Games Like Dungeon Keeper™ 2

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.

Why similar: God Game 43.1% ★, Villain Protagonist 22.6% ★, Strategy 9.7%, Base Building 7.9%, RTS 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive spiritual successor to the Dungeon Keeper series, featuring the same core mechanics of digging, building, and minion 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!

Why similar: God Game 38.8% ★, Villain Protagonist 23.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Strategy 11.1%, RTS 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly balances the underground base-building simulation with overworld RTS missions, maintaining a humorous villainous tone.

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

Why similar: God Game 44.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Action RPG 13%, Villain Protagonist 10.9% ★, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original classic that started the genre, essential for experiencing the roots of the dungeon management formula.

The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 50.5%, Strategy 25.8%, RTS 19.7%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: The most modern and polished entry in the Dungeons series, offering a deep dungeon management layer paired with real-time strategy combat.

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!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 53.9% ★, Strategy 28.4%, Base Building 12.8%, RTS 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-production base-building game where you play as a supervillain constructing a secret lair to achieve world domination.

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...

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.2% ★, Strategy 21.5%, Base Building 11%, God Game 10.3% ★, Classic 5.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: The original cult-classic base-builder that captures the charm and humor of playing as a Bond-style villain.

The Dungeon Lord is back – and this time he’s serious! In Dungeons 2, fulfil the Dungeon Lord’s insatiable quest for vengeance by recruiting fearsome new monsters from all corners of the underworld in order to undertake his evil bidding.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 36.3% ★, Strategy 30.1%, God Game 16.6% ★, RTS 12.3%, Base Building 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This entry marked the shift toward the modern Dungeons formula, successfully blending dungeon management with RTS gameplay.

Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 68.7% ★, Strategy 27.7%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite that focuses entirely on the management of a dungeon, forcing you to set traps and hire monsters to stop heroes.

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.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 57.2% ★, Strategy 21.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Old School 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike dungeon builder that emphasizes the underground management and procedural generation of your evil kingdom.

Overlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition...

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 60.4% ★, Action RPG 17.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%, RTS 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the 'villain protagonist' aspect by allowing you to command a horde of minions to wreak havoc on the world.

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!

Why similar: God Game 53.2% ★, Villain Protagonist 28.6% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Base Building 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox god-game where you act as a dark deity, manipulating the lives of villagers and causing chaos in a simulation.

How evil can you get? Discover how corruptible you are in Overlord, the twisted fantasy action adventure where you can be evil (or really evil). In the game's seriously warped fantasy world, players will become the Overlord and get first-hand experience of how absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 55.8% ★, Action RPG 16.6%, Strategy 11.8%, RTS 7.2%, Action 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original action-RPG that lets you play as a dark lord, managing minions to solve puzzles and conquer lands.

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!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 41.3% ★, Strategy 28.1%, God Game 21.5% ★, Base Building 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building management game where you construct a haunted mansion and manage a household of classic movie monsters.

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.

Why similar: God Game 44% ★, Villain Protagonist 34.9% ★, Strategy 11.5%, Base Building 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the logistics and resource management of building an underground dungeon for your minions.

Deep in the underworld of Ardania, a threat of the most evil nature grows and multiplies with an appetite for destruction that is unsurpassed. Summoned from the depths of the Bottomless Pit, the (once) mighty Báal-Abaddon has been torn from his throne of skulls and imprisoned in an earthly body of less-than-imposing stature (he's an Imp,...

Why similar: Strategy 69.2%, Villain Protagonist 30.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game that puts you in control of a demon lord attempting to conquer the surface world.

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Why similar: Base Building 42%, Strategy 36.5%, Singleplayer 12.6%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base management with dungeon crawling, capturing the 'evil leader' aesthetic as you build a cult of loyal followers.

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.

Why similar: Strategy 60%, Villain Protagonist 40% ★

Why You'll Like It: The first game in the series, offering a unique take on dungeon management with a focus on trap placement and hero manipulation.

It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!

Why similar: Strategy 74.8%, Singleplayer 14.3%, Action 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to play as the villainous Vez'nan, using dark powers and specialized towers to crush the forces of good.

