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Overclocked: A History of Violence
Developer House of Tales
Overclocked: A History of Violence is a psychological thriller adventure game developed by House of Tales and published by Lighthouse Interactive. The game was supposed to be released in North America on March 31, 2008, but was delayed to April 15, 2008. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
89 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
61
Fresh
40 positive · 26 negative
95% range 49–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 40 | 26 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
44 of 70 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
At a glance
Overclocked: A History of Violence is a 2015 adventure indie video game, from House of Tales.
- 89 people have posted about this game on Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy
- posts span Apr 13, 2015 to Nov 3, 2026
- 61% of 66 Steam reviewers recommend it (their own thumbs)
- Steam reviewers had played a median of 9 h when they wrote
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Overclocked: A History of Violence sits at 61% positive across 66 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Overclocked received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Brett Todd of GameSpot favorably regarded the game's "deep, engaging story with lifelike characters and dialogue" but noted its nihilistic tone. IGN also noted the game's "haunting main theme... and gloom of rainy New York [which] adds an appropriate layer of anxiety to the experience." PC Gamer said, "Unless you're jonesing for an adventure game fix, your time's better spent rearranging your Netflix queue."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 89 · most liked firstWe Hacked & Overclocked a PS5 to Install Linux and Steam. - [Invidious](https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=I2OsvSc8VeE) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2OsvSc8VeE)
neutral · AI labelView post →I would class this as a well written game which is somewhere between a point and click adventure and interactive story. I would prefer it having more puzzles and fewer passive plot triggers (by that I mean walking to a particular location or talking to someone without good reason to make progress). Despite some gameplay issues, this is a really interesting and engaging story with some well thought out characters. It will provide a good 8-10 hours of entertainment. The premise is that you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT! My girl’s specs make me excited! Overclocked and Overrided! Super excited to announce I’m Dr. Nitrofunk in Scratchin’ Melodii! I am so in love with this game and Nitrofunk is such a fun character! WISHLIST THE GAME NOW!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Overclocked is a point and click adventure game from 2008, and a great example of how a good story cannot save a game. It has a decent, if predictable, plot and some excellent writing in spots. It even has an interesting stab at an achronological narrative. All of which is ruined by tedious, repetitive gameplay. I won't spend much time summarizing the plot to avoid spoilers, it builds logically on the hook given above. It's predictable but well done, and would probably have made a good movie…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We Hacked & Overclocked a PS5 to Install Linux and Steam.
neutral · AI labelView post →Overclocked A History Of Violence =19.7 Hours of pure fun! 4.9 out of 5 Stars Played it again.. A story with so many twists and turns that you'll keep guessing right up to the.. Big Surprise's in the Ending! This game truly is the ultimate psychological mind bender.. The Cast: Dave McNamara-Psychiatrist from Washington DC Five Patients -All aged 18-20 Three Male - Two Female all go by their Cell number’s 1-5 at first! Kim-Dave’s wife is a phone contact -And... Terry Ingram-Lawyer Best…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That's SMT Devil Survivor Overclocked finished (first run, Amane route), AND WHAT A VIDEO GAME!! My favourite SMT combat so far. Every time I hit a difficult fight, it was all about digging into the systems to find the advantage. Superb game.
positive · AI labelView post →different concept to other games like none ive played before. Im going to say I recommend this game but only just. theres only ONE major fault with this game and its this: theres no way of knowing what to do next. frustrating. you do various things like ringing your ex wife up on your mobile or your lawyer just to see if youve"triggered" something that will forward you in the game. besides this its a good game. its a good story you want to find out more . and I like how you play different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a game of this length, there really isn't that much to the story, but it really makes you work to see those small shreds of story. Even with a walkthrough to get past all the "puzzles", it's painfully slow. This is one of those old-school adventure games where most of your time will be spent listening to unskippable dialog, pixel hunting or trying random combinations of items. Anybody who has tried a Telltale Games adventure game, or anything as modern as Fahrenheit or Heavy Rain, will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was a riveting story; I would say that the game play was minimal but in my opinion, this didn't detract. The characters were all believable and well rounded...they didn't seem like run of the mill game characters. That is, except for the female characters whose physical figures were totally ridiculous. In this respect, the age of the game shows . However, the voice acting was fantastic. The graphics were very good too; not just the incessant rain, but other details, such as the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ugh. This is a technically-apt, dull German point and click adventure game with a nonsensical name. The protagonist is a disgraced shrink tasked to get five catatonic patients to talk. Eventually there's a conspiracy revelation that you can see wading towards you a mile away. The biggest unique trick in the game - getting into the minds of the patients - is playing back earlier pieces of conversation to advance with the patients. Unfortunately, it lacks finesse and quickly becomes repetitive…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite what the screenshots shows, this game is not compatible with modern 16/9 ration screens. (720p, 1080p, 1440p etc) The image is distorded and flatened with two black bands up and down. Badly conceptualized because in 2008 16/9 screens were already a norm.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Someone took the Duke Nukem: Zero Hour Recomp and turned it into "Overclocked", making a near perfect 90s style first person shooter out of the game with TONS of mods! Like it should be youtu.be/iSs0pYWd1V4 #gaming #gamingnews #retrogames #dukenukem #gaming_news
