Compute Overload

The fans are screaming and the deadline isn't moving.

Compute Overload is a cosy-but-tense data centre management game. You've got five minutes per shift: accept orders, place hardware, keep everything cool — and end the shift richer than you started.

HOW TO PLAY

• Accept or reject incoming orders — each one needs a certain number of free CPUs or GPUs, and pays on completion
• Buy hardware from the shop (bottom right), then click a cell on the floor to place it — CPUs, GPUs and cooling fans
• Watch the heat map — overloaded racks overheat, degrade, and can be destroyed entirely. Spread your units out or add cooling
• Repair damaged units via the repair bay before they die — destroyed hardware is a total loss
• Boost cooling when things get desperate — it costs power, but it buys time
• Click any unit to inspect its health. Sell hardware you no longer need

CONTROLS

• Mouse — everything
• Esc — pause menu (volume, how to play, exit to menu)
• 1x button — speed control when you're confident

YOUR SHIFT, GRADED

When the clock hits zero, you get a full report: profit, orders completed, money spent on repairs and replacements, peak temperature — and a grade. Beat your best and it's recorded on the home screen.

DETAILS

• 5-minute runs, endless replay-ability
• Stats that persist between sessions — shifts completed, best score, average
• Procedurally generated lo-fi soundtrack and SFX
• Play in browser, or download the Windows build for the full neon-glow version

Made with Godot 4. All art, code and audio are original.