Overrunners

Overrunners is a 4 player co-op first-person shooter where you and your team must escape the alien invasion! Replayable, unpredictable cooperative gameplay. Battle against hordes of aliens, starting in a coastal town in Southern England. Is anywhere safe anymore?

The game is being developed in Unreal Engine 5. It will release on Steam, and will be available to wishlist soon.

The Story So Far

The game development is well underway, with many features already implemented. Here is a summary of what has been done so far:

The primary characters have been designed, modelled and animated (improvements to be made).
Enemies chase and attack players when they detect them.
Enemies can climb certain obstacles when chasing players.
Blood splatters, spray and dismemberment of enemies.
Different impact effects depending on which type of surface is being shot at.
Various weapons and items that players can pick up and use.
Interactable objects such as doors, switches and event triggers.
Players can create and join lobbies, select a character, level and difficulty.
Players can be downed, helped back up, and healed.
A HUD that tracks player health, inventory, weapon equipped and ammo count.
All features implemented so far are replicated for multiplayer gameplay.
User settings for graphics, audio and controls.
Controller support for menus and gameplay.
Many more smaller features!

Roadmap

Summer 2026

Enemy general AI improvements.
Enemy navigation and climbing improvements.
Animation improvements for heroes.

Autumn 2026

Special enemies with their own unique abilities, that are harder to kill and deal more damage to players.
Enemy model commissions.
Animation improvements for enemies.

Winter 2026

Sound design improvements.
Music commissions.
Optimization.
Play testing.

Spring 2027

Early access release.
Bug fixing.
Improvements based on feedback.

Autumn 2027

Full release.