- #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 63.8% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Fantasy 9.4%, Comedy 9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the spiritual successor to classic dungeon-management games, allowing you to build a base and command minions to defeat heroes.
- #2 Dungeon Warfare
96% 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 36% ★, Gore 24.2%, Tower Defense 19.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Fantasy 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers the most satisfying tower-defense mechanics for those who enjoy trapping and destroying waves of heroes.
- #3 Dungeons 3
96% 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 60.4% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Dark Humor 13.8%, Comedy 8%
Why You'll Like It: A premier villain-protagonist strategy game that perfectly balances dungeon building with real-time tactical combat against the forces of good.
- #4 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: Dark Humor 40.4%, Strategy 39.7%, Fantasy 19.9%
Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series refines the dungeon-building and RTS mechanics, keeping the dark humor and villainous perspective intact.
- #5 Dungeon Warfare 2
95% matchVery Positive90% of 1,138 reviews2018
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.6%, Strategy 39.6%, Indie 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: An expanded sequel that adds more traps, skills, and strategic depth to the core reverse tower-defense loop.
- #6 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
94% 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: Villain Protagonist 52.5% ★, Strategy 20.5%, Gore 10.6%, Indie 7.9%, Violent 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: You play as a necromancer building an undead army to escape your prison, featuring dark fantasy themes and strategic turn-based combat.
- #7 Crush Your Enemies
93% matchVery Positive81% of 439 reviews2016
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
Why similar: Strategy 59.2%, Indie 24.9%, Comedy 15.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced RTS that captures the same comedic, villainous tone while focusing on brutal tactical combat.
- #8 Zombie Night Terror
92% matchVery Positive93% of 3,910 reviews2016
Dev: NoClipPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 36% ★, Gore 27.6%, Strategy 24.9%, Indie 8.4%, Comedy 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A reverse strategy game where you control a zombie outbreak, forcing you to think like the villain to overcome human defenses.
- #9 KeeperRL
90% 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 81.3% ★, Strategy 18.7%
Why You'll Like It: A deep dungeon-building simulation that lets you play as a dark lord managing a fortress and commanding minions in a roguelike world.
- #10 MachiaVillain
91% 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: Villain Protagonist 62.3% ★, Strategy 25.9%, Indie 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation where you build a haunted mansion and play as a monster trying to lure and eliminate victims.
- #11 Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
91% matchVery Positive83% of 1,287 reviews2018
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A campy, crazy pixelart zombie apocalypse arcade sim where you're the bad guy. Drop your virus and spread it across the globe while you unlock a whole horde of bizarre undead to do your bidding.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 50.4% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Dark Humor 12.1%, Indie 9.9%, Comedy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic simulation where you manage a zombie plague, focusing on spreading destruction and dark, comedic humor.
- #12 Underworld Overseer
89% 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 54.3% ★, Tower Defense 22.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Dark Humor 9.7%, Indie 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactics game that puts you in charge of a dungeon, focusing on strategic placement and defense against intruders.
- #13 Ruinarch
89% 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 69.6% ★, Dark Humor 17%, Strategy 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game that puts you in the role of a villainous architect, focusing on causing chaos and manipulating the lives of your subjects.
- #14 Evil Genius 2: World Domination
88% 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 68.7% ★, Strategy 22.4%, Violent 8.2%, Comedy 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building strategy game where you play as a supervillain constructing a lair and training minions to take over the world.
- #15 Be My Horde
85% matchVery Positive86% of 1,927 reviews2024
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Be My Horde is a roguelite survivor where your minions fight for you. Become a formidable necromancer and turn your enemies into a resource! Raise fallen foes, build massive undead hordes, enhance your skills with devoured souls, and conquer the world – you’re the villain in this story.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 79.1% ★, Indie 11.8%, Fantasy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite where you play as a necromancer raising an ever-growing army to crush the living.
- #16 Countless Army
86% 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: Tower Defense 48.8%, Strategy 28.1%, Fantasy 13.5%, Indie 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game focused on managing large forces, which mirrors the minion-commanding aspect of the seed game.
- #17 OTTTD
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 356 reviews2014
Dev: SMG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Take command of HEROCORP™ and launch a Preemptive Defence Campaign™ against parallel dimensions in OTTTD, the most outrageous Tower Defence title around.
Why similar: Gore 38.7%, Tower Defense 24.5%, Violent 18.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Indie 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tower-defense game that leans heavily into over-the-top gore and strategic combat against waves of enemies.
- #18 Cult of the Lamb
82% 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: Dark Humor 53%, Strategy 28.5%, Fantasy 18.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it perfectly captures the dark humor and villainous management of a cult leader building their own domain.
- #19 Dungeon Tycoon
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,751 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Tower Defense 41.8%, Dark Humor 23.5%, Strategy 22.1%, Fantasy 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that flips the script by having you build a dungeon specifically to challenge and profit from heroes.
