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2016 PC 44 % positive Mixed, 792 reviews on Steam

A Victorian steampunk colony-building sim where you manage eccentric settlers and resources while cosmic horror and madness drive the colony into chaos. Dark humor and emergent disasters define the experience.

What defines Clockwork Empires:

  • Lots of humour
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Clockwork Empires are Dungeon Keeper, Dungeon Keeper 2 and Ghost Master: Resurrection. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Clockwork Empires special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Dungeon Keeper

85 %

1997 PC

  • Lots of humour
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

You play an evil dungeon overlord, digging out rooms, attracting monsters and fending off invading heroes. Its dark humor and blend of base management with real-time strategy make this classic stand out.

Dungeon Keeper 2

Lots of humour

You play the villainous dungeon keeper, digging tunnels, building rooms, attracting monsters and fending off invading heroes. Its dark humor and the chance to be the bad guy make it memorable.

MachiaVillain

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You run a haunted mansion as an evil manager: build rooms, raise monsters, set traps and slay victims according to classic horror movie rules. A tongue-in-cheek blend of Dungeon Keeper and Prison Architect.

Evil Genius

Challenging difficulty

As a supervillain you build a secret island lair, train minions and scheme for world domination in a 1960s spy-movie style while fending off secret agents. Satirical humor and a retro espionage look define its charm.

Sintopia

Lots of humour

A management sim in which you run the bureaucracy of Hell as a corporation, re-educating sinners, chasing profit and expanding your infernal empire. Its appeal lies in the darkly comic take on office life in the underworld.

Diplomacy is Not an Option

Challenging difficulty

A humorous medieval real-time strategy game where you build a fortified town, manage resources, and fend off huge hordes of enemies, monsters and rebellious peasants. The appeal lies in chaotic mass battles and clever defensive planning.

Ruinarch

Dark, serious atmosphere

You play an evil demon lord who stirs up schemes, misfortune and conflict among the inhabitants of procedurally generated fantasy worlds. Like RimWorld, it produces chaotic, tragic and often funny emergent stories.

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