Overwatch

Overview

Overwatch (retroactively referred to as Overwatch Classic) was a 2016 live service multiplayer first-person shooter video game by Blizzard Entertainment. The game was first released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in May 2016 and Nintendo Switch in October 2019, with cross-platform play supported across all platforms. Described as a "hero shooter", Overwatch assigned players into two teams of six, with each player selecting from a large roster of characters, known as "heroes", with unique abilities. Teams worked to complete map-specific objectives within a limited period of time. Blizzard added new characters, maps, and game modes post-release, all free of charge, with the only additional cost to players being optional loot boxes to purchase cosmetic items.

Overwatch was Blizzard's fourth major franchise and came about following the 2014 cancellation of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Titan. A portion of the Titan team were inspired by the success of team-based first-person shooters like Team Fortress 2 and the popularity of multiplayer online battle arena games, and would go on to create a hero-based shooter which emphasized teamwork. Some elements of Overwatch borrowed concepts from the canceled Titan project. Overwatch was unveiled at the 2014 BlizzCon event and was in a closed beta from late 2015 to early 2016. An open beta before release drew in nearly 10 million players.

Overwatch received universal acclaim from critics, who praised the game for its accessibility, the diverse appeal of its hero characters, its cartoonish art style, and enjoyable gameplay. Blizzard reported over US$1 billion in revenue during the first year of its release and had more than 50 million players after three years. During its lifetime, Overwatch was considered to be among the greatest video games of all time, receiving numerous game of the year awards and other accolades. The game was a popular esport, with Blizzard funding and producing the global Overwatch League. On October 3, 2022, the Overwatch servers were shut down and the game was made unplayable, and its sequel, Overwatch 2, was released in an early access state the next day, and considered fully released by August 2023. Overwatch 2 was later rebranded as simply Overwatch in February 2026.

Official trailer

Cinematic Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Overwatch [Full Game | No Commentary] PS4, Casual Racer Red. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter, Strategy

Developer

Blizzard Entertainment

Publisher

Blizzard Entertainment, Square Enix

Series

Overwatch

Engine

Proprietary Engine

Platforms

PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

No

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

GRAC

15+

PEGI

12

CLASS IND

12

ACB

M

USK

16

ESRB

T

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Trophies

Trophies92

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

1

Silver

5

Bronze

85

Total

92

Points

1815

Platinum time

100 hours

100% time

100 hours

Difficulty

7 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

New Game Plus

No. Online multiplayer only

Platinum without online

No

Online trophies

91

Boosting needed

No

Online note

Every trophy needs a connection

DLC has trophies

No

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC comes in

Does not exist

Missable trophies

0

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Region note

One PS4 list. Voices in the same six languages.

Online-only version

Yes

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

The PS5 version has its own list

Players with the platinum

6.46%

Missable trophies

• Nothing is missable.