neutral · AI labelView post →I haven't posted about what I'm playing in a while. Still playing Devil Survivor Overclocked, and I absolutely effin hate these two characters. Otherwise, the cast and story are great, and the game is great. I'm loving this game! 🥰 #DeSuO #DevilSurvivorOverclocked
positive · AI labelView post →The New Zombot Sonic skin is also available in the new OVERCLOCKED SONIC mod, which allows you to use the Sonic model, physics and skins in the original game gamebanana.com/mods/556063
neutral · AI labelView post →#GMTK26 is over! Here's my teams submission, Overclocked! I also show a bit of how the early stages development of development went too. ❤️ You can play the game here: itch.io/jam/gmtk-jam... #lsbugames #gamedev #gamejam #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 65 #ocremixdaily 🎧 OverClocked Spot 👤 @bgc.bsky.social 🎮 Cool Spot Remember when 7-Up decided to create a video game? Y'know, to compete with Cheeto's game. Naturally, Virgin Interactive made it, with Tommy Tallarico (his mother's very proud) doing the music... The 90s were weird. @ocremix.org
neutral · AI labelView post →prolly a little less obscure but I do consider it a pinnacle of the system's library--Devil Survivor Overclocked. Game aged very, very well imo and the story is very good
positive · AI labelView post →This is an pretty solid, above average point and click game that I think any fan of the genre will enjoy. It suffers from many of the same flaws games in this category face (awkward, blocky animations, clunky mechanics, and the story definitely grips you but kind of falls flat at the end), but nothing so horrible that I would say avoid it. It definitely introduced some interesting story telling devices and provided a solid challenge that outside of a few weird puzzles didn't have me running for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So why do we play these games? Point and click Adventures. Not for graphics, or intense gaming, but for a story, atmosphere, and puzzles. Sometimes you find a gem. This one however is a turd. No puzzles, poorly written story, bland uninterested voice actors, and your usual cast of scooby doo/scream characters. It's almost like one of those interactive novels, except for the occasional "ok, what exactly am i supposed to do now"? Most of which is "why wont my character go to sleep to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Duke Nukem: Zero Hour Overclocked - Version 1.0 Launch!. > Overclocked is a mod pack for the Duke Nukem: Zero Hour PC recompilation. It combines mouse and keyboard movement, first-person perspective and a variety of quality of life improvements to make the game feel like a jank 90s FPS instead of the third-person shooter you grew up with. https://dnzh-overclocked.com/
neutral · AI labelView post →10. Devil Survivor Overclocked-Yuzu Route Deeply unsatisfying ending so obviously will New Game+ this. But fuck…
negative · AI labelView post →My song "Overclocked (Pocket Size)" appears in the latest update of Indonesian mobile rhythm game, Project Pentjet! It's free to play on Android and iOS so check it out 👀
neutral · AI labelView post →This didn't age well, but aside from that the voice acting is mediocre, and this quote from another review puts it best, because I was tired of pixel hunting after being introduced to the main characters and patients: "This is one of those old-school adventure games where most of your time will be spent listening to unskippable dialog, pixel hunting or trying random combinations of items. Anybody who has tried a Telltale Games adventure game, or anything as modern as Fahrenheit or Heavy Rain,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I dub this game GASLIGHT SIMULATOR because it felt that all throughout the story, poor David was being gaslit by EVEREYONE! IN a story where youre a psychiatrist looking to help five patients discover what happened to him, your biggest challenge is figuring out why David even BOTHERS to stay! The graphics were fine for the time period, the music was okay, and the voice acting was subpar. The gameplay was okay, but it could have been better. But the story is THE worst part, even up to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's creepy, it's immersive, it's not crashing (too much). The characters are believable (considering most are mentally unstable), and the mafia/politicians/businessmen mix is so spot-on, I would think they made it politically correct for at least one country I have lived in :shocked: Honestly, the story has a good buildup, the mystery is solvable and it just flows nicely into the gameplay. It's one of those hidden treasures I have ignored for far too long obviously.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey hey! A new episode of the DOS Game Club podcast is out -- 1995 indie PC game Abuse! And one of the special guests... OverClocked ReMix Podcast host Zack! :-) HEY, LISTEN! 🖥️ www.dosgameclub.com/abuse/
neutral · AI labelView post →Dark Souls Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology Dragon Age Origin Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Honorable mention for the entire Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Xeno- RPG franchises.
