Overload
Six-degree-of-freedom shooter with robot battles in zero gravity
Revival Productions, LLC · Released May 31, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 2,159
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 3
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 7 years ago
- Oct 24, 2018
Metacritic: 74/100 (critic reviews)
What is Overload?
Overload is a first-person, zero-gravity shooter in which you pilot an upgradeable ship through campaign levels, fight robots, rescue survivors, destroy reactors, and escape before they explode. It also has survival challenges and online multiplayer matches.
For you if...
- +you enjoy fast combat while flying in any direction
- +you like searching maze-like levels for hidden rooms
Not for you if...
- −you prefer straightforward paths through campaign levels
- −you dislike learning free-flight controls during combat
What players say
94% of 2,159 reviews are positive
Players praise the ship controls, weapons, secrets, and soundtrack. Some find the campaign repetitive or its later levels too punishing. Recent players also report control glitches and limits to VR compatibility.
Screenshots and trailer
Overload system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP SP2+
- Processor
- SSE2 instruction set support
- Graphics
- DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 50
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, VR
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- Cloud saves are not shared across platforms
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian.
Tags
- 6DOF
- Action
- FPS
- Sci-fi
- VR
- First-Person
- Retro
- Great Soundtrack
- Classic
- Difficult
- Space
- Singleplayer
- Shooter
- Robots
- Multiplayer
- Boomer Shooter
Recent updates
- Oct 24, 2018 · Patch 7
- Oct 16, 2018 · Patch 6 Released
- Sep 28, 2018 · Overload Community Level Pack (plus Patch 5)
- Aug 14, 2018 · Patch 4 (Build 1854)
- Jul 5, 2018 · Patch 3, Build 1839 is Live!
4 DLC available.
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