Games like MachiaVillain
by Wild Factor
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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$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.
Base BuildingVillain ProtagonistUndergroundManagementSandboxDarkFantasyMagicTop-DownBuilding👍 237
$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.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$29.99Against the Storm
Dec 8 · Eremite Games
Both: Base Building · Building · Management
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingBuildingGrand StrategyManagementResource ManagementHistoricalColony Sim👍 33,296
$24.99Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master
Nov 15 · Artefacts Studio
Both: Management · Sandbox · Building
A dungeon in danger ! Build, manage, and defend your tower in the satirical heroic fantasy universe of Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. From a shaky establishment to an infamous lair!
ManagementSimulationFunnySandboxReplay ValueBuildingBase BuildingMedievalFantasyStrategy👍 1,301
$29.99Norland
Jul 18 · Long Jaunt
Both: Base Building · Management · Building
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingColony SimGrand StrategyManagementHistoricalBuildingSandbox👍 8,912
$29.99Cataclismo
Mar 20 · Digital Sun
Both: Base Building · Management · Building
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingGrand StrategyManagementBuildingHistoricalEconomyColony Sim👍 3,897
$24.99Worshippers of Cthulhu
May 22 · Crazy Goat Games
Both: Sandbox · Management · Base Building
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Colony SimSandboxLovecraftianManagementCity BuilderStrategyBase BuildingSimulationBuildingHorror👍 1,305
$4.99Dungeon Keeper™ 2
Mar 7 · Bullfrog Productions
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.
StrategyGod GameAction RPGSingleplayerReal Time TacticsActionVillain ProtagonistRTSClassicBase Building👍 1,253
$19.99MegaFactory Titan
Jun 2 · Q Switched Productions, LLC
Both: Building · Resource Management · Base Building
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
BuildingAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingProcedural GenerationMiningCity BuilderManagementCapitalismEconomy👍 150
$19.99KeeperRL
Feb 29 · Electric Succubi
Both: Villain Protagonist · Base Building
KeeperRL is a retro dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil keeper and build a formidable dungeon. Recruit sinister minions, equip and train them to explore the world and fight the forces of good.
UndergroundSimulationRoguelikeVillain ProtagonistProcedural GenerationRetroModdableZombiesVampiresBase Building👍 1,677
-30%$17.49Infection Free Zone
Apr 11 · Jutsu Games
Both: Base Building · Management
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Early AccessBase BuildingPost-apocalypticZombiesCity BuilderStrategyManagementSurvivalSimulationRTS👍 16,573
-20%$22.39Go-Go Town!
Jul 16 · Prideful Sloth
Both: Building · Management · Sandbox
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
SimulationCity BuilderDecoratingLife SimBuildingManagementSandboxFunnyFishingIndie👍 2,476
$23.99ShapeHero Factory
Sep 17 · Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Both: Base Building · Resource Management · Building
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
AutomationBase BuildingTower DefenseRogueliteResource Management2.5DCuteStrategyBuildingSimulation👍 991
-30%$7.69Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
Oct 19 · Bone Nail
Both: Base Building
Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Spirit Hunter, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. All employees can be romanced depending on your choices.
LovecraftianDating SimHorrorDarkCity BuilderVisual NovelJRPGSimulationBase BuildingCute👍 10,223
$19.99Blood Bar Tycoon
Feb 4 · Clever Trickster Studio, Clever Trickster Productions
Both: Building · Sandbox
Blood Bar Tycoon is a vampire bar management game. Build bars and blood factories, lure humans to harvest their blood, process it, and serve your customers: other vampires. Research quirky machines and deal with hunters! Expand through Crimson City to become a mighty Elder!
SimulationCasualStrategyBuildingCity BuilderLife SimSandboxCozyFunnyComedy👍 773
$4.99The Kindeman Remedy
Nov 16 · Troglobytes Games
Both: Management · Villain Protagonist
The most blasphemous, diabolical and insane management game ever created. Aided by a lascivious nun in a grim prison, rig executions, conduct horrid experiments and do the unspeakable to cook up your cure-all: The Kindeman Remedy. Do not be afraid. This time, you're the monster.
