- #1 War for the Overworld
97% matchVery Positive86% of 8,005 reviews2015
Dev: Brightrock GamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 50.8% ★, Strategy 38.2%, Fantasy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This is the spiritual successor to the Dungeon Keeper series, offering the most authentic dungeon-building and minion-management experience similar to Impire.
- #2 Dungeon Keeper™ 2
96% matchVery Positive93% of 1,194 reviews2024
Dev: Bullfrog ProductionsPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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: Strategy 73.8%, Villain Protagonist 26.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: The classic gold standard for dungeon management games that directly inspired the mechanics and villainous tone found in Impire.
- #3 Dungeon Keeper Gold™
96% matchVery Positive93% of 563 reviews2024
Dev: Bullfrog ProductionsPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 32%
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: Strategy 63.6%, Villain Protagonist 36.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: The original title that defined the genre, providing the foundational gameplay loop of digging, building, and defending your dungeon.
- #4 Dungeons 3
95% matchVery Positive94% of 18,617 reviews2017
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 55.7% ★, Strategy 44.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep dungeon management with a humorous narrative and real-time strategy elements that mirror the structure of Impire.
- #5 Dungeons 4
94% matchVery Positive88% of 3,172 reviews2023
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Strategy 78.4%, Fantasy 21.6%
Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the Dungeons series, refining the mix of underground base-building and surface-world RTS combat.
- #6 Evil Genius
94% matchVery Positive93% of 3,574 reviews2009
Dev: Elixir StudiosPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 55.2% ★, Strategy 44.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic base-building strategy game where you play as a Bond-style villain constructing a secret lair and defending it from agents.
- #7 Dungeons 2
93% matchVery Positive82% of 5,248 reviews2015
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Strategy 52.7%, Villain Protagonist 38.2% ★, Fantasy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dual-layer gameplay system that balances underground management with surface-level RTS combat, much like Impire.
- #8 KeeperRL
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,766 reviews2024
Dev: Electric Succubi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 61.7% ★, Strategy 38.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex dungeon management game with roguelike elements that focuses heavily on building and defending a dark fortress.
- #9 Overlord™: Raising Hell
92% matchVery Positive93% of 2,498 reviews2008
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Codemasters
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 64.8% ★, Strategy 23.2%, Fantasy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to command a horde of chaotic minions to do your bidding, perfectly capturing the villain-protagonist feel.
- #10 Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,651 reviews2021
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 54.1% ★, Strategy 36.4%, Fantasy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that puts you in the shoes of a dungeon master defending your lair from invading heroes.
- #11 Dungeons
91% matchMixed45% of 874 reviews2011
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 67.3%, Villain Protagonist 26.9% ★, Fantasy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The first game in the series that established the core concept of managing a dungeon while dealing with heroes and loot.
- #12 Majesty 2 Collection
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,531 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 86.5%, Fantasy 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique indirect control RTS experience where you manage a kingdom and influence heroes rather than controlling them directly.
- #13 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
88% matchVery Positive86% of 8,142 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Why similar: Strategy 49.2%, Villain Protagonist 46.7% ★, Fantasy 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy turn-based RPG where you play as a necromancer building an army of undead to conquer the world.
- #14 MachiaVillain
89% matchMixed65% of 799 reviews2018
Dev: Wild FactorPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Strategy 52.8%, Villain Protagonist 47.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation game where you build a haunted mansion and manage a household of monsters to terrorize victims.
- #15 Majesty 2
87% matchMixed69% of 1,271 reviews2009
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 85.5%, Fantasy 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic fantasy simulation that emphasizes indirect control and kingdom management in a whimsical yet dangerous world.
- #16 Dungeon Warfare
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,987 reviews2015
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 50.5% ★, Strategy 39.3%, Fantasy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging tower defense game that focuses on creating lethal traps to protect your dungeon from waves of adventurers.
- #17 Sea Salt
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 712 reviews2019
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Sea Salt is a dark fantasy reverse horror action-strategy game where you play as the nightmarish force of Dagon by controlling and growing a horde of minions.
Why similar: Strategy 54.5%, Villain Protagonist 45.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: An action-strategy game where you control a swarm of Lovecraftian horrors to destroy those who oppose you.