Grind

• Level 50
• Decked Out

Glitches and fixes

• Shutout and The Friend Zone can fail to unlock

• Overwatch Platinum Trophy Collect all other Overwatch trophies. Platinum 6.46% of players
• The Friend Zone Play a Quick or Competitive Play game in a group with a friend. Bronze 18.54% of players
• Centenary Win 100 games in Quick or Competitive Play. Gold 13.53% of players
• Level 10 Earn 10 battle pass tiers. Bronze 19.62% of players
• Level 25 Earn 25 battle pass tiers. Bronze 15.97% of players
• Level 50 Earn 50 battle pass tiers. Silver 13.45% of players
• The Path Is Closed Destroy 3 of Symmetra's Teleporters in a single Quick or Competitive Play game. Bronze 10.16% of players
• Survival Expert Use health packs to heal 900 health in a single life in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 12.9% of players
• Decorated Complete 50 challenges. Bronze 20.3% of players
• Blackjack Earn 21 endorsements. Bronze 16.76% of players
• Decked Out Collect 50 unlocks for a single hero. Bronze 11.27% of players
• Die Die Die... Die Kill 4 enemies with a single use of Reaper's Death Blossom in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 11.9% of players
• Slice and Dice Kill 4 enemies with a single use of Genji's Dragonblade in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 8.34% of players
• Their Own Worst Enemy Kill 2 enemies with a single use of Genji's Deflection in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 8.85% of players
• Waste Not, Want Not Get 3 solo kills with a single clip of Reaper's shotguns in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 8.29% of players
• Gotcha Kill an enemy that is hindered by Flashbang with a headshot as Cassidy in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 11.23% of players
• It's High Noon Get 4 killing blows with a single use of Cassidy's Deadeye in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 9.06% of players
• Death From Above Kill 4 enemies in a row without touching the ground as Pharah in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 9.93% of players
• Clearing the Area Knock an enemy to their death using Pharah's Concussive Blast in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 12.81% of players
• Rocket Man Get 2 killing blows with a single use of Soldier: 76's Helix Rockets in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 11.52% of players
• Target Rich Environment Kill 4 enemies with a single use of Soldier: 76's Tactical Visor in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 12.12% of players
• Total Recall Recover 400 health using Tracer's Recall without dying in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 11.82% of players
• Special Delivery Stick 4 of Tracer's Pulse Bombs onto enemies in a single Quick or Competitive Play game. Bronze 9.97% of players
• Triple Threat Kill 2 enemies in each of Bastion's configurations without dying in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 12.9% of players
• Incoming! Kill 3 enemies with a single use of Bastion's Configuration: Artillery in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 10.12% of players
• Simple Geometry Get 3 killing blows with a single use of Hanzo's Storm Arrows in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 10.24% of players
• The Dragon Is Sated Kill 4 enemies with one of Hanzo's Spirit Dragons in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 9.13% of players
• Mine Like a Steel Trap Knock an enemy into your Steel Trap using Junkrat's Concussion Mine in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 10.32% of players
• Roadkill Kill 4 enemies with a single use of Junkrat's RIP-Tire in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 8.99% of players
• Ice Blocked Block 1000 damage with a single use of Mei's Ice Wall in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 13.18% of players
• Cold Snap Freeze 4 enemies at once with Mei in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 12.02% of players
• Raid Wipe Kill 4 enemies during a single use of Torbjörn's Molten Core in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 10.5% of players
• Armor Up! Absorb 500 damage with Torbjörn's Overload without dying in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 10.44% of players
• Did That Sting? Kill 4 enemies using Widowmaker's Venom Mine during a single Quick or Competitive Play game. Bronze 11.19% of players
• Smooth as Silk Kill an enemy with a scoped headshot while airborne as Widowmaker in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 8.92% of players
• Shot Down Prevent 1250 damage with a single use of D.va's Defense Matrix in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 11.98% of players
• Game Over Kill 4 enemies with a single use of D.va's Self Destruct in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 11.07% of players
• I Am Your Shield Block 7500 damage with Reinhardt's Barrier Field without dying in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 12.2% of players
• Storm, Earth and Fire Land Reinhardt's Fire Strike and Charge after an Earthshatter stun in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 11.05% of players
• Giving You the Hook Interrupt an enemy ultimate ability with Roadhog's Hook in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 13.63% of players
• Hog Wild Knock 2 enemies to their deaths with one use of Roadhog's Whole Hog in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 8.81% of players
• Mine Sweeper Destroy 10 turrets or traps using Winston's Tesla Cannon without dying in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 8.63% of players
• Anger Management Damage 5 enemies during a single use of Winston's Primal Rage in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 9.48% of players
• Power Overwhelming Keep Zarya's particle cannon above 70 power for 60 seconds in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 9.9% of players
• The Power of Attraction Capture 4 enemies in a single use of Zarya's Graviton Surge in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 11.22% of players
• Undying Get a 20 player kill streak in Quick or Competitive Play. Silver 13.87% of players
• The Floor Is Lava Get 3 killing blows while wall riding as Lúcio without dying in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 7.59% of players
• Supersonic Block 900 damage with a single use of Lúcio's Sound Barrier in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 11.45% of players
• Group Health Plan Restore 150 health for 4 allies without dying as Mercy in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 15.2% of players
• Huge Rez Resurrect 5 allies without dying as Mercy in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 10.25% of players
• The Car Wash Hit an enemy with 3 beams simultaneously as Symmetra in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 13.56% of players
• Huge Success Teleport 15 allies in a single Quick or Competitive Play game as Symmetra. Bronze 10.43% of players
• Rapid Discord Get 4 kills or assists with Zenyatta's Orb of Discord within 6 seconds in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 7.46% of players
• The Iris Embraces You Restore 1250 health with a single use of Zenyatta's Transcendence in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 9.8% of players
• Lockdown Win a game of Assault Maps on defense without losing the first objective. Bronze 15.47% of players
• Double Cap Capture both objectives on a game of Assault Maps without dying. Silver 14.16% of players
• Escort Duty Push a payload 100 meters without leaving it in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 14.51% of players
• Can't Touch This Prevent the attacking team from touching the payload for 1 minute in Quick or Competitive Play. Silver 20.49% of players
• Shutout Win a Control map without the enemy capturing an objective in Quick or Competitive Play. Silver 18.89% of players
• World Traveler Win a Quick or Competitive Play game on 12 different maps. Bronze 17.59% of players
• Naptime Interrupt an enemy ultimate ability with Ana's Sleep Dart in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 10.19% of players
• Enabler Get 4 kills or assists with a single use of Ana's Nano Boost in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 7.68% of players
• Hack the Planet Weaken an enemy that would have dealt lethal damage to an ally using Cyberspace in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 7.74% of players
• Power Outage Hack 5 enemies at once as Sombra in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 7.66% of players
• Terrable Terrable Damage Kill 3 enemies with a single use of Orisa's Terra Surge in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 6.83% of players
• Tip Of The Spear Knock an enemy to their death using Orisa's Energy Javelin in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 8.28% of players
• Power Punch Slam 3 enemies into a wall with Doomfist's Empowered Rocket Punch in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 5.48% of players
• Cratered Hit 4 enemies with a single use of Doomfist's Meteor Strike in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 5.16% of players
• Antipode Hit 6 targets simultaneously with Moira's Coalescence in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 6.76% of players
• Simple Trigonometry Fully deplete both types of Moira's Biotic Orb without dying in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 9.46% of players
• Grounded Kill an airborne enemy with Brigitte's Whip Shot in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 7.76% of players
• Excuse Me Kill an enemy hero with Brigitte's Shield Bash in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 8.87% of players
• Adaptation Absorb 1250 damage with Wrecking Ball's Adaptive Shield without dying in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 6.37% of players
• Strike Roll through 4 enemies within 2 seconds as Wrecking Ball in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 6.92% of players
• Served Up Get a killing blow as Ashe on an enemy knocked into the air by B.O.B. in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 6.35% of players
• Short Fuse Kill an enemy by shooting Ashe’s Dynamite from at least 30 meters away in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 6.42% of players
• Window of Opportunity Amplify 2000 combined damage and healing without dying as Baptiste in Quick or Competitive play. Bronze 3.79% of players
• Stand By Me Prevent 4 unique deaths with a single use of Baptiste's Immortality Field in Quick or Competitive play. Bronze 4.48% of players
• Event Horizon Get 3 killing blows during a single use of Sigma's Gravitic Flux in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 5.13% of players
• Conservation of Energy Gain 350 shields with a single use of Sigma's Kinetic Grasp in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 7.61% of players
• Focused Earn 2 killing blows with a single use of Echo’s Focusing Beam in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 5.07% of players
• Adaptability Use 2 other heroes’ ultimates without dying as Echo in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 5.05% of players
• Purified Cleanse 5 negative effects with one use of Kiriko's Protection Suzu in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 3.89% of players
• Yokai Restore 1500 health and land 5 critical hits without dying as Kiriko in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 5.71% of players
• On The Move Kill an enemy with a charged Railgun headshot while sliding in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 3.67% of players
• Taking Charge Get 4 killing blows with a single use of Sojourn's Overclock in Quick or Competitive play. Bronze 3.08% of players
• Adrenaline Junkie Have 7 of Junker Queen's wounds active on enemies at the same time in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 3.78% of players
• Coup De Gracie Use Junker Queen’s Jagged Blade and Carnage to pull and kill an enemy in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 5.85% of players
• Any Means Eliminate 3 enemies in a single use of Ramattra's Annihilation in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 5.2% of players
• Incomparable Pain Block 300 or more damage and survive in a single use of Nemesis Form in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 5.03% of players
• Giving Tree Restore 1200 health with a single use of Lifeweaver's Tree of Life in Quick or Competitive Play. Bronze 3.87% of players
• Life Weaving Prevent 3 deaths using Lifeweaver's Life Grip without dying yourself in Quick or Competitive play. Bronze 3.5% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 7.0 GB at launch

