War for the Overworld
Tired of invading dungeons? It's time you build your own. War for the Overworld is a Dungeon Management Game that employs your favourite aspects of the RPG, RTS and god game genres. In War for the Overworld…
War for the Overworld is an indie developed by Brightrock Games, released 2 April 2015 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What War for the Overworld is
War for the Overworld is an indie game developed by Brightrock Games and released in 2015. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tired of invading dungeons? It's time you build your own. War for the Overworld is a Dungeon Management Game that employs your favourite aspects of the RPG, RTS and god game genres. In War for the Overworld, you will play as a malevolent Underlord with unrivaled dark power and an insatiable desire for bloody conquest. Excavate your dungeon and populate it with dozens of unique rooms that will attract myriad creatures to your halls to work and fight for you. In addition to creatures you have destructive spells and powerful rituals to cast upon any unsuspecting goodly hero (or rival Underlord) who dares trespass your unholy halls.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 142 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
War for the Overworld holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core CPU @ 2.5GHz, 4GB RAM and Nvidia GT450 512MB or better, ATI 4870HD 512MB or better. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 7GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
War for the Overworld launched on 2 April 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0 and Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for War for the Overworld yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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