Games Like Evil Genius

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 51.1% ★, Base Building 24.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 4.3%, Building 3%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel that expands on the original's base-building and villainous management mechanics.

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: Villain Protagonist 45.3% ★, Base Building 19.4%, Strategy 7.8%, RTS 6.8%, Comedy 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines dungeon management with real-time strategy and a heavy dose of dark, satirical humor.

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: Villain Protagonist 39.4% ★, Base Building 28.1%, Management 7.4%, RTS 6.4%, Strategy 6%

Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to the Dungeon Keeper series that emphasizes underground base-building and villainy.

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.

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 classic title that established the genre of managing an evil lair and commanding minions.

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 69.5% ★, RTS 10.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Comedy 8%, Funny 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the villain-protagonist experience, allowing you to command minions to do your dark bidding.

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 49% ★, Base Building 19%, Strategy 12%, Real-Time with Pause 6.2% ★, Management 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building game where you manage a house of monsters and traps to terrorize victims.

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: RTS 33.3%, Strategy 33.1%, Simulation 13.3%, Funny 11.4%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Refines the dungeon-building and RTS hybrid gameplay with improved mechanics and more villainous antics.

Grim spectres, howling banshees, and sly gremlins are yours to command as you unleash ghastly spirits on the town of Gravenville and scare the wits out of its citizens. In the world of the Ghost Master, spooks do your bidding, as you solve puzzles and unlock mysteries in a challenge that combines the best of strategy, adventure, and...

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 29.4% ★, Strategy 26.1%, Comedy 19.8%, Classic 12.2% ★, Simulation 5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game where you manage ghosts to haunt locations, capturing the 'evil mastermind' puzzle-solving vibe.

It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!

Why similar: Base Building 41.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Comedy 11.9%, Management 10.5%, Simulation 6%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulator that tasks you with building and running a cult with a satirical, humorous tone.

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: Base Building 29%, Real-Time with Pause 16.1% ★, Comedy 10.6%, Strategy 10.4%, RTS 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic management game set on a space station with a quirky, humorous atmosphere.

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: Base Building 47%, Strategy 15.9%, Management 12.2%, Building 8.8%, Simulation 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep base-building and management simulation with a focus on maintaining a complex facility.

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Why similar: Strategy 43.4%, Management 23.2%, Simulation 15%, Building 8%, Funny 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to play as a dictator managing an island nation with a similar satirical and management-heavy feel.

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 71.6%, Strategy 11%, Building 7.8%, Funny 5.2%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends base management with a dark, villainous aesthetic as you build your own cult.

Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

Why similar: Management 27%, Simulation 17.2%, Building 14%, Strategy 13.9%, Comedy 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A management game that excels at balancing complex systems with a distinct, humorous art style.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Base Building 58.5%, Strategy 14.4%, Management 11%, Simulation 5.8%, Building 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides complex colony management and base-building with deep emergent storytelling.

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

Why similar: Base Building 67.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Management 8.4%, Building 7%, Simulation 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: An intricate base-building and resource management simulation set in a challenging environment.

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: Base Building 53.9%, Strategy 18.4%, Management 14.1%, Simulation 7.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features detailed base-building and survival management in a historical setting.

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: Villain Protagonist 53% ★, Base Building 22.4%, Strategy 5.9%, Management 5.2%, God Game 4.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A god-game that focuses on causing chaos and misery, fitting the villain-protagonist theme perfectly.

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 37%, Base Building 33.2%, RTS 24.5%, Simulation 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique strategy game where you manage a kingdom indirectly by influencing the behavior of heroes.

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Why similar: Management 42.3%, Strategy 24.9%, Simulation 21.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%, Comedy 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that focuses on business growth and empire building within the gaming industry.

Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.

Why similar: Base Building 32.8%, Strategy 16.3%, RTS 11.2%, Parody 9.9% ★, Comedy 8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern reimagining of the classic space station management genre with humorous elements.

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: Villain Protagonist 51.7% ★, Base Building 22.9%, Strategy 6.1%, Management 5.8%, Building 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: An underground base-building game that emphasizes management and minion control.

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Strategy 29.6%, Management 28.5%, Building 15.7%, Simulation 15.4%, Base Building 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A management game focused on the architectural and operational challenges of building a skyscraper.

Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.

Why similar: Management 31.8%, Strategy 27.5%, Building 18.9%, Simulation 16%, Sandbox 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that focuses on building an office empire and managing complex infrastructure.

Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

Why similar: Base Building 47.5%, Management 14.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Building 8%, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that tasks you with designing and running a school facility.

Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

Why similar: Management 60.6%, Simulation 22%, Stylized 6.3%, Sandbox 5.7%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A business management simulation that allows you to build a massive empire from the ground up.

