Overthrown's 1.0 release is out now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC

Brimstone and Maximum Entertainment have officially released the 1.0 version of Overthrown across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The launch brings the chaotic cooperative city builder out of its early access period and introduces it to PlayStation players for the first time. It is also available on Xbox Game Pass.

The game originally debuted in Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview in late 2024. Its full release arrives alongside the "Airship Update," which adds new aerial vehicles, defensive cannon towers, and several new enemy types to the mix. Brimstone, a fully remote international studio founded in Sweden, spent the last year refining the management systems based on player feedback.

Throwing your problems away

Most city builders lock you into a grid and force you to carefully plan your zoning. Overthrown gives you a magical crown and lets you pick up entire buildings with your bare hands.

The core gameplay loop revolves around this lifting mechanic. If you place a sawmill in the wrong spot, you can just pick it up and toss it across the map. You can even carry the building through a forest to automatically absorb trees along the way. The physics-based system applies to almost everything in the environment. You can hurl boulders at enemies, throw trees into processors, or pick up a monster nest and drop it directly inside a bandit camp so the two factions fight each other.

You play as a monarch tasked with building a self-sustaining kingdom in a hostile wilderness. You have to manage resources, keep your citizens fed, and build defenses. If your people get too unhappy, they will abandon your town and join the local outlaws. The management layer is surprisingly dense for a game that lets you punch sheep. You have to assign citizens to specific jobs, automate your resource gathering, and expand your borders to reach new materials.

Taking to the skies

The 1.0 launch includes the new Airship Update. Players can now construct and fly steampunk-style airships to assault enemy camps from above.

These vehicles require mana to operate. You have to balance your resource economy carefully if you want to maintain an aerial advantage. The outlaws also have access to airships. This turns the late game into an arms race. To counter aerial attacks, the update adds direct-fire cannon towers that can target both flying ships and ground troops. These towers are a necessary addition, as the previous siege weapons were mostly indirect fire options like catapults.

The update also introduces new outlaw unit types to complicate your town planning. Scrappers stay behind the front lines to repair enemy defenses, while Firestarters sneak into your settlement at night to burn it down. There is also a new massive beast called the Devourer. If you leave standard enemy creatures alone for too long, they can evolve into these massive threats that are capable of eating entire buildings and ships.

Farming and fighting

When you are not managing supply chains or tossing bakeries over mountains, the game leans into action RPG mechanics. The wilderness is full of mutants and armored beasts.

Combat is fast and highly stylized. You can use your crown's power to sprint across water, dodge attacks, and punch enemies into the horizon. The game supports drop-in, drop-out cooperative multiplayer for up to six people.

Having multiple players completely changes the pace of the game. One person can focus on farming crops and managing the citizens while the rest of the group explores the map to clear out bandit camps and gather rare resources. You can coordinate attacks, build massive walls, or just throw each other across a ravine when someone is moving too slowly.

Blending a management simulator with an action RPG is a difficult balancing act. Overthrown leans heavily into the absurdity of its premise to make the combination work. The ability to solve a logistical problem by physically throwing a building across a river is a great hook. The addition of six-player co-op makes it an easy recommendation for a weekend gaming group, especially since it is included with Game Pass.