- #20 Cursed Treasure 2
84% 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: Tower Defense 53.9%, Strategy 29.9%, Indie 12.2%, Fantasy 4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic reverse tower-defense game where you must protect your gems from waves of greedy heroes using dark magic towers.
- #21 Buggos 2
81% 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 41.8%, Gore 38.9%, Violent 19.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy and base-building game where you lead an insectoid swarm to conquer and expand, fitting the villainous expansion theme.
- #22 Orcs Must Die! 2
82% matchVery Positive92% of 19,505 reviews2012
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Why similar: Tower Defense 63.2%, Strategy 18.9%, Comedy 6.6%, Fantasy 6.1%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-packed tower-defense game that features heavy gore, humor, and the satisfaction of setting up elaborate traps.
- #23 Dungeon Keeper™ 2
80% 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 51.1%, Villain Protagonist 48.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: The foundational classic that established the genre of playing as the dungeon-dwelling villain.
- #24 Endless Horde
84% matchMixed66% of 196 reviews2017
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The horde is here to eat your brain and murder every single one of your scientists. Gather your forces, this is the last stand before we lose the facility! Place guards, close doors, and position traps. Survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.1%, Gore 28.5%, Violent 13.3%, Dark Humor 10.5%, Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused tower-defense game that emphasizes holding off massive waves of enemies with limited resources.
- #25 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,302 reviews2014
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Tower Defense 61.6%, Strategy 21.5%, Fantasy 8%, Indie 5.3%, Comedy 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for tower defense, offering highly polished strategic gameplay that fans of the genre will appreciate.
- #26 Bloons TD 6
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 382,546 reviews2018
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 75.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Why similar: Tower Defense 68.6%, Strategy 31.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply strategic tower-defense game that offers immense replayability through its complex upgrade systems.
- #27 Graveyard Keeper
79% matchVery Positive86% of 46,799 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Gore 34.1%, Dark Humor 26.9%, Indie 14.1%, Violent 9.4%, Fantasy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A morbid management sim that shares the dark, comedic tone and the focus on managing death and the afterlife.
- #28 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
77% matchVery Positive94% of 10,436 reviews2020
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Tower Defense 60.4%, Strategy 29.2%, Fantasy 10.5%
- #29 Bella Wants Blood
77% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Entertain the god-like Bella’s thirst for blood in this absurd bite-sized roguelike terror defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.4%, Gore 28.2%, Strategy 20.4%
- #30 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,241 reviews2016
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Tower Defense 57.6%, Strategy 25.4%, Fantasy 10.2%, Indie 6.8%
- #31 Castle Doombad Classic
76% 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: Tower Defense 53.9%, Strategy 31.8%, Fantasy 14.3%
- #32 Dungeon Warfare 3
75% 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: Tower Defense 47.6%, Strategy 22.9%, Villain Protagonist 20.9% ★, Indie 4.9%, Fantasy 3.8%
- #33 Tomb of Tyrants
78% 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: Villain Protagonist 36.5% ★, Strategy 21.2%, Tower Defense 16%, Indie 9.6%, Dark Humor 9.5%
- #34 Ghost Master: Resurrection
73% matchVery Positive86% of 349 reviews2026
Dev: Mechano Story StudioPub: Strategy First
Windows
Command an army of specters, unleash terror on the town of Gravenville, and solve puzzles to unlock mysteries in this strategic adventure game of resource management and supernatural mayhem.
Why similar: Dark Humor 40%, Tower Defense 31.8%, Strategy 28.3%
- #35 X-Morph: Defense
75% matchVery Positive92% of 4,073 reviews2017
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.9%, Strategy 22.1%, Villain Protagonist 19.6% ★, Indie 8.4%
- #36 Mostly Intense Monster Defense
76% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: Patsui Games
Windows
Defend your dungeon against a bunch of impolite humans in this humorous tower/lane defense game. Summon monsters, change tactics on the fly & skip funny dialogue to defeat waves and waves of the most generic heroes mankind has ever seen!
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.8%, Strategy 22.5%, Dark Humor 20.5%, Fantasy 6.6%, Comedy 5.6%
- #37 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,641 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Tower Defense 57%, Strategy 25%, Fantasy 10.5%, Indie 7.5%
- #38 Ghost Keeper
71% 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 63.5% ★, Dark Humor 19.3%, Strategy 17.1%
- #39 I, Zombie
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,612 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Quite a different zombie game - this time YOU are the zombie! Command your infested comrades, fight your way to freedom and let the zombie kind dominate the world! Oh, and you're able to create your own scenarios!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 74.4% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Indie 7.9%
- #40 Reverse Crawl
73% 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 69.7% ★, Strategy 17%, Fantasy 10.7%, Indie 2.6%
- #41 HERO DEFENSE
74% matchMixed63% of 766 reviews2016
Dev: Happy TuesdayPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.