neutral · AI labelView post →Friendly reminder that the best Shin Megami Tensei game is Devil Survivor Overclocked which is available in the 3DS
positive · AI labelView post →The game is not bad, but it has lots of shortcomings. Although the story has some inconsistencies and the mechanics are riddled with artificial limitations, I would still commend "Overclocked: A History of Violence" for the style and the effort the developers put in it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know where to begin ... Music is bad game mechanic is very bad! You're able to call certain people only in certain areas, the animation is dull and slow, the interactions with some objects will never change throughout the entire game, some interactions are completely useless, you have to walk into a certiain room for a certain event elsewehre can happen... Characters have weird social behaviors(being held at gunpoint is a normal thing to them and not a big deal) The graphics are dull…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game when it first released. Loved it. Found it on steam, and played it again nearly 2 decades later. For me it is a fun trip to the past, for others it is a great journey to embark on for the first time. Highly recommended. 77/100
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game was good until the last chapter where the devs decided to make one of the puzzles very unfair (it involves an unintuitive keypad and guessing a word from a previous cutscene), which guarantees that most people will have to use a walktrough to proceed further. Is it so hard to make a game where the puzzles are doable without resorting to longplays or walktroughs? How many adventure games need to follow this stupid tradition? So after giving up and just watching the end on Youtube, I also…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game, at the time of purchase (July-2022) has censored nudity despite the Steam screenshots advertising nudity. Since there's much better, or at least much newer, adventure games in this style to play (such as Quantic Dream games) censoring it takes away some of the reason(s) to actually purchase/play it. Having attempted to contact the publisher (Handy Games) via their Discord channel & receiving no response the game has been refunded due to what amounts to false advertising.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a good story, but a very tedious game. The five-chapter main story is non-linear, so you'll have to piece it together as you progress and in-my-opinion; the story goes from being somewhat generic to throwing in bits of twists on some turns and the mediocre animations + voice acting does not help. The gameplay is almost non-existent, and the puzzles are very easy. It'll last around 6 to 8 hours tops. Most interesting aspect was how David's personal life disrupts his professional life, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't normally play point and click games but found a bundle of 15 games for like three dollars a year or two ago and picked this up. So for a few cents this game is definately worth it. Having your character walk around makes point and click games more enjoyable for me personally and I prefer them over the older Myst ones. The puzzles were logical and many had to do with what recordings to play to what patients in order to violate HIPAA-- and to unlock their memories which you then play as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Im going to be honest : I never managed to even beat the game to find out the ending. A couple of things to know here : -Terrible voice acting. Id say its pretty damn hard to feel the characters when dialogues sound as half-assed as they do.I understand they might not have had the budget to hire better qualified actors but the ones they had certainly could do a better job.That combined with how poorly they are scripted and boring leaves a very poor impression right from the start of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slow Slow Slow - this game is somewhat annoying to review on here as there is no midle ground, its either reccomend or don't and to be honest, after completing it i am a little unsure. The game it's self is quite good for the most part with an ok story and not too bad voice acting, that being said - it's very slow going and extremly repetative throughout, which in the end leaves you with so many unasnwered questions, makes you wonder why you just spent so much time clearing it. if you want a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →999 on the ds is still the definitive way to play it from certain things about the narrative. TWEWY will always be a great game imo. With the way the controls work on the DS. A couple others I enjoy are Radiant historia SMT:Devil Survivor Overclocked
neutral · AI labelView post →David McNamara, a psychiatrist investigating five teenagers who were found traumatized and completely memory-less. His task is to piece together what happened and understand how they lost their memories. You really need a lot of concentration and a good memory. Trust me. The game doesn’t show what your next objective is, so you’re forced to rely entirely on conversations and your own instincts to figure out what to do next. Items you’ve already used or has no meaning will stay in your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A surprisingly good quality adventure game considering the developer. Puzzles aren't too jank and the story was interesting