- #18 Underworld Overseer
84% matchPositive92% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Myron Games
Windows
Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 60.6% ★, Strategy 39.4%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the dungeon management genre that emphasizes god-game elements and tactical combat.
- #19 Cult of the Lamb
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 121,567 reviews2022
Dev: Massive MonsterPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Strategy 73.7%, Fantasy 26.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a compelling mix of base-building and action-strategy where you manage a cult of followers to serve your dark deity.
- #20 Dwelvers
83% matchMixed68% of 319 reviews2023
Dev: Rasmus LjunggrenPub: Dancing Devils
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 56.9% ★, Strategy 31.4%, Fantasy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time dungeon management game that focuses on complex production chains and base construction.
- #21 Overlord™
82% matchVery Positive94% of 6,602 reviews2007
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Codemasters
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 58% ★, Strategy 32.7%, Fantasy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: The original action-strategy hybrid that lets you play as a dark lord commanding minions to solve puzzles and defeat heroes.
- #22 Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,801 reviews2015
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 100%
Why You'll Like It: An RTS that allows for creative unit customization, appealing to players who enjoy the tactical unit management of Impire.
- #23 Dungeons - The Dark Lord
84% matchMostly Negative39% of 317 reviews2011
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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: An expansion-turned-standalone that adds multiplayer and new dungeon-building mechanics to the original Dungeons formula.
- #24 Solium Infernum
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,640 reviews2024
Dev: League of Geeks
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Take the Infernal Throne in this hellish turn-based grand strategy game. The Prince of Darkness has vanished, leaving Archfiends to conspire: muster your legions while intoning dark sorceries, devilish schemes, and machiavellian plots. Who will be the new ruler of Hell and ascend the Throne?
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game set in Hell that focuses on politics and diplomacy between archfiends vying for the throne.
- #25 Gord
81% matchMixed54% of 976 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy strategy game that combines settlement management with exploration and combat in a grim, folklore-inspired world.
- #26 Castle Doombad Classic
78% matchVery Positive94% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Grumpyface Studios
Windows · Mac
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 80.2%, Fantasy 19.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game where you play as the villain protecting your kidnapped princess from heroes.
- #27 Empires of the Undergrowth
76% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #28 Eador. Masters of the Broken World
80% matchMixed68% of 2,793 reviews2013
Dev: Snowbird Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Why similar: Strategy 98.2%, Fantasy 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that offers deep fantasy world-building and management elements for fans of strategic conquest.
- #29 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
78% matchVery Positive85% of 13,956 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic roguelike that requires careful resource management and base defense to survive in a hostile environment.
- #30 Buggos 2
76% matchVery Positive84% of 509 reviews2025
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
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 100%
- #31 Oh My Gore!
79% matchVery Positive87% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Control the Powers of Evil to crush the Good Guys! Take control of the revived God of War Raelius, recruit evil minions, build bastions of doom and command your groveling servants.
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, Villain Protagonist 38.6% ★, Fantasy 8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced tower defense game with a violent, dark aesthetic that fits the theme of an evil overlord.
- #32 Countless Army
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Dos Estrellas
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 79.1%, Fantasy 20.9%
- #33 Overlord II
77% matchVery Positive89% of 4,844 reviews2009
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Codemasters
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 65.6% ★, Strategy 21.4%, Fantasy 13.1%
- #34 Ruinarch
74% matchMixed64% of 1,389 reviews2023
Dev: Maccima Games LLCPub: Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 65.8% ★, Strategy 34.2%
- #35 Evil Genius 2: World Domination
73% matchMixed69% of 13,065 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 53.2% ★, Strategy 46.8%
- #36 Of Orcs And Men
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,138 reviews2012
Dev: Cyanide Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You have been appointed to fulfill an extremely dangerous mission, deep in enemy territory: to kill one man... the Emperor himself. Lead the revolution of the Orcs and Goblins!
