Dungeons 3
Dungeons 3
Game
Game2015
War for the Overworld
Developer Brightrock Games
War for the Overworld is a 2015 real-time strategy video game developed by Brightrock Games (previously called Subterranean Games) based in Brighton, UK. The game started as a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, which ran from November 29, 2012, to January 3, 2013. In the game, players build dungeons containing deadly traps to kill adventuring heroes that enter. The game is inspired by Dungeon Keeper, StarCraft,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
225 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
156 positive · 31 negative
95% range 77–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 156 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,477 of 5,203 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
84% recommend · 152 yes, 28 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 180 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (6,993 of 8,136 positive).
Players widely consider War for the Overworld a worthy spiritual successor to Dungeon Keeper. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game is more fast-paced and stressful than the originals. [4][5][6] A few players report bugs and poorly designed achievements detract from the experience. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [6]
As someone who's interested in building out a cool base, thinking through trap placement, and ultimately building out an evil meat grinder this game is not it. The AI will burrow or blow right through walls. Traps are destroyed as fast as they go down as the AI relentlessly attacks. The first couple campaign levels are fine, but after 3 restarts on a map with unrelenting attacks, I uninstalled. This game looks and …
- [1]
Playing this made me as giddy as a Peppered Pig. How did I only find out about this game, 10 years AFTER it's creation?? If you're a Dungeon Keeper fan, THIS IS THE SEQUEL! What an amazing fan-made game to honour the spirit and feel of the originals. The creatures take a bit of getting used to as they are mostly 'non-traditional' and with the various unlockables, the gameplay is wildly more entertaining than in DK, …
- [2]
If you love the Dungeon Keeper games, this is the worthy successor you've been looking for. It does pretty much everything Dungeon Keeper does and does it in the same style and just as well. The narrator from Dungeon Keeper is also in this, and, importantly, the humour is just right. Not too in your face, like the Dungeons games (which I actually wouldn't recommend). War for the Overworld is what would happen If …
- [14]
This is pretty much the best DK game since the first one. In some ways, it's even better. There's build orders, skill trees, more units, more traps and the campaign has some pretty cool challenges. Sadly, there just isn't all that much to do and some of the missions are just a chore to get through. My biggest complaint is that you're always struggling for real estate. You can never really make the dungeon you wanna …
- [3]
Everyone, this is straight up Dungeon Keeper 3. It's so truthful to the original material, it's so amazing, I absolutely love it.
Summarised from 34 of the 218 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
84% of the 180 Steam reviewers we collected recommend War for the Overworld. The complaint that keeps coming up: gameplay can be stressful and rushed. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game has a score of 65% on Metacritic based on 14 reviews. The game holds an overall score of 85/100 on the Steam store as of December, 2022.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 225 · most liked firstAs someone who's interested in building out a cool base, thinking through trap placement, and ultimately building out an evil meat grinder this game is not it. The AI will burrow or blow right through walls. Traps are destroyed as fast as they go down as the AI relentlessly attacks. The first couple campaign levels are fine, but after 3 restarts on a map with unrelenting attacks, I uninstalled. This game looks and sounds like Dungeon Keeper, but plays and feels like a hardcore StarCraft…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dungeon Keeper-like game War for the Overworld got a surprise ten year anniversary update #War #for #the #Overworld
neutral · AI labelView post →Pulled from my Top Playtime on Steam (so you know you'll get your money's worth if you like them!) * Factorio (Even though the DLC is pricey, it at least doubles the playtime. Though, like RW below, it takes a lot of content/concepts from fan-made mods.) * RimWorld (Though I dislike how many DLCs they're pumping out and how much is basically taken from mods.) * Terraria * Mount & Blade (Warband 1 & 2 are prime) * Kerbal Space Program (NOT the sequel) * TerraTech (The original is a better…
neutral · AI labelView post →While I respect the effort put into WFTO, I cannot recommend this game at approximately £25.00, considering it is 11 years old. It's not a terrible game by any means, but it didn't quite captivate me like DK 1 & 2 did. Dungeon Keeper 1 has a dark, gritty Mordor-like atmosphere - like I am truly managing a dungeon. In WTFO, however, the designs of each room and floor look too different from each other, like one is green, one is red and the other is yellow... there are too many colours used,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some games on my Steam favorites list: Cataclysm, Dwarf Fortress, Hollow Knight, Salt and Sanctuary, the Long Dark, Portal 1/2 + Reloaded + Mel, Prey, Zomboid, Rimworld, War for the Overworld. Once or twice a year I feel like playing a game, and then am done with game for months afterwards.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is fun, but it can be quite taxing at times. Compared to DK2, there are many new features, some of which are necessary quality of life improvements. However, other changes are unnecessary and overcomplicate features. There are some aspects where I wished for more: Story and level design – rather weak; DK2 is simply better and more fun. Art design – goofy and cartoonish; DK2 struck the perfect balance between dark/gritty and goofy/ridiculous. Combat and unit control – some…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So many bugs. Loading in can make it unscrollable or even no UI. Would like to recommend but this is just too buggy even today.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing this made me as giddy as a Peppered Pig. How did I only find out about this game, 10 years AFTER it's creation?? If you're a Dungeon Keeper fan, THIS IS THE SEQUEL! What an amazing fan-made game to honour the spirit and feel of the originals. The creatures take a bit of getting used to as they are mostly 'non-traditional' and with the various unlockables, the gameplay is wildly more entertaining than in DK, there is just more to do. I didn't expect much going in and I'm completely in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every 6 months or so I get an itch to play video game, and then play a few minutes and am good for another half year. Haven't touched that Dungeoncore game, War for the Overworld, in months. Zomboid either. Might try spinning em up soon.
