Games

Overwatch

Blizzard Entertainment

2023•Shooter•PEGI 12

Taste attributes: actionscience fictionfastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplegrittybig & variedunderdog triumphs

Boxlist takeA fantastical, breakneck shooter: dark and expansive. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

76 / 100

442 ratings

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About This Game

Overwatch is a free-to-play first-person hero shooter developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Players choose from a large roster of role-based heroes and compete in 5v5 team matches across various objective-based game modes, with both casual and ranked competitive play. Originally released as Overwatch 2 in 2023 as a successor to the 2016 original, the game was rebranded to simply Overwatch in 2026 with a renewed focus on seasonal narrative content and expanded hero rosters.

Summary: IGDB

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionScience fictionUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

PvpPveControversyTitle changed after release

Where to play

Details

Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Released: 10 August 2023
Series: Overwatch
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person, Third person
Time to beat: 284h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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