Underplayed Gems

Shadow Overlord: The Beginning (2023)

Shadow Overlord: The Beginning cover
Developer
Mr Gorilla Studios
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Rating
4.2 of 5, 12 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 40 minutes
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

You command an undead army from a side camera, making strategic decisions in real-time medieval battles.

dark fantasystrategicchallengingmedievaltacticalimmersiveepic

What players say

Players praise the concept and art style but say the early access build is broken: the tutorial cycles too fast to read, summoning a key unit crashes the game, knights are overtuned, and there are no tooltips. Development appears stalled with no updates for over two years, so the game is considered dead.

Screenshots

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