Overthrown (PS5) Review

For such a small game, Overthrown has surprisingly big ambitions. At first glance at the Steam page, the gameplay looked kind of choppy for a game that has been in development since July 2024. I expected my time with Overthrown to be better than the mixed rating on Steam suggested, but my playthrough ended up a little disappointing.

To give Overthrown a fair shot, I began by creating a world on the challenging difficulty on a large map size. The map size is really negligible; it is a pretty fitting playground for a game meant for six people playing multiplayer. I played on a single-player world, though, so I had the entire map to myself.

“For such a small game, Overthrown has surprisingly big ambitions.”

Starting the game, or just the world, as this is a sandbox game, means being thrown into a barren archipelago with foothills, cliffs, etc., depending on which map is picked. I went with the foothills and spent a minute or two loading in, but once you are in the world,... Read more