleplayer Funny Indie Level Editor Sandbox Old School Colony Sim Comedy

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 , Windows 8 , Windows 10
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

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MacOS

OS: OS X 10.10 or higher
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

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Due to compatibility issues, 2017 Macbook Pros and onwards which feature Intel Iris graphics are not supported. For more information please view our full article above.

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or higher
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
Additional Linux Requirements:
- glibc 2.14 or later
- libstdc++6 or later
- GCC 4.9 or later
- Only the latest video card drivers are supported
- OpenGL 3.0 support is required

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Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Sept. 2024

The game is great, I only write this review caz ppl are too stingy nowadays saying things about Dungeon Keeper and whatnot... The game has some issues, but it is playable and definetly worth its price. It is not Dungeon Keeper, but it can stand on its own as a good enough game to spend some time. It may not be a masterpiece and as I said there are some issues (like AI doing st*pid things sometimes), but it is playable and you will still have enough fun time with it... moreover developers are still there and still do some minor patches for the game.

Sept. 2024

The spiritual successor to Dungeon Keeper is how I'd describe War for the Overworld. No other game comes close to recreating it's overall feel.

Sept. 2024

In a world of games that take themselves too seriously, I count myself fortunate that this one doesn't. War for the Overworld is a fun, very enjoyable romp through an exciting and challenging fantasy setting, where oftentimes building the dungeon can be just as satisfying as actually playing the missions. Narrated beautifully, visually still strong even after nearly a decade, with mostly fun goals to work towards and an interesting, but ultimately fairly bare-bones story - WFTO is something I really enjoyed playing, though as with anything, it did have it's share of poor moments. The game can still be a little buggy, even after all this time. Reloading saves that are over an hour long has a tendency to not load properly, sometimes textures dissapear and you stare into the void (though only ususally on a single tile face), crashing in some of the campaign levels (Heart of Gold most notably) isn't uncommon, and unit overlays can sometimes fail to render, or properly highlight. These aren't deal-breakers for me, but they do take things down a notch in my esteem, and can be a nuisance WFTO is a game that will take some getting used to if you've never played a dungeon management game Ala Dungeon Keeper before. It's not afraid to be challenging, and the AI most certainly knows how to play the game - likely better than you ever will, and even if you did know better, it can do actions simultaneously that a player simply couldn't. It's the first time in a long time where I've played a game that had a difficulty born not of an artificial means, such as inflating stats or giving free resources, but an AI that actually just plays the game better and better. You can learn the game by watching the AI at work, and you can see a lot of how the game's nuance is expressed through that same medium too. It's brutal at it's highest level, but it's always (almost) fair. The game nails it's vibe perfectly as well - it's cartoonishly evil, grandiose, over the top, scenery chewing fun. The narration for it all is perfect, and the voice lines from your minions help a great deal too. You really feel like you're in the setting the game tries to put you in, and my only complaint is that the story is a little thin on the ground. I would've loved some more lore and story to really get stuck into, but, that wasn't the focus here. I will say, though, the hands-off, no micro style of play can be extroadinarily frustrating when it comes to the AI just... not doing what you're wanting them to do. Workers especially can often not decide to do things, because a worker that you own is already trying to do it - even if it's across the map, and thus you can't get another one to do it instead, even if you plop it right on top of what you want done. Territory battles, where workers can just yeet themselves into the enemy fortifications, or completely ignore encroaching workers, is a frustrating sort of micro-management that I really didn't enjoy wrestling with. The cowardice of your workers is only a neutral because it's *all* workers, meaning that same cowardice can be leveraged to essentially create a repelling field. It's been a long time since I had this much fun having my ass kicked, or since I've stayed up so late not because I wanted to get it done, but because I wanted to keep playing it to get to the end - a disdinction that might be hard to understand at first glance. I'm often playing games to their end regardless of whether or not I particually like them, but in this case, the game would suck me in every time I've played. It's fun, challenging, entertaining, complex, and most of all - it's got this wonderful charm to it. While it's issues keep it from being one of my all-time favorites, it's very clearly up there with the best of them. If you don't mind losing, and you want to switch things up and be evil for a change, commence your War for the Overworld - and delight in the carnage and chaos you will inevitably sow.

April 2024

It's not really a Dungeon Keeper -clone-. It's just... awesome in all the same ways with a lot of the same units and interface and rooms. And way better graphics.

Jan. 2024

It is true spiritual successor to Dungeon Keeper. All game mechanics are carefully copied. At the same time, the developers added their own mechanics. My only complaint is the character design. It is enough to compare creatures: Bile Demon vs Chunder or Dark Mistress vs Succubus. The comparison is not in favor of the War for the Overworld. And there is no analogue of the Horned Reaper at all.

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-80% 28.99€ 5.79€

8.4

6,609

1,071

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Developer

Brightrock Games

Publisher

Brightrock Games

Release 02 Apr 2015

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