Overwatch is a 5v5 team based multiplayer game. It was created and published by Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase Games in China. On May 24, 2016 the original game released. On October 4, 2022, after Overwatch shut down the day before, Overwatch 2 launched. In February 2026, Overwatch 2 was rebranded as just Overwatch. The game was initially released for Windows, Playstation 4, and Xbox One. On October 15, 2019 it was released for the Nintendo Switch, developed by Iron Galaxy. On October 3, 2022 Overwatch 1 servers were shut down and Overwatch 2 servers went online. The second game has a number of changes, for instance changing from 6v6 to 5v5.
Overwatch had a number of heroes introduced in its six year run, but never really a plan on how to keep the game going long term until Overwatch 2 came out.
One of the biggest changes between Overwatch 1 and Overwatch 2 was the removal of loot boxes. In its place a battle pass system was implemented. In it there was a number of cosmetics and the introduction of a mythic level of cosmetic, of which only one character got per season. After its initial launch with three new characters, every other season since has a new character introduced.
After rebranding back to Overwatch, they released 5 new characters with another 5 being released in subsequent seasons.
Achievements
- Enabler: Get 4 kills or assists with a single use of Ana's Nano Boost in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Naptime: Interrupt an enemy ultimate ability with Ana's Sleep Dart in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Four They Were: Win Junkenstein's Revenge with 4 different heroes.
- Not a Scratch: Win Junkenstein's Revenge on Hard difficulty with no damage to the door.
- Survived the Night: Win Junkenstein's Revenge on Hard difficulty.
- Held The Door: Win Junkenstein's Revenge on Legendary difficulty.
- Hack the Planet: Hack 15 enemies without dying as Sombra in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Power Outage: Hack 5 enemies at once as Sombra in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Ambush!: Kill 3 enemies while they are picking up snow in a game of Mei's Snowball Offensive.
- Cool As Ice: Kill 4 enemies without missing in Mei's Snowball Offensive.
- Snowed In: Win Mei's Snowball Offensive without losing a round.
- Whap!: Kill an enemy with a snowball from 25 meters away in Mei's Snowball Offensive.
- Flagbearer: Win Capture the Flag with a score of 3 to 0.
- Cleanup Duty: Recover a flag in a game of Capture the Flag.
- Tip Of The Spear: Knock an enemy to their death using Orisa's Energy Javelin in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Terrable Terrable Damage: Kill 3 enemies with a single use of Orisa's Terra Surge in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Replacements: Complete Uprising (All Heroes) with 8 different heroes.
- Strike Team: Complete Uprising (Story) with each of the 4 heroes.
- Handle With Care: Deliver the payload with over 80% health in Uprising (Story) on Hard difficulty.
- Distinguished Service: Complete Uprising (Story) on Legendary difficulty.
- Unit Commendation: Complete Uprising (Story) on Expert difficulty.
- Mission Complete: Complete Uprising (Story) on Hard difficulty.
- Cratered: Hit 4 enemies with a single use of Doomfist's Meteor Strike in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Power Punch: Slam 3 enemies into a wall with Doomfist's Empowered Rocket Punch in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Lúcio Hat Trick: Score a goal, a save, and an assist in a game of Lúcioball.
- Safe Hands: Score 3 saves in a row in Lúcioball.
- Volley: Score a goal in Lúcioball with a shot taken from at least 4 meters in the air.
- Dawn Breaks: Win Junkenstein's Revenge on Expert difficulty.
- Six They Were: Win Junkenstein Endless with 6 different heroes.
- Unscathed: Win Junkenstein Endless on Hard difficulty with no damage to the door.
- Survivor: Survive 4 bonus waves in Junkenstein Endless on Expert difficulty.
- Simple Trigonometry: Fully deplete both types of Moira's Biotic Orb without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Antipode: Hit 6 targets simultaneously with Moira's Coalescence in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Yeti Catcher: Trap the Yeti as a Hunter in Yeti Hunter.
- Thinking With Your Stomach: Eat 4 meat as the Yeti in Yeti Hunter.
- Excuse Me: Kill an enemy hero with Brigitte's Shield Bash in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Grounded: Kill an airborne enemy with Brigitte's Whip Shot in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Redacted: Complete Retribution (All Heroes) with 8 different heroes.
- The Venice Incident: Complete Retribution (Story) with each of the 4 heroes.
- A Quiet Night: Complete Retribution (Story) on Expert difficulty.
- Into the Shadows: Complete Retribution (Story) on Hard difficulty.