neutral · AI labelView post →Base Game: Dungeon Keeper 2 clone turned wannabe RTS - too short, uninspired campaign 20h/40h achievs - new units poorly introduced, strengths/weaknesses/synergies - same with spells, techs - rushed game/play: objective/chokepoint control instead of freeplay - awful achievements, just time checks to force continues mission replay - completing speed challenges breaks triggers/dialogues, i.e. dead lords will do their intended speeches, weird design choice to point out the game's flaws on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dungeon keeper 2.0 , with the original voice actor too !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Theme Hospital (thumbnail) was dope. I used to rent the PS1 port from my local video store, but never came across it for PC. Used to love Bullfrog Entertainment back in the day and played the absolute hell out of Dungeon Keeper. Theme Hospital wasn't nearly as good, but there was something super chill about designing waiting rooms and deciding where to put the vending machines. For whatever reason, the waiting rooms were always my favorite part. Shame we never got a proper Dungeon Keeper 3.…
neutral · AI labelView post →Summary: finished main story (18h) ▶️ War for the Overworld captures a lot of the aesthetics and gameplay of the Dungeon Keeper series which makes it seen as the spiritual successor. Unfortunately it has changed its design concept in a slight but very noticeable way from being a bit more open and exploration based experience as in the dungeon keeper series to much more fast paced (and stressful) RTS gameplay missions and therefore doesn't quite inhabit the same spirit as back then. Pros: ✅️…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buy it on GOG, not Steam, support game preservation. This is by far the best Dungeon Keeper successor. While it's hard to say if its better than the originals, it makes a lot of really nice improvements, like imp forbidding zones, wall rebuilding, trap building process, a tech tree instead of a sequence of spell unlocks, and lots more. I played the Dungeons series and while I enjoyed them, they were not Dungeon Keeper successors. This is absolutely what I would've wanted from Dungeon Keeper 3.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you don't play the game exactly the way the campaign wants you to, you'll get completely wrecked. For example on the third map I decided to take the fight to the enemy rather than wait for the scripted events to happen. That resulted in about 100 enemies continually respawning and rushing my base. I killed nearly all of them, but eventually it just got annoying with them spawning more and more and more and finally I just had enough of the nonsense. Dungeon layout is full of garbage…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a modern version of a old goldie called Dungeon Keeper. I dont kow how many hours I spent in DK2 but this game is going to cause the same lose of time. Definitely worth spending some hours playing through the campaign and then enjoying the pet dungeon mode.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic from the early 00s loved this game back then. Now with lots of updates and modifications the old Dungeon Keeper you remember is back. Still playing this in 2026.. Has lots of levels as well as new content added. Recommended !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →slapped an imp and it moaned, while the other sharted
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Error doesn't let me play "Too many threads" Look for fixes and the devs in 2015 say they're looking into it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played more War for the Overworld, the first 2 chapters in the campaign which are tutorials. So far: very fun, charming, farting and gibbering minions and a taunting voiceover. The $5 game comes with a bunch of DLC campaigns and modes and such. Scratches my dungeoncore itch
positive · AI labelView post →Timed Achievements are the reason for this negative review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still getting updates in 2026.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still the closest thing to a DK sequel!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you love the Dungeon Keeper games, this is the worthy successor you've been looking for. It does pretty much everything Dungeon Keeper does and does it in the same style and just as well. The narrator from Dungeon Keeper is also in this, and, importantly, the humour is just right. Not too in your face, like the Dungeons games (which I actually wouldn't recommend). War for the Overworld is what would happen If Dungeon Keeper had given us the sequel we all deserved instead of imploding into…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2 were games that set fire to my young imagination many years ago. These games have an undeniable charisma that pulls you in and makes you want to explore their nooks and crannies. War for the Overworld is essentially Dungeon Keeper 3, and has the same magnetism as the golden oldies. BUT a lot of the actual gameplay mechanics can be a little bit vague. You control your armies by setting down "Rally Flags" which your army will move toward, but you don't have direct…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cannot recommend this game. Tried to get back into it but it just isn't that good. First the controls are pretty bad. The game is really slow and just isn't that fun. But the biggest thing is how many DLC and achievements linked to them. There are over 140 achievements and if I look at it correctly more than 100 of those achievements