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Games like Evil Genius
Elixir Studios · 2009 · 93 % positive of 3,506
24 games that play like Evil Genius and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Evil Genius 2: World Domination, Overlord™ and Dungeon Keeper™ 2.
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At a glance
What games like Evil Genius have in common
- The tags they share most often with Evil Genius: Strategy (24 of 24), Base-Building (17) and Villain Protagonist (11).
- They came out between 2007 and 2024, 23 of them after Evil Genius (2009).
- Best rated by Steam players: Impossible Creatures Steam Edition (95 % positive of 1,724).
- Kaiju-A-GoGo both plays and looks like Evil Genius.
By gameplay
Plays like Evil Genius
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Evil Genius 2: World Domination
68 % positive of 12,641
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist

Overlord™
93 % positive of 6,364
Shared: Strategy · Villain Protagonist · Comedy

Dungeon Keeper™ 2
94 % positive of 998
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist

MachiaVillain
65 % positive of 775
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist

War for the Overworld
85 % positive of 7,837
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist

Ruinarch
65 % positive of 1,348
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist

One Military Camp
77 % positive of 646
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Comedy

Constructor
76 % positive of 752
Shared: Strategy · Comedy · Simulation

Basement
70 % positive of 2,204
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Simulation

Rogue AI Simulator
83 % positive of 365
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Simulation

Mad Games Tycoon
90 % positive of 4,397
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Simulation

Hell Architect
69 % positive of 432
Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Comedy
More matches
- Spacebase Startopia55 % positive of 624Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Comedy
- Forts91 % positive of 22,321Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Building
- 4th Generation Warfare55 % positive of 158Shared: Strategy · Simulation · RTS
- Dungeons 394 % positive of 18,382Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist
- Dungeons45 % positive of 834Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist
- Oh My Gore!87 % positive of 507Shared: Strategy · Villain Protagonist · Comedy
- Kaiju-A-GoGo65 % positive of 311Shared: Strategy · Villain Protagonist · Singleplayer
- Crush Your Enemies81 % positive of 418Shared: Strategy · Comedy · RTS
- Honey, I Joined a Cult73 % positive of 1,732Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Comedy
- Dictators:No Peace Countryballs94 % positive of 6,095Shared: Strategy · Simulation
- Impossible Creatures Steam Edition95 % positive of 1,724Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · RTS
- Dwelvers64 % positive of 300Shared: Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist
By look
Looks like Evil Genius
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

UFO: Aftershock
74 % positive of 233

Xenonauts
87 % positive of 4,889

Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike
74 % positive of 362

UFO: Aftermath
78 % positive of 306

Alien Shooter 2 Conscription
81 % positive of 586

Breach & Clear
82 % positive of 2,413

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
76 % positive of 455

Silent Storm Gold Edition
88 % positive of 1,017

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
60 % positive of 363

Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
94 % positive of 14,552

UFO: Afterlight
65 % positive of 517

Mob Rule Classic
82 % positive of 246
More matches
- Perimeter85 % positive of 247
- Nuclear Dawn78 % positive of 2,468
- Half-Life: Blue Shift92 % positive of 18,794
- Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded91 % positive of 3,283
- Kaiju-A-GoGo65 % positive of 311
- Space Trader: Merchant Marine49 % positive of 642
- STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga91 % positive of 4,342
- Zombie Shooter83 % positive of 1,219
- Space Empires V72 % positive of 453
- EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe93 % positive of 1,855
- M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration87 % positive of 181
- Super Sanctum TD86 % positive of 1,553
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.