- Plausible Deniability: Complete Retribution (Story) on Legendary difficulty.
- Clean Getaway: Complete Retribution (Story) on Expert difficulty with no incapacitations.
- Adaptation: Absorb 1250 damage with Wrecking Ball's Adaptive Shield without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Strike: Roll through 4 enemies within 2 seconds as Wrecking Ball in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Dawn Patrol: Survive 12 bonus waves in Junkenstein Endless.
- Hardened Defenders: Survive 4 bonus waves in Junkenstein Endless on Hard difficulty.
- Six Wanderers: Win Junkenstein's Revenge with 6 different heroes.
- Short Fuse: Kill an enemy by shooting Ashe’s Dynamite from at least 30 meters away in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Served Up: Get a killing blow as Ashe on an enemy knocked into the air by B.O.B. in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Double Cap: Capture both objectives on a game of Assault Maps without dying.
- Escort Duty: Push a payload 100 meters without leaving it in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Can't Touch This: Prevent the attacking team from touching the payload for 1 minute in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Shutout: Win a Control map without the enemy capturing an objective in Quick or Competitive Play.
- World Traveler: Win a Quick or Competitive Play game on 12 different maps.
- Rapid Discord: Get 4 kills or assists with Zenyatta's Orb of Discord within 6 seconds in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Total Recall: Recover 400 health using Tracer's Recall without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Mine Sweeper: Destroy 10 turrets or traps using Winston's Tesla Cannon without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Giving You the Hook: Interrupt an enemy ultimate ability with Roadhog's Hook in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Triple Threat: Kill 2 enemies in each of Bastion's configurations without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Incoming!: Kill 3 enemies with a single use of Bastion's Configuration: Artillery in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Simple Geometry: Get 3 killing blows with a single use of Hanzo's Storm Arrows in Quick or Competitive Play.
- The Dragon Is Sated: Kill 4 enemies with one of Hanzo's Spirit Dragons in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Mine Like a Steel Trap: Knock an enemy into your Steel Trap using Junkrat's Concussion Mine in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Roadkill: Kill 4 enemies with a single use of Junkrat's RIP-Tire in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Ice Blocked: Block 1000 damage with a single use of Mei's Ice Wall in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Hog Wild: Knock 2 enemies to their deaths with one use of Roadhog's Whole Hog in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Cold Snap: Freeze 4 enemies at once with Mei in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Armor Up!: Absorb 500 damage with Torbjörn's Overload without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Did That Sting? Kill 4 enemies using Widowmaker's Venom Mine during a single Quick or Competitive Play game.
- Smooth as Silk: Kill an enemy with a scoped headshot while airborne as Widowmaker in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Shot Down: Prevent 1250 damage with a single use of D.Va's Defense Matrix in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Game Over: Kill 4 enemies with a single use of D.Va's Self Destruct in Quick or Competitive Play.
- I Am Your Shield: Block 7500 damage with Reinhardt's Barrier Field without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Storm, Earth and Fire: Land Reinhardt's Fire Strike and Charge after an Earthshatter stun in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Raid Wipe: Kill 4 enemies during a single use of Torbjörn's Molten Core in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Enabler: Get 4 kills or assists with a single use of Ana's Nano Boost in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Naptime: Interrupt an enemy ultimate ability with Ana's Sleep Dart in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Hack the Planet: Hack 15 enemies without dying as Sombra in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Power Outage: Hack 5 enemies at once as Sombra in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Tip Of The Spear: Knock an enemy to their death using Orisa's Energy Javelin in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Terrable Terrable Damage: Kill 3 enemies with a single use of Orisa's Terra Surge in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Cratered: Hit 4 enemies with a single use of Doomfist's Meteor Strike in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Power Punch: Slam 3 enemies into a wall with Doomfist's Empowered Rocket Punch in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Simple Trigonometry: Fully deplete both types of Moira's Biotic Orb without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Antipode: Hit 6 targets simultaneously with Moira's Coalescence in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Excuse Me: Kill an enemy hero with Brigitte's Shield Bash in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Grounded: Kill an airborne enemy with Brigitte's Whip Shot in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Adaptation: Absorb 1250 damage with Wrecking Ball's Adaptive Shield without dying in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Strike: Roll through 4 enemies within 2 seconds as Wrecking Ball in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Short Fuse: Kill an enemy by shooting Ashe’s Dynamite from at least 30 meters away in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Served Up: Get a killing blow as Ashe on an enemy knocked into the air by B.O.B. in Quick or Competitive Play.
