War for the Overworld

RPG· Cult· Dungeon Crawler· Base Building

Released Apr 2015

War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.

85% positive · 8,127 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Evaluation

War for the Overworld launched from Early Access on April 2, 2015 and received three years of active post-launch development, including four paid expansions (Heart of Gold in May 2016, Crucible in December 2016, My Pet Dungeon in April 2017, and The Under Games in April 2018) along with numerous free updates and patches. In May 2023, Brightrock Games formally acknowledged that WFTO had entered "maintenance mode" following Patch 2.1, which they described as the game's "final update." This is a direct developer statement that planned content development for the game concluded with that patch. Since then, the studio has continued to ship occasional small patches — adding cosmetic worker skins tied to their other game releases (Patch 2.1.1 in May 2024, celebrating Galacticare), a substantial 10th Anniversary patch (2.1.3 in April 2025) with new cosmetic content, visual upgrades, and previously-exclusive skins made unlockable, and most recently Patch 2.1.4 in April 2026, which added two new cosmetic hand skins and visual improvements. The developer described these post-2018 patches as personal passion work done in spare time alongside the team's primary projects — not a return to active content development. The April 2025 anniversary post and the September 2025 studio update confirmed that a next War for the Overworld game is in very early pre-production, but this is a separate, unannounced title — not additional content for this game. All eight DLC items are released with no unreleased entries on the store. The game's core content and paid expansion development wrapped up with The Under Games in April 2018. The completion date reflects the last paid DLC release, which is when all planned content for the game shipped.

Evidence

10th Anniversary post describes 'three years of active development' post-launch as what followed release, framing that period as concluded. Developer mentions a next WFTO game is in very early development stages — a separate future title, not content for this game.

news post · Apr 2, 2025 source development ending

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Patch 2.1.1 ships a cosmetic worker skin tied to Galacticare's release. Developer notes WFTO is 'deep into maintenance mode' and expresses hope there will be time to continue simple improvements.

news post · May 23, 2024 source development ending

high

Content

8 of 8 released · no outstanding content

Released

War for the Overworld - The Under Games Expansion

Apr 2018

Released

War for the Overworld - Map Editor

Apr 2018

Media

Details

Developer

Brightrock Games

Publisher

Mythwright

Achievements

142

Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP

Cult Dungeon Crawler Base Building Sandbox Management Dark Comedy Old School Simulation God Game Strategy RTS Loot City Builder Villain Protagonist Fantasy

About this game

Tired of invading dungeons? It's time you built your own!

Do you feel you’re in a slump, monotonously disembowelling evil guys in endless quests for gold and a slightly better pair of boots? Are you starting to wonder if heroics really are your calling? Then welcome to the War for the Overworld!

Excavate and build your dungeon beneath the overworld, in the modern dungeon management game that’s most faithful to the genre’s original DNA. Keep your dungeons, slap your minions, and forge underground fortresses filled with all the dastardly rooms, traps and heinous minions you desire. Do it all under the mentorship of the original and best voice of evil: Richard Ridings!

Evil loves options, and within the Veins of Evil there are plenty to go around! Choose from over sixty rooms, spells, potions, rituals, defences and constructs as you progress through the game. Deploy your fiendish tools against the goodly heroes of the overworld, and teach them the price of trespass.

With six game modes to choose from you can conquer your enemies in your own unique way. Choose from Campaign, Skirmish, Scenarios, Multiplayer, Survival, and the My Pet Dungeon expansion (free 2-level demo included in the base game), and discover what it truly means to be the bad guy.

Build your own maps and campaigns with the intuitive and powerful Map Editor, complete with scripting support, then share them on the Steam Workshop to join the ranks of thousands of custom maps already created! Meddle further, and change the very rules themselves to your liking with dozens of mutators. Being evil has never been so creative!

War for the Overworld is developed by an independent team of fanatical developers, each with a true love of the dungeon management genre. We have continued to update the game since launch, with countless patches, balancing, polish, and many new features. Our community has been vital to our success, and we couldn’t have made the game what it is today without their help. We thank them sincerely.

Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026