Overload
Ranked 3 of 4 space shooters by recommenders
A modern successor to Descent from its original developers, praised for its immersive zero-gravity feel, story and soundtrack. No recurring complaints appeared in the quotes.
A modern successor to Descent from its original developers, praised for its immersive zero-gravity feel, story and soundtrack. No recurring complaints appeared in the quotes.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Made by original Descent developers
“Overload has an usermade campaign called Overload: First Strike, which is a conversion and upgrade of the entire Descent 1 campaign to Overload.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Descent, Ported to the Web” “Specifically, Overload was made by Mike Kulas and Matt Toschlog, who were the original Descent developers.”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Descent, Ported to the Web” “Overload[0] is the modern version of Descent, made by the creators of Descent.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Steam Frame starts at $1059” Immersive no up or down feel
“it supports VR if you really need to separate yourself from your lunch”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Descent, Ported to the Web” “It also really helps immerse you in the “there’s no up/down” feeling.”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Descent, Ported to the Web” Strong story and soundtrack
“Amazing game, likely the first game ever I got to the end just to see how the story ends”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Descent, Ported to the Web” “It's a pretty much perfect spiritual sequel, with a great soundtrack.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Descent, Ported to the Web”
Other space shooters people recommend
The three most recommended other space shooters, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descent | 16 | 7 | 70% | 3 | — | — |
| Spacedeck X | 9 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| OverloadThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Descent 2 | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Overload[0] is the modern version of Descent, made by the creators of Descent.”
“Amazing game, likely the first game ever I got to the end just to see how the story ends”
“It also really helps immerse you in the “there’s no up/down” feeling.”
“Specifically, Overload was made by Mike Kulas and Matt Toschlog, who were the original Descent developers.”
“it supports VR if you really need to separate yourself from your lunch”
“Overload has an usermade campaign called Overload: First Strike, which is a conversion and upgrade of the entire Descent 1 campaign to Overload.”
“It's a pretty much perfect spiritual sequel, with a great soundtrack.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.