Nostalgic childhood classic
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Great slice of my childhood. Happy to revisit and enjoy it! Still holds up as a great game, even to this day.”
Steam review · 14.2 h played ↗
Overlord II
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%Triumph Studios2009RPG · Action · Strategy
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A quirky, funny evil-overlord minion-commanding adventure with lots of nostalgic charm, but the PC port is buggy and crash-prone, and many find it weaker than Overlord 1.
Great for
Fans of Overlord 1, Pikmin-style minion command, and dark-humored nostalgia trips
Main risk
Crashes, soft locks and a weak save system can force you to redo hours of progress
What players love
Improves on the first game
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This game builds and improves on basically every aspect of its predecessor.”
Steam review · 26.1 h played ↗
Visuals, music and art direction hold up
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the graphics very much hold on even in 2025”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Unique villain-protagonist concept
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“nothing compares in game type today. I do mean nothing like this exist anymore.”
Steam review · 26.4 h played ↗
Fun, hilarious minion control
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“the game is as adorably evil as ever. There is nothing better than hearing "Burn! Burn! Burn!" from my little terrors whenever I set something ablaze.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Runs on modern PCs and is cheap
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews
“$10 is a freaking steal for this game, seriously.”
Steam review · 33.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Worse than Overlord 1
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Unfortunately Overlord 2 is a step down from its predecessor in almost every regard.”
Steam review · 16.5 h played ↗
Clunky controls, camera and minion AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“controls get stuck and bug out. camera is clunky and also gets stuck.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Tedious, grindy and confusing missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I find the game overly grindy (looking at you quest to kill 1000 gnomes, dominate or kill 100 citizens in multiple towns”
Steam review · 34.8 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs and soft locks
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“there are way too many game-breaking bugs for me to reccommend. Do you want to play every level 2 times because of bugs?”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
Crashes and black screens
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the modern PC port is utterly unplayable. Three main things crash the game: - Loading a new level - Tabbing in and back out”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
Poor save system, lost progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“there is NO MANUAL SAVE SYSTEM. The only way to save the game is to load a new map”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP2+
ProcessorPentium 4 3.0Ghz/Athlon 64bit 3000+
Memory1GB
GraphicsGeForce 6800+/ATI X1600+ with 256MB
Storage5GB
OSWindows XP SP2+
ProcessorPentium 4 3.0Ghz/Athlon 64bit 3000+
Memory1GB
GraphicsGeForce 6800+/ATI X1600+ with 256MB
Storage5GB
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