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Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
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Mar 30 · Rebellion
Both: Base Building · Villain Protagonist · Building
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
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$24.99Ruinarch
Apr 24 · Maccima Games LLC
Both: Villain Protagonist · Base Building · Building
Ruinarch is an evil god simulator and sandbox game where you mess with people’s lives for hilarious results! Make them vampires, werewolves or bard haters and cackle as the drama unfolds. Once you’re done, unleash a malicious buffet of spells and custom plagues to wipe them out and start anew!
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$14.99Dwelvers
Dec 19 · Rasmus Ljunggren
Both: Base Building · Villain Protagonist · Management
Dwelvers is a unique real-time strategy Dungeon Keeper-like with resource management, logistics, battles, magic spells, trading, crimes against humanity, labyrinths, and so much more. Are you able to eradicate the pesky humans once and for all? Of course you are. The Dark Mother wills it.
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$9.99Dungeons
Feb 10 · Realmforge Studios
Both: Villain Protagonist · Management · Base Building
Assume the role of a mighty (and mighty evil) Dungeon Lord and create your own diabolical demesnes underground. 10 different classes of heroes dare to enter your dungeon where 15 different monsters lurk in the dark.
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$24.99One Military Camp
Jul 20 · Abylight Barcelona
Both: Management · Base Building · Resource Management
Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!
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$29.99Dungeons 3
Oct 13 · Realmforge Studios
Both: Villain Protagonist · Base Building · Management
At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!
StrategyVillain ProtagonistBase BuildingSimulationRTSGod GameManagementFemale ProtagonistComedyMultiplayer👍 12,648
$29.99War for the Overworld
Apr 2 · Brightrock Games
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Management
War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.
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$9.99Evil Genius
Jun 22 · Elixir Studios
Both: Base Building · Villain Protagonist · Management
Everybody wants to rule the world! Achieve global power with EVIL GENIUS, the one and only complete world domination simulator. All the everyday tasks of the deliciously wicked mastermind are available to experience and master from building your ultra-secret base to developing spectacular super-weapons to carry out your nefarious master...
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$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Resource Management
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
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$4.99Ravenous Devils
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Both: Management · Villain Protagonist · Resource Management
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
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$4.99Craft Hero
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Both: Base Building · Sandbox · Building
Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero
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$4.99Dungeon Keeper™ 2
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Both: Villain Protagonist · Base Building
Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.
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$4.99Overlord™
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Both: Villain Protagonist · Management
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$29.99Constructor
May 26 · System 3
Both: Building · Management
You can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down. If that means engaging in a workplace accidents, dodgy deals, and a shifty trick or two then so be it! You're going to need every trick in the book if you want to go from small-time slumlord to property tycoon!
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$19.99KeeperRL
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Both: Villain Protagonist · Base Building
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