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing this in 2023, it really doesnt hold up and won't age well. Only reason to play through this is if you like psychological thriller/mysteries but even then.. everything in the game's implementation is painfully janky and the story... probably might have only been acceptable for a video game by early 2000's standards The only thing worth recommending here is a playthru for the story otherwise there are literally a billion better adventures out there if looking for a similar but "not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my most beloved games from childhood! Was very happy when i found it after all this years that it was availble on Steam! Great Psycho/Detective game, with a lot of twist and turns. Hard reccomend for anyone who enjoy this heartwarming old school gaming expirience of just sitting alone in your room and just playing a good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A neat little adventure game. The actual point and click aspects are quite barebones and the game falls into the trap where it is often hard to know what you need to do to advance the plot. But the plot is good, very good. It is a linear story so don't expect anything else but the story is good on many levels although the pacing can be a bit slot at times. I don't want to go into any spoilers but the main character is very interesting and both his personal story as well as the main mystery is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pros + great looking and detailed 3D graphics and beautiful pre-rendered scenes + highly detailed and well made character models and animations + believable characters with realistic characterizations + well made cinematic cut scenes + gloomy atmosphere + suspenseful musics + a intriguing, mature and suspenseful story which slowy unravels + puzzles are enjoyable and not too difficult. + there are a total of six playable characters. cons - there are no Steam achievements - game doesn't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic style adventure game with a couple of interesting puzzles but you're really here for the story. A psychiatrist whose marriage is on the rocks, a detective with a chip on his shoulder, a gruff bartender and a snooty hotel clerk. The cast of characters make this a fun psychological drama dealing with tragedy both personal and global in scale. 10 hours to complete, has some classic game jankiness such as weird camera angles and hilariously bad line readings but overall a fun adventure…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last call for remix requests ahead of tonight's show! Remember, for just this show they have NOT to come from OverClocked ReMix, so anyplace else is fair game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Overclocked: A History of Violence is a classic style point-n-click that despite its compelling thriller storyline and well-done voice acting becomes drawn-out and has unintentional moments of hilarity as a result of its low budget. Overclocked will primarily appeal to those who are fans of detective or thriller genre storylines. At its best Overclocked begins to feel reminiscent of Heavy Rain, 7even, or Zodiac, while never reaching the heights of any of those narratives. I was intrigued by…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overclocked is the 3DS remake, but the original devil survivor is a game I very much love and am disappointed in myself for forgetting
positive · AI labelView post →Devil Survivor Overclocked is so awesome this game kicks ass
positive · AI labelView post →Right on... but yea that's a game format I usually wanna play solo. Not like Overclocked or Mercenaries which were clearly built from the engine up for co-op play.
neutral · AI labelView post →Riveting gameplay if you grew up playing with wooden toys as a child
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thumbs-up with a footnote: if Steam allowed for a numerical rating system, I'd give this game 6/10. Overclocked: A History of Violence is a point-and-click game in the 'film noir' style. Meaning that you find the rather mundane, every-day protagonist caught up (through no fault of his own) in a web of intrigue and danger. The setting is a mental institute, and the situation is five youngsters who were forcibly admitted after a violent episode. As it happens, the patients are often catatonic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really good adventure game! It does not have the best gameplay mechanics for a point and click adventure, however you should play this for the story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overclocked was my first megaten game and it's kinda funny how the "beginner friendly" megaten srpgs end up being some of the best in a lot of ways I regretably never finished 2, just bc i suck at demon fusion (so the 7th septentrion was a roadblock for me)
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm playing Overclocked on Citra via Emudeck, it's playable, but the title screen is janky AF - once you get past it, the game is good to go.
neutral · AI labelView post →I started out liking this game, and I couldn't understand the negative criticism, but all the little niggling issues continued to snowball until I was just consulting a walkthrough to rush through and finish the bloody thing. Positives: -Storyline- There is actually a pretty compelling story in here, buried in the painful voice acting, wooden animations, and increasingly annoying gameplay, and even though the writing varies between acceptable and pure arse. Seriously, the story ain't bad if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Continuing on my journey of playing every House of Tales pc game with an English release, I played this game shortly after finishing The Moment of Silence (between the two games they released Verliebt in Berlin, but that game does not have an English release). In contrast to The Moment of Silence, which I found to be worse than The Mystery of the Druids in nearly every way, Overclocked undoubtedly improves upon its predecessors in some key ways, although there are still some shortcomings that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The premise seemed interesting a first, but it ended up being very predictable so the plot was a flop. Plus the voice acting is super annoying and the point and click gameplay is pretty old school without many of the quality of life elements that one would expect from modern games in that genre. Overall, just not worth your time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overclocked: A History of Violence is a point-and-click mystery thriller, in which you play as a former US Army psychiatrist trying to find out what happened to 2 young women and 3 young men who were found walking the streets half-naked, prone to violence and without any memory of who they are or what happened to them. It is also one of those games that really makes me wish Steam had a neutral / recommended-on-sale / recommended-with-caveats option. It has its ups, it has its downs. Long story…
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