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 50.5%, Strategy 24.6%, RTS 15.5%, Base Building 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep base-building and siege mechanics that satisfy the desire for defensive strategy and castle management.

In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the kingdom Ardania. At your service are your loyal and somewhat obnoxious subordinates, who have their own minds about how things should be done. In fact, Majesty is the only game where your heroes decide on their own what should be done and when, leaving you to try to control them through...

Why similar: Strategy 67.7%, RTS 17.4%, Base Building 10%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features indirect control of heroes, which complements the god-game feel by forcing you to influence adventurers rather than command them directly.

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?

Why similar: God Game 70.4% ★, Strategy 19.3%, Base Building 6.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the business side of running a dungeon, tasking you with making your dungeon profitable for visiting adventurers.

BE THE VILLAIN and slay any hero who dares enter your dark domain! Deck out your castle with traps and minions as the ultimate diabolical dungeon keeper in this strategy / TD puzzler. Includes the original Castle Doombad game, rebuilt and remastered, plus brand new content.

Why similar: Strategy 95.9%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A trap-based defense game where you play the villain protecting your kidnapped princess from heroes.

Dungeons: The Dark Lord is the sequel to Dungeons, the game where the more evil you are, the better! There are a slew of exciting new features, including four-player multiplayer in four modes!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: A standalone expansion to the first Dungeons game that adds more content and refined mechanics for the villainous player.

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: Strategy 58.4%, Base Building 30%, Singleplayer 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the satisfying base-building and management loop found in dungeon games, set in a historical fantasy context.

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Why similar: Strategy 61%, Base Building 31.7%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: While not strictly fantasy, it shares the top-down management, base-building, and prisoner-control DNA found in dungeon games.

Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is an addictive tower-defense game that puts the power of darkness at your fingertips. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.

Why similar: Strategy 75.2%, RTS 19.8%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that puts you in the role of the villain protecting your gems from waves of heroes.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 83.5% ★, Strategy 9%, Singleplayer 6.5%, Action 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG that lets you play as a high-ranking official of an evil empire, focusing on the narrative side of being the 'bad guy'.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: God Game 69% ★, Strategy 20.7%, Base Building 8.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game that blends village management with tower defense, requiring you to manage resources while defending against waves of enemies.

A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races, attracting them to harness their expertise and research new...

Why similar: God Game 55.5% ★, Strategy 19.5%, RTS 12.5%, Base Building 9.5%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic god-game management title that tasks you with running a space station, sharing the same management-heavy DNA as Dungeon Keeper.

The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.

Why similar: Strategy 47.2%, RTS 20.2%, Action RPG 11.2%, Classic 8.7% ★, Action 7.5%

Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.

Why similar: God Game 40.4% ★, Villain Protagonist 22.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Strategy 8.9%, RTS 7%

『ダンジョンに生息だ！』はマウスとキーボードを使用してダンジョンの生態系を自分好みに構築し、クリスタルの破壊を目論む冒険者を撃退する2Dダンジョン・マネージメントゲームです。 あなたは大地の精霊ラスタによって召喚された自然神です。あなたの持つ「ダンジョンをお手入れする力」を使ってダンジョンの地形を組み換え、生物を生み出し、捕食と繁殖に満ちた理想的なダンジョンを築き上げましょう。

Why similar: God Game 45.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 25.8%, Strategy 20.8%, RTS 6.8%, Singleplayer 1%

Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

Why similar: Strategy 75%, Singleplayer 13.8%, Action 11.2%

Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.

Why similar: Strategy 45.9%, RTS 18.8%, Action RPG 11.8%, Action 6.7%, Base Building 6.6%

Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.

Why similar: Strategy 36.4%, RTS 26.5%, Classic 22% ★, Base Building 9.5%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown!

Why similar: Strategy 40.4%, Real Time Tactics 28.9%, Villain Protagonist 22.8% ★, Singleplayer 4.2%, Action 3.7%

Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic?

