Open-world city builder Overthrown to be published by Maximum Entertainment for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC
Due out in Early Access this fall.
Maximum Entertainment has announced a publishing agreement with developer Brimstone Games to release open-world city builder Overthrown for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam. It will launch first in Early Access / Game Preview for Xbox Series and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store this fall.
“We are thrilled to partner with Maximum Entertainment to see Overthrown reach audiences who love original and unique sandbox games,” said Brimstone Games co-founder and CEO Rasmus Hofreus in a press release. “The Maximum team has a wealth of experience publishing nontraditional indie games, and we are excited to see what we can accomplish together.”
Here is an overview of the game, via Maximum Entertainment:
About
Lift and throw anything as you build and manage your kingdom in this chaotic city builder for one to six players. Harness the power of your soul-stealing crown to defend your citizens from bandits and mutants, farm the land, and gather resources. Keep citizens happy or see them desert you for the outlaws!
You play as a Monarch in possession of an ancient soul-stealing crown with magical abilities. With its power, establish a kingdom in a perilous wilderness and defend it from mutants and bandits roaming the land.
Build, gather resources, farm the land and more to turn your fledgling realm into a commanding, self-sustaining kingdom. As your fame grows, more will flock to your banner—but so will those who have come to overthrow you, including your friends in up to six-player co-op.
Key Features
- Build Anywhere – Construct a kingdom from scratch and transform the wilderness into a developed community. Decide which buildings go where, and then manage your citizens to automate everything from there! Don’t like where you placed something? Just pick it up and toss it somewhere else!
- Lift Anything – Throw whole trees at the sawmill to make planks or run through the forest carrying your sawmill to absorb trees along the way! Resource gathering is fun and easy thanks to your crown’s power. Or maybe you have too many enemies around. Pick up monster nests and place them near bandit camps to have them fight each other instead (and obtain free loot!).
- Fight Like an Anime Protagonist – Villagers being eaten by mutants? Run across a lake at 100 km/h to rescue them in time! Being shot at by outlaws up in the hills? Spin-attack so fast that you take off like a helicopter and descend on them from the skies!
- Survive the Seasons – Manage resources and stockpile enough food to last the winter. Guard your farmlands (and peasants) from hungry mutants while waiting for your crops to grow. Keep polluting workshops away or see the land turn barren. Ultimately, keep your people happy or see them desert you for the outlaws.
- Play with Friends – Overthrown can be played offline in single-player, or with a group of up to six friends in online co- op! However, only one can wear the crown.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View a set of screenshots at the gallery.