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: Base Building 53.9%, Strategy 23.2%, God Game 10.4% ★, Simulation 7.1%, Sandbox 2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines god-game elements with base-building and management in a challenging survival setting.

Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!

Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, Management 26%, Building 16.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that emphasizes building and logistics within a theme park setting.

Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

Why similar: Base Building 68.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Management 7.8%, Building 4.5%, Sandbox 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on deep base-building, automation, and resource management on an industrial scale.

Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

Why similar: Base Building 36.5%, Strategy 21%, Management 17.5%, RTS 8.6%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A complex supply chain and management simulation that rewards strategic planning.

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 78.7% ★, Comedy 8.6%, Strategy 5.6%, Funny 3.4%, RTS 2.2%

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 48.6% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Base Building 8.5%, RTS 7.8%, Comedy 7.3%

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 76.7% ★, Comedy 8.3%, Strategy 5.9%, RTS 4.7%, Funny 3%

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

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 53.1% ★, Base Building 14.3%, RTS 8%, Strategy 7.6%, God Game 4.6% ★

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: Villain Protagonist 59.2% ★, Strategy 19.8%, God Game 11.6% ★, Classic 7.1% ★, Singleplayer 2.4%

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: Villain Protagonist 59.8% ★, Strategy 32.2%, Management 5.3%, Simulation 2.7%

Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, you’re tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: “re-educate” the sinful, generate profit, play god and expand your hellish empire. All part of a day’s work at Hell Incorporated.

Why similar: Base Building 37.2%, Comedy 12.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Management 10.9%, God Game 8.2% ★

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 37.6%, Base Building 31.6%, RTS 12.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 3.7%

Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?

Why similar: Strategy 38%, Management 19%, Simulation 18.2%, Comedy 12.2%, Funny 4.3%

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: Base Building 39.7%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Comedy 11.4%, Building 7%

TROPICO RELOADED is the ultimate game compilation for hobby-dictators and those dreaming of their own Caribbean island. Tropico combines real-time strategy and simulation elements with a healthy dose of political intrigue and Caribbean flair to create a unique and critically acclaimed game experience.

Why similar: Strategy 32.6%, Management 16.2%, Classic 15.7% ★, Simulation 15.5%, Comedy 11.8%

Terrorize the galaxy for fun and profit! Space Tyrant is a surprisingly deep beer & pretzels strategy game set in a darkly humorous future. Build a mighty space force, disintegrate peaceful aliens, and rule irresponsibly on your relentless march to total domination.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 79.8% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Funny 5%

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: Villain Protagonist 55.4% ★, Strategy 44.6%

Chambers of Devious Design is a tactical tile placement game where you build evil lairs for an evil mastermind. Come up with creative designs, optimize placements and sabotage your competitors!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 55.7% ★, Base Building 29.8%, Strategy 8%, Funny 3%, Building 2.7%

The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

Why similar: Strategy 24.7%, Comedy 17.6%, Management 15.6%, Real-Time with Pause 14.7% ★, Simulation 10.7%

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: Base Building 43.7%, Strategy 24.6%, RTS 10.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Management 6.6%

Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 54.3% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 9%, RTS 5.6%

The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 80.1% ★, Comedy 8.9%, Classic 4.9% ★, Funny 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%

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 69.5% ★, RTS 11.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Funny 4.3%, Stylized 2.3%

Return to the remote island nation of Tropico and expand your Dynasty’s reign from the early colonial period to beyond the 21st Century, facing new challenges including advanced trading mechanics, technology and scientific research, as well as cooperative and competitive MULTIPLAYER.

Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, Simulation 15.8%, Management 11.1%, Comedy 9.2%, RTS 6.1%

Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!

Why similar: Base Building 42.3%, Management 19.8%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Building 7.9%

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 55.5% ★, Base Building 22.8%, Strategy 7.4%, Management 5.7%, Building 3.8%

Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.

Why similar: Base Building 41.6%, Strategy 15.3%, Management 12%, RTS 11.2%, Building 6.6%

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: Base Building 36.3%, Strategy 17.8%, Management 15.2%, God Game 8.7% ★, Building 7.7%

Constructor Plus is the definitive building simulation for the modern day tycoon. Build your dream town full of crackpot undesirables, businesses, and quirky tenants whilst fending off your rivals in the eagerly awaited sequel to Constructor HD. With almost 3 times more content, building just got bigger!

Why similar: Strategy 46.9%, Comedy 22.1%, Simulation 19%, Building 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!

Why similar: Management 28.6%, Strategy 26.3%, Comedy 21.2%, Funny 10.5%, Simulation 10%

Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 33.1% ★, Base Building 28.8%, Strategy 11.3%, RTS 8.7%, Management 7.4%

Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

Why similar: Base Building 64.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 4.9%, Building 4.8%

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 63.7%, Funny 15.7%, Parody 14% ★, Colorful 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%