Why similar: Fantasy 52.7%, Strategy 47.3%
- #37 Warrior Kings
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 141 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Restoring the power of a kingdom to its former glory using innate cunning, military might and a fearsome will to win.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #38 Tomb of Tyrants
74% matchVery Positive81% of 327 reviews2015
Dev: Jake Huhman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Strategy 54.9%, Villain Protagonist 35% ★, Fantasy 10.1%
- #39 非常魔王(Beelzebub)
72% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: 王韋Pub: RMAsia
Windows
This is an RPG strategy game that plays the role of a devil to find a way to conquer the world. Let evil descend on this beautiful and peaceful world!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #40 Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
73% matchVery Positive89% of 150 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
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Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #41 Dungeon Warfare 3
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 619 reviews2025
Dev: Excidium Inc.
Windows · Mac
Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown!
Why similar: Strategy 70%, Villain Protagonist 23.6% ★, Fantasy 6.4%
- #42 The Deadly Path
70% matchMixed48% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Owlskip EnterprisesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Aid the Deities of Dread in their quest for vengeance and pave the way for their ascension. Gather grim materials, construct defences and expand the underworld to appease the rage of the gods in The Deadly Path, a unique building management and roguelike strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #43 Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,450 reviews2013
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.
Why similar: Strategy 85.7%, Fantasy 14.3%
- #44 Might & Magic: Heroes VI
72% matchMixed48% of 9,158 reviews2011
Dev: BlackholePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 37.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Heroes VI is a fast-paced epic story where Angels plot to end -- once and for all -- an unfinished war with their ancient rivals, the Faceless.
Why similar: Strategy 86.4%, Fantasy 13.6%
- #45 Overboss
69% matchMixed51% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: BlanketGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a villain in this retro-inspired board game. Draft terrain tiles, recruit monsters, build your dungeon, and become the OVERBOSS!
Why similar: Strategy 86.9%, Fantasy 13.1%
- #46 Kohan II: Kings of War
71% matchVery Positive94% of 279 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Even as the world erupts in civil war, an ancient evil gives out a call, and the Shadow-touched begin to gather.
Why similar: Strategy 89.3%, Fantasy 10.7%
- #47 Reverse Crawl
70% matchVery Positive89% of 571 reviews2015
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 53% ★, Strategy 35%, Fantasy 12%
- #48 Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 221 reviews2022
Dev: Seasun Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved is a villain protagonist real-time strategy game. You will play as the King of the Dead and rule the world once again by creating zombie legions and destroying human cities. As the King of the Dead, you can infect humans, turn them into zombies and rule the world!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 62% ★, Strategy 38%
- #49 Ghost Keeper
66% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Quest CraftPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
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 57.9% ★, Strategy 42.1%
- #50 Shadows of Forbidden Gods
67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,028 reviews2023
Dev: Bobby Two HandsPub: Forbidden Oak Games Limited
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.
Why similar: Strategy 83.8%, Fantasy 16.2%
- #51 Warlock - Master of the Arcane
70% matchVery Positive86% of 2,624 reviews2012
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In a time of chaotic upheaval, the player takes the role of a great mage, a warlord vying for ultimate power.
Why similar: Strategy 82.3%, Fantasy 17.7%
- #52 Wartorn
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war.
Why similar: Strategy 76.9%, Fantasy 23.1%
- #53 Fall of an Empire
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: JG Games
Windows
As Emperor of a crumbling realm, hold back collapse in this grand strategy epic. Fall of an Empire has you balance deadly politics, manage resources, and command battles to survive invasions and intrigue in a vast, Roman-inspired world.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 51.7% ★, Strategy 48.3%
- #54 Space Tyrant
68% matchVery Positive84% of 613 reviews2018
Dev: Blue Wizard Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 53% ★, Strategy 47%
- #55 None Shall Intrude
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 901 reviews2025
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Venture into None Shall Intrude, a roguelite deck-builder with tile-based combat where you become a powerful Raid Boss. Epic battles, intricate strategies, and the ever-present threat of heroic challengers seeking to vanquish your reign. Will you conquer all or fall to valiant heroes?
Why similar: Strategy 66.3%, Villain Protagonist 23% ★, Fantasy 10.7%
- #56 Cursed Treasure 2
68% matchVery Positive82% of 565 reviews2017
Dev: IriySoftPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 93.1%, Fantasy 6.9%
