Overlord™

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%2007

$4.99

US Steam price, checked 4 h ago

The verdict

A charming, funny "evil Pikmin" about commanding goblin minions as a Dark Lord, loved for humor and nostalgia. Skip it if you hate clunky controls, no map and backtracking.

Great for

Nostalgic players and fans of dark-fantasy parody who like Pikmin-style minion command and tolerate old-school jank

Main risk

Clunky controls, dumb minion AI and no map make it frustrating and repetitive.

What players love

Nostalgic classic that holds up

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“it was fantastic 19 years ago and its fantastic now.”
Steam review · 16.9 h played ↗

“Once again I'm convinced that time has no power over a good game.”
Steam review · translated · 6.6 h played ↗

Funny, satirical humor and charm

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“the comedic atmosphere of a very dark story... just perfect.”
Steam review · 22.4 h played ↗

“I feel this game has an ageless charm and humor.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗

“Superb satire of fantasy clichés that looks even fresher in 2026 than at release.”
Steam review · translated · 13.1 h played ↗

Fun, unique minion-command gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Commanding a horde of mischievous little creatures is pure joy - every order feels responsive”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗

“Using combination of them you will solve some simple puzzles or fight enemies, where choosing right army setup and positioning is a key.”
Steam review · 41 h played ↗

“A unique mix of action and minion tactics that still has no worthy equivalents.”
Steam review · translated · 13.1 h played ↗

Being the villain is satisfying

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“this is the absolute most perfect title to date”
Steam review · 18.1 h played ↗

“I love playing the villain for once.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗

Cute, characterful minions

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“your minoins will use anything as weapon or armor, from helmets and sticks to slug body parts”
Steam review · 57.7 h played ↗

“I think the little minions are stupid cute”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗

Runs well on modern systems

Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews

“Runs stable on modern systems.”
Steam review · 34.1 h played ↗

What players complain about

Clunky controls and camera

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Unplayable on PC with KB+M. The controls are awful, extremely imprecise. You cannot rebind keys either.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗

“Too much of the gameplay is built around commanding minions, and it's done very crudely.”
Steam review · translated · 6.5 h played ↗

“The game in fun when the controls cooperate. It really feels like a bad console port.”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗

Repetitive, tedious, backtracking

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“An absolute slogfest. This is a 5/10 boring backtracking simulator”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗

“Player gets easily bored, because everything was already introduced.”
Steam review · 18.2 h played ↗

“Starts out well but quickly gets old from monotony”
Steam review · translated · 3.1 h played ↗

Dumb minion AI, stuck and dying

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“They get stuck everywhere, they don't path to you if you call them back”
Steam review · 29 h played ↗

“they get stuck, glitch and won't obey orders, and without them the hero is weak”
Steam review · translated · 3.5 h played ↗

No map or objective guidance

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“The game completely lacks a map, references directions like "east of the town" but has no compass”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗

“This game would be SO much less frustrating if there were some kind of map or even just a compass rose.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗

Save loss, bugs and no manual saves

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“it keeps deleting my save data. Twice I've invested 10-15+ hours only to turn the game on and find my file gone.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

“There's no quick-saves, only progress-based autosaves, so if something goes wrong you'll have to replay large chunks of the game over again.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗

Won't launch / compatibility issues

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“it no longer runs under the latest Windows 10 builds, crashing immediately with an "Error 53"”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

ProcessorPentium 4 2.4 GHz or Athlon XP 2400+

Memory512MB RAM

GraphicsGeForce FX5900 / Radeon 9500 or above

Storage4.5 GB available

Recommended

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo or Athlon 64 X2

Memory1GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce 7800 or Radeon X1800

ProcessorPentium 4 2.4 GHz or Athlon XP 2400+

Memory512MB RAM

GraphicsGeForce FX5900 / Radeon 9500 or above

Storage4.5 GB available

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