Why similar: Tower Defense 66.2%, Strategy 20.7%, Indie 9.1%, Fantasy 4%
- #42 Sea Salt
71% 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: Villain Protagonist 38.1% ★, Gore 26.3%, Strategy 16.9%, Violent 10.6%, Indie 8.1%
- #43 Putin VS Zombies
70% matchVery Positive88% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: IndieGameMamaDevPub: IndieGameMama
Windows
Zombies! The world was overtaken by the forces of Evil worse than ones from the ♂deep dark fantasies♂. But Putin is here to save the day and kisk some ♂***♂. Region by region, you must fight the ♂Slaves♂ of evil with Billy, Obama and your own army of defenders by your side. Primo Victoria!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Strategy 26%, Comedy 18.8%, Indie 12.9%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #44 Tangy TD
64% matchVery Positive92% of 1,121 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 61.8%, Strategy 31.5%, Indie 6.7%
- #45 WAR RATS: The Rat em Up
65% matchVery Positive96% of 339 reviews2025
Dev: wootusart Industries
Windows
The rats told me to make this game. Run and gun alongside your troops in the Great Rat War against the vile TechnoRat armies. Recruit units, build structures, collect gear and upgrade your weapons to turn the tide of battle in your favor. The TechnoRat is all consuming!
Why similar: Tower Defense 54%, Dark Humor 23.3%, Strategy 22.7%
- #46 Despotism 3k
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,802 reviews2018
Dev: Konfa Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 27.2% ★, Dark Humor 24.9%, Strategy 23.9%, Violent 14%, Indie 9.9%
- #47 Attack of the Earthlings
70% matchVery Positive84% of 436 reviews2018
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.
Why similar: Strategy 28.2%, Dark Humor 20.3%, Villain Protagonist 15% ★, Gore 13.5%, Indie 11.5%
- #48 Undead Overlord
74% matchMostly Negative26% of 194 reviews2014
Dev: JumpCore Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Raw, aggressive hunger - there's nothing like being a Zombie when you want to do some damage! Now you can control your own horde of zombies! Mayhem has never tasted so good . . .
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #49 Overlord™: Raising Hell
70% 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 64.6% ★, Dark Humor 9.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Fantasy 8.1%, Comedy 6.4%
- #50 Defend Your Castle
72% matchMixed55% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: XGen Studios
Windows
Defend your Castle against the relentless army of crayon invaders! Those crafty barbarian hordes have amassed their forces once again to challenge your domain. Will you and your court rise to the challenge, or stand aside as they raze your Castle to the ground?
Why similar: Gore 31.8%, Strategy 23.1%, Tower Defense 20.8%, Indie 10.2%, Comedy 7.2%
- #51 GROSS
68% matchVery Positive81% of 292 reviews2023
Dev: hangry owl games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
GROSS is a unique twist on the classic tower defense genre. After building your defenses, you will jump into the action to take on enemies head-on. Make sure to collect as much cash as possible to upgrade your defenses and stay ahead of the game. Can you outlast the waves of enemies?
Why similar: Gore 43.7%, Tower Defense 29.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Dark Humor 13.2%
- #52 Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 343 reviews2022
Dev: IriySoftPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Tower Defense 56%, Strategy 17.9%, Fantasy 13.9%, Comedy 12.3%
- #53 Necrosmith
66% matchVery Positive86% of 5,302 reviews2022
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
Why similar: Tower Defense 65.2%, Strategy 34.8%
- #54 DwarfCorp
71% matchMixed53% of 175 reviews2019
Dev: Completely Fair Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a colony of ruthless capitalist Dwarves in a strange fantasy land.
Why similar: Gore 43.6%, Strategy 25.1%, Violent 20.8%, Indie 10.5%
- #55 Age of Goblins
66% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Bruno Valla
Windows
AoG is a real-time strategy game (RTS) with simplified mechanics and cute visuals, but VERY challenging at times. Lead your goblin tribe into what they do best: expand, conquer, and exterminate each other. Any resemblance to humans is purely coincidental.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.6%, Strategy 33.7%, Fantasy 12.5%, Indie 7.2%
- #56 Endgame of Devil
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,028 reviews2023
Dev: MiniWhalePub: Anotherindie
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
As the Devil, command your minions to defeat the greedy adventurers! Build your team with over 240 minions and over 200 treasures, and discover various battle strategies. Enjoy the convenience of one-click auto battles!
Why similar: Strategy 66.9%, Fantasy 33.1%
- #57 They Are Coming!
69% matchMixed47% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Wild Pepper GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
They are coming! Ravenous, insatiable, and absolutely unstoppable zombies, a Wunderwaffe that went horribly wrong. It’s up to you to usher in the age of the zombie, by munching on every brain in sight! Build up a horde, dodge enemy weapons, and gnaw a mark on human history!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 78.8% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Story Rich 1.6%
- #58 Praise Dead
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Praise Dead is a roguelike auto-battler where you create zombies from the parts of dead villagers and monsters. Use your zombies to defeat waves of demons, and to harvest resources to improve and upgrade your village.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 54.4% ★, Strategy 22.1%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Indie 9.5%
- #59 Space Tyrant
67% 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 68.8% ★, Strategy 22.6%, Indie 8.6%