Update patch04.39

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

No paid expansions. Heroes and maps came free. Since 2022 the game sells Overwatch Coins for cosmetics.

Items

Name	Adds	Obtainable today
Overwatch Coins	Currency for cosmetics	Yes

Playable today

Playable offline todayNo

Online only. The 2016 game closed on 3 October 2022; the same app now runs the free Overwatch.

Online

Online servers runningPartly

Plays offlineNo

Online only. The original game's servers shut down on 3 October 2022, when the same PS4 app became the free-to-play Overwatch 2, now called Overwatch again. Unlocked cosmetics carried over.

Services

Service	Status	Shutdown date
Overwatch (2016) matchmaking	closed	2022-10-03
The free-to-play Overwatch that replaced it	running

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Jeff Kaplan
Director	Chris Metzen
Director	Aaron Keller
Designer	Jeremy Craig
Designer	Michael Elliott
Designer	Scott Mercer
Programmer	John LeFleur
Artist	William Petras
Artist	Arnold Tsang
Writer	Michael Chu
Writer	Alyssa Wong
Composer	Derek Duke

Credits

Publisher

Blizzard Entertainment, Square Enix

Developer

Blizzard Entertainment

Director

Jeff Kaplan

Released

2016-05-24

Age rating

ESRB T

Disc ID

CUSA01842

Region

US

Time to beat

about 44.2 hours