Medical SimTime ManagementCrimeIncrementalManagementVillain ProtagonistPoint & Click2.5DNoirDark Humor👍 270
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Both: Management · Sandbox
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
ManagementTower DefenseDungeon CrawlerStrategyFantasyEconomySimulationReplay ValueCity BuilderSandbox👍 1,473
-40%$13.79City Tales - Medieval Era
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Both: Building · Management · Resource Management
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
SimulationCity BuilderBuildingRelaxingEconomyManagementResource ManagementInventory ManagementStory RichLogic👍 543
$8.99Terracards
Nov 7 · Pixel Purrfect
Both: Management · Building · Base Building
Farm, sell, learn, repeat. Terracards is a tactical roguelike-deckbuilder where you manage your own farm, You'll utilize animals, crops, and structures through cards, transforming them into valuable resources and wealth with each turn. But beware - deplete your funds, and it's game over.
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$29.99Diplomacy is Not an Option
Oct 4 · Door 407
Both: Resource Management · Base Building
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Resource ManagementMedievalHistoricalZombiesBase BuildingColony SimRTSDifficultAction RTSSurvival👍 10,910
$9.99Black Forest
Sep 25 · Lemuria
Both: Base Building · Resource Management
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RTSSurvival HorrorBase BuildingStrategyResource ManagementCasualSurvivalTop-DownCity BuilderColony Sim
$4.99Dungeon Keeper Gold™
Mar 7 · Bullfrog Productions
Both: Villain Protagonist
Build your dungeon & protect it with a labyrinth of dark corridors, a web of deadly traps, an arsenal of powerful spells, and an army of bloodthirsty demons
RPGStrategyGod GameAction RPGReal Time TacticsSingleplayerVillain ProtagonistClassic1990'sRTS👍 591
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Aug 27 · sasoriken-games
Both: Villain Protagonist · Management
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Creature CollectorVillain ProtagonistDark FantasyRogueliteSimulationDeckbuildingRPGStrategyManagementPixel Graphics
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Both: Villain Protagonist
Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.
RPGActionSingleplayerAdventureZombiesHack and SlashVillain ProtagonistDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikePerma Death👍 762
Fractured Veil
Jan 25 · Paddle Creek Games
Both: Building · Base Building · Resource Management
Embrace the Aloha Spirit to chill in your choice of safe & social PvE only servers or PvP only. Build with a quick craft and effortless building system. Take a killer risk into the jungle for greater rewards and endless exploration where you'll meet mutants and friendly vendors waiting to say Aloha.
Early AccessExplorationBuildingZombiesSurvival HorrorSimulationBase BuildingResource ManagementPvEMultiplayer
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7 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: Management · Building
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
City BuilderManagementCRPGPixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiple EndingsBuildingEconomyCraftingRPG👍 501
$14.99Few Nights More
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Both: Base Building
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VampiresRPGRoguelikeTurn-Based StrategyBase BuildingSingleplayerTurn-Based Tactics2DIndieMedieval👍 385
$19.99Castle Craft
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Both: Base Building · Sandbox
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VoxelSurvivalThird PersonMagicActionCity BuilderHack and SlashMedievalBase BuildingSandbox👍 480
$9.99ANEURISM IV
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Both: Sandbox
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Dystopian Immersive SimPsychological HorrorCraftingPvPRPGLife SimSandboxSurrealFPS👍 5,695
$9.99Fell & Sell
Aug 26 · Art Games Studio S.A.
Both: Management
Slay. Loot. Sell. Survive! Dive into a first-person blend of hack'n'slash roguelike and shop management. Plunder deadly dungeons for loot, escape with your life, craft, and stock your shelves. Then risk it all once more for profit!
SimulationShop KeeperManagementEconomyFantasySingleplayerRPGDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikeAction RPG👍 1,453
$19.99Super Fantasy Kingdom
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StrategyRoguelikeRogueliteFantasyRPGCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelike DeckbuilderTurn-Based CombatCard Battler👍 5,630
$17.59dotAGE
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Both: Resource Management
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Resource ManagementTurn-BasedRogueliteCity BuilderPixel GraphicsBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyTabletopColony SimSurvival👍 2,560
$19.99Spirittea
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Both: Building
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$4.99Time Walker: Dark World
Nov 29 · Heartfun
Both: Resource Management
Time Walker Dark World is a roguelike auto-battler with strategic combat. Players will need to adjust their formations, plan their resources, acquire loot, and upgrade skills to defeat formidable enemies and vicious bosses.
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