War for the Overworld

War for the Overworld

Developers
	Subterranean Games
Publishers
	Subterranean Games
Physical	Sold Out
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	April 2, 2015
macOS (OS X)	April 2, 2015
Linux	April 2, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	Building, RTS
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy

War for the Overworld is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view building and RTS game in which an evil Underlord is tasked with building and managing a dungeon to conquer the overworld and crush the goodly heroes of the Empire. It is heavily inspired by the Dungeon Keeper series, featuring the series' Richard Ridings again as the main narrator of the game. It was developed and self-published by Subterranean Games. The game started on November 29, 2012 as a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Subsequently, the game was Greenlit on Steam on January 15, 2013 as an Early Access title, with its full release on April 2, 2015. It makes use of the Unity engine.

On June 14th, 2017 the game got a DRM-free release on GOG.com, replacing the older DRM-Free build available through Humble.

Post-launch patches introduced a map editor, added new game modes, many bug-fixes, crash-fixes, stability improvements, optimizations and enhancements. Notably, on April 12, 2022, more than 7 years after launch, patch 2.1 introduced real-time shadow support, visual tone overhaul and major performance optimizations.

General information

Official Forums

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Official website		Choice of GOG or Steam key.
Humble Store		Choice of GOG or Steam key.
GOG.com
Steam

Version differences

The base game also contains free access to the Map Editor and the Crucible Expansion.

Underlord Edition contains the base game and Underlord Edition Upgrade.

Ultimate Edition contains the Underlord Edition and all DLC except The Cynical Imp (Charity DLC) and Seasonal Worker Skins.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Under Games Expansion	Seven levels long tournament-based campaign expansion
My Pet Dungeon Expansion	Based on Dungeon Keeper 2's similarly named singleplayer sandbox mode. Eight-level long campaign expansion focused on exploration and discovery.
Crucible Expansion	Free, six levels for Crucible mode
Heart of Gold Expansion	Four more open-ended campaign levels expansion
Map Editor	Free
Underlord Edition Upgrade	Includes Sovereign Dungeon theme, downloadable soundtrack, The Dungeoneer’s Guide to the Underworld (PDF) and All That Is Gold - Short Story Compilation (PDF)
The Cynical Imp (Charity DLC)	Includes Cynical Imp skin and previously exclusive Kickstarter and Founders Dungeon Themes. All profit will be donated to charity as part of the GamesAid Digital for Good initiative.
Seasonal Worker Skins	Contains Jack O’Worker (autumn), Santa Worker (winter), Bunny Worker (spring) and Aloha Worker (summer) skins. Only usable in non-campaign modes

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Subterranean Games\War For The Overworld\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Subterranean Games/War For The Overworld/prefs

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
GOG.com	<path-to-game>\GameData\Maps\Saves\
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profile\<user-id>\Saves\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/230190/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Possession mode FoV ranges from 60 to 120.
Windowed		Window can be freely resized to any desired resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Either Disabled, Enabled or Force-Enabled.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Inversion for possession mode.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

The game does support fan translations through Steam Workshop.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		GOG and Steam players can play together

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: War for the Overworld.

Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking		Use Tobii Game Hub

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 11
OpenGL	3.0	Required for Linux version, not supported on Windows

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core CPU @ 2.5 GHz	Quad Core CPU @ 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GT450 512MB ATI 4870HD 512MB	Nvidia GTX 560 1GB Radeon 8950 HD 1GB DirectX 10 compatible

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04	Ubuntu 16.04
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core CPU @ 2.5 GHz	Quad Core CPU @ 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB	10 GB (may increase in future)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GT450 512MB ATI 4870HD 512MB	Nvidia GTX 560 1GB Radeon 8950 HD 1GB

glibc 2.14, libstdc++6 and GCC 4.9 or later are required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core CPU @ 2.5 GHz	Quad Core CPU @ 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GT450 512MB ATI 4870HD 512MB	Nvidia GTX 560 1GB Radeon 8950 HD 1GB

Due to compatibility issues, 2017 Macbook Pros and onwards which feature Intel Iris graphics are not supported.

Minimum specs: players are liable to experience issues with War for the Overworld and may experience crashes, significant frame drops or other undesirable experiences.

Recommended specs: Computers that meet this spec should be able to play the game from start to finish with few if any issues. Performance may be impacted under certain gameplay conditions and FPS in strenuous conditions may drop below 30FPS. Some adjustment of graphics settings may be required.

Optimum specs: A High-end specification that should be able to achieve stable FPS even at the highest graphics settings. Particularly strenuous scenes may cause the frame-rate to drop below 60FPS on 1440p displays.