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Overel

Gameplay

How Overel plays

A loop of planting, building, surviving and sharing that grows richer the longer you play.

Farming & livestock

Read the soil and the seasons. Plant, water and harvest dozens of crops, raise animals for food and materials, and preserve your bounty for the lean months. A good harvest is the difference between a feast and a famine.

  • Dozens of crops with seasonal planting windows
  • Animals to raise, breed, herd and care for
  • Cooking, brewing and food preservation
  • Soil quality, irrigation and crop rotation

Building & management

Zone rooms, raise walls, wire up workshops and lay out defenses. Assign your settlers to the work they're best at, set priorities and let production lines hum. Every wall you raise is a decision about warmth, safety and ambition.

  • Free-form base building and room zoning
  • Skill-based work assignment and priorities
  • Workshops, crafting and automation chains
  • Power, storage, defenses and logistics

Survival & events

The world doesn't sit still. Storms roll in, wild animals roam, raiders test your walls and disease spreads in close quarters. Overel's event director watches your colony and serves up challenges tuned to keep every run tense and surprising.

  • Dynamic weather and four demanding seasons
  • Raids, wildlife and defensive combat
  • Settler needs, moods, health and morale
  • An event director that shapes your story

Online co-op

Bring friends into one shared, persistent world. Split into roles, tackle bigger projects and keep the colony running across time zones. Overel is designed so that two players, or eight, always have meaningful work to do side by side.

  • Persistent shared world with drop-in co-op
  • Role specialization across players
  • Trade and visit between settlements
  • Single-player supported, your way to play

The Overel loop

Four phases, endlessly remixed.

  1. 01

    Plan

    Read the season and set your goals.

  2. 02

    Grow

    Farm, build and expand your colony.

  3. 03

    Endure

    Weather the events the world throws at you.

  4. 04

    Thrive

    Bank your surplus and dream bigger.