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2018 PC 19.99 € 66 % positive Mixed, 775 reviews on Steam

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.

What defines MachiaVillain:

  • Lots of humour
  • Tactical depth
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for MachiaVillain are Ghost Master: Resurrection, Ghost Master and Unholy Heights. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes MachiaVillain special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Ghost Master: Resurrection

90 %

2025 PCXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable 19.50 € 82 % positive Very positive, 393 reviews on Steam

  • Lots of humour
  • Tactical depth
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

As a Ghost Master you command a troupe of specters and haunt the residents of Gravenville with clever scares. Strategy, resource management and puzzle-like haunting setups blend with darkly comic humor.

Ghost Master

Pure single-player experience

You lead a team of quirky ghosts and haunt locations to scare off their human residents using clever combinations of powers. A funny strategy-puzzle game mixing dark humor with horror parody.

Unholy Heights

Lots of humour

As the Devil you run an apartment block for monsters, collecting rent and furnishing their homes. When heroes attack, you call tenants to fight, blending tower defense with a humorous management sim.

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.

Dungeon Keeper

Lots of humour

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.

Diplomacy is Not an Option

Gameplay comes before story

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.

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.

Majesty Gold HD

Lots of humour

A real-time strategy game where you rule a fantasy kingdom indirectly: heroes act on their own and can only be lured by bounties you place. Tongue-in-cheek humor and willful heroes give it its charm.

Don Duality

Lots of humour

A tycoon and card game hybrid where you send gangsters out to collect debts and rob banks, then launder the cash through your own restaurant that you staff and upgrade.

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