Atlus is best known lately for publishing RPGs like the Persona series and 2024’s Metaphor: ReFantazio, but that’s not the full story of the studio. Along with those hit games and many more, Atlus is also the home of developer Vanillaware, which has released incredible brawlers, visual novels, and strategy games over the years. Its most recent release is one of the best in Vanillaware’s history, and it’s now available with PlayStation Plus.
Unicorn Overlord is a hard game to categorize. It’s sort of a real-time strategy game with turn-based combat elements and an auto-battling option. All of that combines into a complex but extremely satisfying strategy game that focuses on how you prepare and maneuver on the battlefield rather than the turn-by-turn actions of your army. While it draws from old-school tactical RPGs like Ogre Battle, Unicorn Overlord’s fresh take on large-scale combat makes it feel utterly unique even in the crowded RPG genre.
