Unicorn Overlord

From the masterminds that brought 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and Odin Sphere, ATLUS x Vanillaware presents the rebirth of tactical fantasy RPG. Fight against fate and embark on a royal adventure to regain your…

86 8 March 2024

Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Tactical Turn-based strategy (TBS) Fantasy Warfare

Unicorn Overlord is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Vanillaware, released 8 March 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Unicorn Overlord is

Unicorn Overlord is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Vanillaware and released in 2024. It was published by Atlus. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the kingdom of Cornia, General Valmore leads a rebellion against Queen Ilenia, and with most of the army rallying to his side the throne is soon lost. Before making her final stand, Ilenia entrusts her guard Josef with smuggling her young son Alain and the Ring of the Unicorn, the symbol of Cornian royalty, to safety. Ten years later, Valmore has renamed himself Galerius and forged the sprawling Zenoirian Empire, subjugating neighboring lands from Drakenhold to the elvish realm of Elheim. Raised in hiding on a remote island, Alain comes of age and takes up the mantle of the Liberation Army. Discovering that the Ring of the Unicorn can break the mind-control magic Galerius uses to bend…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Unicorn Overlord holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Unicorn Overlord launched on 8 March 2024, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Dragon's Dogma II and Pacific Drive. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Dragon's Dogma II, Pacific Drive.

Cheats and codes

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