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Overlord, Overlord: Raising Hell and Overlord II are all now available on Steam for Linux. Overlord II is also a brand new port today!

Note: You may have issues if you previously purchased them from bundles and other random stores. VP has reached out to Codemasters to add Linux to them. If you're only buying it now, you will be fine.

You can see my previous thoughts on Overlord and Overlord: Raising Hell in my previous article here.

I think Overlord + Overlord: Raising Hell are well worth the money and Virtual Programming did a cracking good job on them.

As for Overlord II, it's a brand new port! I had even shorter notice than last time being told only on the day it's released. So you will have to wait until later tonight for any thoughts on it. In future I'm sure I will get more time to cover VP's ports properly. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Blurps Jul 26, 2016
you're too fast, just see steamdb updates.
I was keeping my humble bunddle keys for that moment.
lucifertdark Jul 26, 2016
I've played Both Overlord titles extensively on Windows & while Overlord II isn't as good as the first one it's still well worth having, I bet there'll be complaints on here about the baby seals though. ;)

I'm getting the old "missing executable" error on all of them at the moment, so they're not quite there yet, hopefully within the next few hours they'll be playable.


Last edited by lucifertdark on 26 July 2016 at 3:43 pm UTC
DasCapschen 9 years Jul 26, 2016
Awesome, more games I already own coming to Linux :D
Now at over 100 Linux Steam Games!
hm11 Jul 26, 2016
It would be nice to see this on gog, along many other ports..
manero666 Jul 26, 2016
very nice tomorrow I will give them a try :)
oldrocker99 Jul 26, 2016
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Yep, it appeared in my library after buying it in 2011(!).

Whoops! The dreaded "missing executable"...
qchto Jul 26, 2016
Aaaaand . . . nope.

A ~120MB download for the first OL, followed by a missing executable.. not so unexpected considering the vp installer size was ~2GB..

Also 0b downloads when trying the other 2.

Don't buy from Steam (yet)..

Edit: Just to be clear, I bought the classic pack for $20 like half an hour before posting, AFTER it had a SteamOS icon added. Also, still nothing but if something changes, I will edit this as soon as I notice.

Edit 2: Overlord 1 is working now, gamepad support included.. Didn't have time to try the 2nd, but it was also downloading 2GB so I assume it's also working fine.. Kudos to VP for a very good and stable port!


Last edited by qchto on 28 July 2016 at 12:59 pm UTC
Liam Dawe Jul 26, 2016
Note: You may have issues if you previously purchased them from bundles and other random stores. VP has reached out to Codemasters to add Linux to them.

New Steam sales are not affected and will download. So no need to hold off.


Last edited by Liam Dawe on 26 July 2016 at 5:07 pm UTC
lucifertdark Jul 26, 2016
Quoting: liamdaweNote: You may have issues if you previously purchased them from bundles and other random stores. VP has reached out to Codemasters to add Linux to them.

New Steam sales are not affected and will download. So no need to hold off.
Ah that would explain it, I bought Overlord on disc back in 2007.
darkszluf Jul 26, 2016
the game does not work on MESA Radeonsi, you'll need fglrx or amdgpu-pro in order to play it.


Last edited by darkszluf on 27 July 2016 at 8:24 am UTC
WorMzy Jul 26, 2016
Quoting: liamdaweNote: You may have issues if you previously purchased them from bundles and other random stores. VP has reached out to Codemasters to add Linux to them.

New Steam sales are not affected and will download. So no need to hold off.

I just bought all three, I have the missing executable error for all three.
gurv Jul 26, 2016
Quoting: WorMzy
Quoting: liamdaweNote: You may have issues if you previously purchased them from bundles and other random stores. VP has reached out to Codemasters to add Linux to them.

New Steam sales are not affected and will download. So no need to hold off.

I just bought all three, I have the missing executable error for all three.

Yeah same here for Overlord 1, definetely not working.
I'm gonna wait a few days for them to fix it up and if it's still broken I'll get a refund.
Blurps Jul 26, 2016
Overlord II
I can launch the game but it's in english, and I want the game in French. Any idea ?
The game is working with xbox360 controller but not listed in description.
libgradev Jul 26, 2016
Nice ^_^

Let's see if it'll launch! - I'll let you know in 1m 5s

Annnnd: Missing Executable

Back to coding... :/


Last edited by libgradev on 26 July 2016 at 7:23 pm UTC
Naib Jul 26, 2016
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Jus bought the bundle.
Kids have been dying to play this so I'll try tonight and session it this weekend with them
Blurps Jul 26, 2016
Overlord 1 and 2 are ok on my Debian.
Nvida GTX660: nvidia driver 352.79
WorMzy Jul 26, 2016
Maybe it just hasn't propagated to all their download servers yet. Which region are you downloading from, nIQnutn?
Blurps Jul 26, 2016
Europe > France
WorMzy Jul 26, 2016
I tried France > Paris and still only got a 135MB download. :(
Liam Dawe Jul 26, 2016
All of you complaining it doesn't download correctly, is this new purchases today?

If not, I already noted why you can't play it right now.
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