- Yeti Catcher: Trap the Yeti as a Hunter in Yeti Hunter.
- Thinking With Your Stomach: Eat 4 meat as the Yeti in Yeti Hunter.
- Lúcio Hat Trick: Score a goal, a save, and an assist in a game of Lúcioball.
- Safe Hands: Score 3 saves in a row in Lúcioball.
- Volley: Score a goal in Lúcioball with a shot taken from at least 4 meters in the air.
- Flagbearer: Win Capture the Flag with a score of 3 to 0.
- Cleanup Duty: Recover a flag in a game of Capture the Flag.
- Four They Were: Win Junkenstein's Revenge with 4 different heroes.
- Not a Scratch: Win Junkenstein's Revenge on Hard difficulty with no damage to the door.
- Survived the Night: Win Junkenstein's Revenge on Hard difficulty.
- Held The Door: Win Junkenstein's Revenge on Legendary difficulty.
- Dawn Breaks: Win Junkenstein's Revenge on Expert difficulty.
- Six They Were: Win Junkenstein Endless with 6 different heroes.
- Unscathed: Win Junkenstein Endless on Hard difficulty with no damage to the door.
- Survivor: Survive 4 bonus waves in Junkenstein Endless on Expert difficulty.
- Dawn Patrol: Survive 12 bonus waves in Junkenstein Endless.
- Hardened Defenders: Survive 4 bonus waves in Junkenstein Endless on Hard difficulty.
- Six Wanderers: Win Junkenstein's Revenge with 6 different heroes.
- Replacements: Complete Uprising (All Heroes) with 8 different heroes.
- Strike Team: Complete Uprising (Story) with each of the 4 heroes.
- Handle With Care: Deliver the payload with over 80% health in Uprising (Story) on Hard difficulty.
- Distinguished Service: Complete Uprising (Story) on Legendary difficulty.
- Unit Commendation: Complete Uprising (Story) on Expert difficulty.
- Mission Complete: Complete Uprising (Story) on Hard difficulty.
- Redacted: Complete Retribution (All Heroes) with 8 different heroes.
- The Venice Incident: Complete Retribution (Story) with each of the 4 heroes.
- A Quiet Night: Complete Retribution (Story) on Expert difficulty.
- Into the Shadows: Complete Retribution (Story) on Hard difficulty.
- Plausible Deniability: Complete Retribution (Story) on Legendary difficulty.
- Clean Getaway: Complete Retribution (Story) on Expert difficulty with no incapacitations.
- Storm Raging: Complete Storm Rising (All Heroes) with 8 different heroes.
- Freelancers: Complete Storm Rising (Story) with each of the 4 heroes.
- Storm Chaser: Complete Storm Rising (Story) on Hard difficulty.
- Storm-Proof: Complete Storm Rising (Story) on Expert difficulty.
- Storm Warning: Complete Storm Rising (Story) on Legendary difficulty.
- Freelance Peacekeeping: Complete Storm Rising (Story) on Expert difficulty with no incapacitations.
- Trick or Treat: Complete 12 Junkenstein's Revenge achievements.
- Winter Wonderland: Complete 8 Winter Wonderland achievements.
- Capture the Rooster: Complete 4 Lunar New Year achievements.
- Summer Games: Complete 8 Summer Games achievements.
- Archives Expert: Complete 8 Overwatch Archives achievements.
- Archives Mastery: Complete 16 Overwatch Archives achievements.
- Archives Completionist: Complete 24 Overwatch Archives achievements.
- Archives Historian: Complete 32 Overwatch Archives achievements.
- Archives Archivist: Complete 40 Overwatch Archives achievements.
- Archives Curator: Complete 48 Overwatch Archives achievements.
- Archives Collector: Complete 56 Overwatch Archives achievements.
- Archives Completion: Complete all Overwatch Archives achievements.
- Halloween Terror 2020: Complete 4 Halloween Terror 2020 achievements.
- Winter Wonderland 2020: Complete 4 Winter Wonderland 2020 achievements.
- Lunar New Year 2021: Complete 4 Lunar New Year 2021 achievements.
- Summer Games 2021: Complete 4 Summer Games 2021 achievements.
- Halloween Terror 2021: Complete 4 Halloween Terror 2021 achievements.
- Winter Wonderland 2021: Complete 4 Winter Wonderland 2021 achievements.
- Lunar New Year 2022: Complete 4 Lunar New Year 2022 achievements.
- Summer Games 2022: Complete 4 Summer Games 2022 achievements.
- Event Master: Complete all seasonal event achievements.
