Overlord II
Worth it · RPG · 2009
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 16.5h
- Value
- $0.61/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, GeForce 6800+/ATI X1600+ with 256MB, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
Overlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition...
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $0.99, set in May 2023. It has been discounted 83 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 14 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 6 weeks.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 61 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Overlord™ ($4.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Overlord™: Raising Hell ($9.99, scores 66).
Critics scored it 79. Players sit 10 points higher at 89 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Of the 481 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 78 percent of the 481 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
Players
19 players at peak in the last day.
The chart appears once this game has been counted more than once.Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
Hey you! Do you like being evil? Do you like Goblins? Do you like buxom Mistresses? Then you should play THIS GAME! While maintaining the charm of it's previous installment, it's no wonder that Overlord 2 is the most iconic entry of the series.
If you liked Overlord 1, you'll like Overlord 2. The Mechanics (ex. Minion control) play similar to Overlord 1, but less buggy and a bit better explained via tutorial in game. Also the storyline has been improved. You're no longer facing some generic, mostly unnamed "Heroes', but now a "Not"-the-Roman-Empire that wants to capture (?and harvest?) magic & magical creatures for nebulous ends. Which includes our...
-Multiple soft locks that require reloading past saves, one of them happens 10 minutes into the game at the snowfort in the tutorial. -Game does not respect your time, checkpoints have 30 minute+ gaps between them. -90% of the game is just walking spamming left mouse without any thought, incredibly basic combat design. -Camera locks on minions if you walk so you can't look around while walking, it sucks. -The same...
Player reviews from Steam: the most helpful all-time, plus the newest that clear the same quality bar, with the hours each player had put in when they wrote it. The mix of Recommended and Not recommended follows the game's Steam ratio. Rotates daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Overlord II scores 80/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/12810/overlord-iiThe BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It answers the money question and stops there; whether the game is for you is still your call.
Reviews set the ceiling and price moves you inside it, so a cheap game that reviews badly cannot climb. Ratings from few reviewers are shrunk toward the middle, so 100 percent from nine people does not outrank 96 percent from ninety thousand. Length comes from HowLongToBeat where it can be matched, measured against a per-genre floor so a five-hour narrative game is judged against other narrative games rather than against a sixty-hour RPG. Where no verified length exists the score says so and carries a dock, because the biggest input is then a guess. The full method, including where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Aug 3, price as of Sep 24.
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