have been completed by only 10% of the people that played the game. That just shows the bloat. Would not recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →as a dungeon keeper filler its not a bad game. but i bought the game hoping for a lot more dark humor and well fleshed out evil character. i got neither. why won't i reccomend: very little story, i beat the game in under 26 hrs (i hate short games), majority of the levels and stories seemed lack luster, they added absolutely nothing to the genre, and much of the game seemed forced and not well thought out. as a filler it did the job, but i hope in the future the people that made this game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game seems good but the timed achievements even on the TUTORIAL STAGE are absolutely taking the piss. Who thought this was a good idea? It brings into question the judgement of everyone involved. These "achievements" simply existing distract from an otherwise good game, the positive feeling from every round ending in success is offset by the player seeing the incredibly stupid and unfun achievement requirements. If they were completely removed from the game nothing would be lost and reactions…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game wants to be Dungeon Keeper, I wanted it to be Dungeon Keeper, but the level/mission design is much worse. DK2 had a list of increasingly specific missions, aside from the main campaign - if you played those, you have an idea of what this game is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really good and fun game, almost like DK2. Worth playing if you are a huge fan of DK & DK2
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Go get Dungeon Keeper. It is much better and every level is not designed with cheesy rush tactics in mind.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very manic and slap heavy. 100% feels like Dungeon Keeper with better graphics!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@mythwright.com is new game publisher, formed by industry veterans. The company is looking for Growth Manager to grow the wishlists (pre-launch) and revenue (post-launch) of their games like War for the Overworld and Bladesong. 👇 Details
neutral · AI labelView post →10. Dungeon Keeper 2 I could play this game forever. It's a dungeon builder strategy game that is just pitch perfect and I wish there were more of. I played Overlord and War For the Overworld but they just don't scratch that itch as well as Dungeon Keeper 2 does.
negative · AI labelView post →While I'm waiting on Factorios expansion and Zomboid build 42, I'm catching up on some other titles. I didn't learn until recently that War for the Overworld exists, so as an old timey dungeon keeper fan, I'm mostly playing that.
neutral · AI labelView post →Due to summer vacation for all of my kids, there's not a whole lot I can do during daytime, so hobbies have to wait until late evenings. For the past while, these hours have mostly been spent, in no particular order: 1. Hacking together a shell script to force my keyboard into behaving in better ways than originally intended (There are a million better uses for caps lock). 2. Playing guitar. 3. Playing Project Zomboid with a few friends of mine. 4. Playing War for the Overworld. As…
neutral · AI labelView post →War for the Overworld (I have many thousands of hours in this) Settlers 2 Gold (Both the above have a lot of user generated maps, which has given them most of their longevity.) Factorio
neutral · AI labelView post →I've gotten several missions in, and I have to say that I'm not a fan. You have no control over unit production that I can see, which leaves you sitting and hoping something spawn in. If you don't have a gold shrine to produce gold non-stop, then all you ever hear is "One of your minions is unhappy because it hasn't been PAAAAID." Is it something to kill time with? Sure. Is it a fun experience? Not for me at least.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's just not good enough. The theme is there, the voice acting is amazing, the character design is fun, but the game isn't good enough. The rooms are messy, so this isn't for people who like to manage neat and tidy things. "Fighting" consists of putting down a single banner and watching all your minions go to there by themselves which is either a steamroll or watching the stupid pathfinding and them being picked apart one by one. Maybe in another timeline, this wasn't some strategy game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →12 hours of gameplay. 0 losses. 13 missions. I’m disappointed. There really wasn’t anything interesting here. It’s not worth the full price. And am I any happier after those 12 hours? No. I feel like those hours were a waste.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →True Dungeon Keeper successor. This is what Dungeon Keeper 3 should've been.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the best dungeon games i have played, I go back often, its my go to and I love this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →KeeperFX and Dungeon keeper 2 for good art & chilling. This for better gameplay n QoL akin to Starcraft 2's changes over its og. Beast spam is fun Mentor has a lot of heart.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fantastic time killer. with a story that's surprisingly interesting, even if you're listening with half attention. the game takes a second to learn, but its fun once you get it's a bit dated, but still gets updates. highly recommend if you just wanna get high and play some.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its kinda like another game iv played.....ya know before a frog died
