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Chaos Overlords

“The future is chaos and chaos is you!” - The Exploited “Chaos is My Life”. The World United Solidarity (WUS) has made life boring in the year 2050. No sex, no booze, not even candy cigarettes were allowed. The people were tired of being WUS-sies, they had enough of censorship on TV and on the internet. Enter the Chaos Overlords. Former crimelords and CEOs, these leaders decided to capitalize on the people by creating chaos - selling the populace all the drugs, high-caliber weaponry, and pornography they desired. The cities have become battlegrounds as the Chaos Overlords vie for power as they

Release date
May 28, 2013
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Stick Man Games
Publisher
Evolution Interactive
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“The future is chaos and chaos is you!” - The Exploited “Chaos is My Life”. The World United Solidarity (WUS) has made life boring in the year 2050. No sex, no booze, not even candy cigarettes were allowed. The people were tired of being WUS-sies, they had enough of censorship on TV and on the internet. Enter the Chaos Overlords. Former crimelords and CEOs, these leaders decided to capitalize on the people by creating chaos - selling the populace all the drugs, high-caliber weaponry, and pornography they desired.

The cities have become battlegrounds as the Chaos Overlords vie for power as they attempt to destroy each other. You are a Chaos Overlord. The city lies vulnerable before you, waiting for all the chaos that you can bring. Wage a strategic war of influence on an 8x8 grid that represents city blocks. Hire gangs at the beginning of each turn and seize control of the city, block by bloody block. Research new items for your gangs to equip so they can dominate your enemies’ gangs in combat.

It’s time to make some chaos, so go out there and kick some neck! More than 70 unique gangs, such as the Disgruntled Postal Workers, Renegade Nuns, or the Bankers. Sow chaos and disorder with more than 50 weapons, performance-enhancing items, and armor types.…

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★ 8.2/10GOG · 165 ratings
GOGLast checked November 1, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 1 / 5
The game isn't compatible with Win7 or Win10 due to a known graphics bug: blank rectangles show instead of images. This makes the game unplayable.…
★ 3 / 5
Notice that the "Compatible with" field doesn't mention Windows 8. This is because there is white rectangle errors when running this game on Windows 8.
★ 1 / 5
I played for years downloading the game frow abandonware, then i buy it on gog. Surprise! On win 10 is unplayable cause known graphich error...…
★ 4 / 5
Ah, this brings back memories. My good old reliable 486 was used to fire up this game the first time in 1998 and I immediately…
★ 5 / 5
Chaos Overlords is a superficially nondescript game, but take the time to master it and you'll be rewarded with a deep, challenging and rewarding turn-based…
★ 4 / 5
I spent years thinking i made this game up after i lost the disc in a house move and forgot its name! A good chunck…
★ 5 / 5
I managed to play on these OS using windows 98 compatibility mode and 8 bit color. But it has to be on 32-bit systems. If…
★ 4 / 5
"Chaos Overlords March 6 No, we're not dead. Although you wouldn't know it if you came to this page. I truly apologize for the lack…

Most recent8

★ 5 / 5
Check the game forum for the Compatibilty Patcher, or hopefully GOG will update their installer so we can all play this again on Windows 10…
★ 4 / 5
Works on windows 7, XP, 2000, and some earlier. CLASSIC, and I LOVE it!
★ 4 / 5
When one makes a fresh install from GoG, the game simply doesn't launch, you gotta change its compatibility settings to disable fullscreen optimizations. Then run…
★ 1 / 5
didnt want to start on windows 11 i rly wanted to play this classic from the 90s
★ 4 / 5
Hoping one day GOG will get this working again because it's a pearl of a game. As of now: DO NOT BUY. - Not playable.
★ 4 / 5
Had really enjoyed playing this game over the years; sadly, GoG no longer supports it and it does not run on Windows 11
★ 3 / 5
I hit play, but it does not want to run. It may not be compatible with Windows 11.
★ 1 / 5
Loved this game when I was younger. Got it with the hopes of reliving some nostalgia, but the game absolutely won't work on Windows 10.…

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