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.9% ★, Action RPG 26.3%, Strategy 14.4%, RTS 13.5%, Action 2.8%

Conquer and destroy the dirty Humans by sending swarms of bugs to crush their home worlds. Evolve your Buggos into stronger, faster, more murderous creatures that can rip the Human defenses to shreds! No one can stop your evolutionary powers. You are the evil Buggo Hivemind!!!

Why similar: Strategy 58.9%, RTS 19%, Base Building 18.4%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 64.5% ★, Strategy 30.1%, Singleplayer 5.4%

The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.

Why similar: Strategy 48.7%, RTS 25.2%, Action 10.3%, Classic 10.1% ★, Singleplayer 5.6%

Become a Ghost Keeper and lead your fearsome minions against the living. Use diverse scare tactics, manage demonic creatures and harness dozens of skills. Oh, and don’t let the Brotherhood catch you! The ultimate scaring experience begins…

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 56% ★, Strategy 24.4%, RTS 19%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

Why similar: Strategy 78.8%, Singleplayer 11.1%, Action 10.1%

Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is a classic tower-defense game, remastered and carefully re-balanced. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.

Why similar: Strategy 63.4%, Action 18.5%, Singleplayer 18.1%

Move mountains, part the seas, and lead mortal armies to victory in Populous. Take on the powers of a mighty deity and battle for supremacy against an enemy god, using thoughtful strategy to shape the isometric world and the fate of its people.

Why similar: God Game 80.5% ★, Strategy 19.5%

As a powerful necromancer you have the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger and your city will become more powerful. Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Rise from the crypt and rebuild!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.2% ★, Action RPG 29.2%, Strategy 18.4%, Action 4.4%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!

Why similar: Strategy 67.4%, RTS 16.1%, Singleplayer 10.4%, Action 6.1%

The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.

Why similar: Strategy 35.7%, RTS 27.4%, Classic 17.1% ★, Base Building 7.7%, Action 6.7%

Humans are building a tower to reach the Kingdom of the Gods! Embody one of these divinities to foil their attempts. But, be careful not to kill them with your special powers, because your survival depends on their devotion!

Why similar: God Game 56.7% ★, Strategy 36.3%, Action 6.9%

Defend the Monsters’ Domain. Kill heroes and collect their treasures. Play the Monsters’ side and loot foolish warriors who dare to explore your realm. Build up your forces, upgrade them and equip them with better weapons, skills and tricks to lure and kill even more shiny forces of the light.

Why similar: Action RPG 69.8%, Base Building 20%, Action 8.3%, Singleplayer 2%

Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the Kingdom. Your rule is not absolute, however, as you face subjects that are independent and stubborn. They will need a great deal of persuasion before they carry out your wishes...

Why similar: Strategy 58.5%, RTS 29.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Singleplayer 3%

Become a villain in this retro-inspired board game. Draft terrain tiles, recruit monsters, build your dungeon, and become the OVERBOSS!

Why similar: Strategy 59%, Base Building 35.7%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Claim and defend the Tomb of Tyrants against greedy adventurers by matching tiles to build a deadly dungeon full of traps, minions, and more!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 50.7% ★, Strategy 45.3%, Singleplayer 4%

A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, manage villagers and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Or just unlock everything in a Creative "God Mode" and build the fantasy kingdom of your dreams.

Why similar: Action RPG 54%, Strategy 24%, Base Building 17.5%, Singleplayer 4.6%

In Beneath the Mountain, you play as the King of a new Dwarven civilization seeking to find their fortune beneath the mountain. You dig your way through the mountain, encountering many dangerous foes along the way, all while defending your kingdom from periodic Orc invasions.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 46.2%, Strategy 21%, RTS 17.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Action 4.3%

A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 65.8% ★, Strategy 26%, Action 5.1%, Singleplayer 3%

Become the villain and raise an army of undead in this real-time reverse tower defense strategy game. Send waves of monsters to battle and aid them with your evil magic until they break your enemies’ defenses. It’s time for you to rule over the continent with an iron fist as its Dark Lord!

Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Singleplayer 13.8%, Action 12.4%

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!

Why similar: Strategy 58.7%, Base Building 33.3%, Singleplayer 7.9%

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm in this free version of Dungeon Tycoon. Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: God Game 75.1% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Base Building 9.4%, Singleplayer 2%