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everyone, this is straight up Dungeon Keeper 3. It's so truthful to the original material, it's so amazing, I absolutely love it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A1! As close to perfect as possible. This actually feels like Dungeon Keeper, through and through. Cannot recommend this enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →War for the Overworld is a game I have been a fan of and supported and encouraged to others since it's earliest days of development. It has gone through many rocky periods and lots of various issues, and it is not perfect by far, but it IS charming, hilarious and just lovely satirical fun that gives a lot of different ways to play and engage with it's various game modes. For a small indie studio undertaking a very ambitious project, this game is certainly worth engaging with if you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely close to the spirit of Dungeon Keeper games, which I loved. Real good continuation for when you want to play something from that genre.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is pretty much the best DK game since the first one. In some ways, it's even better. There's build orders, skill trees, more units, more traps and the campaign has some pretty cool challenges. Sadly, there just isn't all that much to do and some of the missions are just a chore to get through. My biggest complaint is that you're always struggling for real estate. You can never really make the dungeon you wanna make because there just isn't any space. To top it all off, the narrator is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →War for the Overworld is a tactical dungeon management and real-time strategy game developed by Brightrock Games that pays homage to classic titles like Dungeon Keeper. It skillfully blends base-building, resource management, and tactical combat, allowing players to step into the shoes of an evil Underlord intent on reclaiming the Underworld from rival forces. Released after a successful Kickstarter campaign, the game offers a robust and richly detailed experience that appeals to fans of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's Dungeon Keeper 3 as it should have been. Users have recreated DK 1 & 2 as well, using its engine, as custom campaigns.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hark now Underlords, WFTO turns 10 tomorrow and we have a major revelation for you! We're pleased to announce World of War for the Overworld, the next game in the WFTO franchise which will take the next logical leap into the #MMORPG genre! steamcommunity.com/games/wfto/a... #VideoGames #PCGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Dungeon Keeper 2 - 1999 I loved taking care of "evil" creatures, building perfect dungeons and getting rid of "good" heroes. No other game felt like this one ever again, even the War for the Overworld (though it was a close one). This one also had really well done Polish translation.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you like dungeon keeper and in particular the possession mechanic, this is amazing for that. It has all the fun spells for active play and micromanaging and you have a good amount of mana to work with and it comes back quickly. You can heal your units and possess them and brew potions to make them more effective and what not. It has campaign missions with a surprisng attention to detail to you activities as well. It is initially kind of overwhelming with everything that goes on but you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you love dungeon keeper this is very similar! Played for 5 hours the first time i logged in! Also - it says that it doesn't work with MacOS 10 or later - but it worked with mine! Only slightly glitchy mouse behavior. totally playable!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know, Im actually really happy I decided to get this game...I was not sure because it was not exactly a dungeon keeper game from my childhood...but it was on sale, and I am super happy I got it...it is the best DK successor game I PLAYED...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →War for the Overworld: The Ultimate Spiritual Successor to Dungeon Keeper 2 War for the Overworld is a spectacular love letter to classic dungeon management games, serving as the definitive spiritual successor to the legendary Dungeon Keeper 2. Developed by Brightrock Games, this title brilliantly resurrects the addictive dark humor, strategy, and underground empire-building that fans have craved for years. Instead of being the hero, you step back into the shadows as an all-powerful Underlord,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a review for the base game. I haven't played all the DLC, just the main campaign and a couple of the "My Pet Dungeon" scenarios. It's fine, especially if you just want to play another DK-like game. Get it on sale if you can. Don't drop thirty dollars on it. The campaign scenarios jumped around a lot in terms of quality and effort needed. The real "hardest" level was the next-to-last one, not the final one, and not for very good reasons. You're fighting three enemy AIs (which really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game reminds me of that time me and my fellow rabbi's in Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn decided it would be funny to make 60 foot long underground tunnels around the surrounding area! Tbh it wasn't far off because the goyim genuinely reminded me of the chunder from this game GROSSSS!
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