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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...

Evil Genius is a base-building, strategy and villain protagonist game developed by Elixir Studios and published by Rebellion.
Released on June 22nd 2009 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, French, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 3,506 reviews of which 3,272 were positive and 234 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.93€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Evil Genius into these genres:

Base-Building Strategy Villain Protagonist Comedy Singleplayer Simulation Parody Management Stylized RTS Funny Real-Time with Pause Building Classic God Game Colorful Great Soundtrack Sandbox Female Protagonist Cult Classic

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Supported OS: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista
  • Processor: Pentium® III 800MHz processor
  • Memory: 128MB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce2 16Mb or equivalent
  • Hard Drive: 1.4 GB of free hard drive space
  • Sound Card: Windows compatible sound card
  • DirectX9®: DirectX 9.0c

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
love it, one of the few base-management games id ever play. the over the top spy theme with the artsyle and music mixes so well. I just wish the sequel met my similar, if not lesser, expectations.
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Jan. 2025
Cheat codes, humanzee. just type it in, then hit control c for moneys. you'll have to look up the rest.
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Jan. 2025
it may look old but very good My only complaint is its hard to learn at first but gets easier the more you play
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Oct. 2024
Campy fun. You get to build your own super villain lair, research fiendish devices, and carry out missions in the world. The game is older so sometimes the interface feels a bit clunky (selecting troops under traps is difficult). I got hung up on building my rocket parts for my doomsday device for a while (required right-clicking on the stone tiles of the map, instead of right clicking the room you want to build in - unlike everything else you build in the game). Sometimes I was wishing for a "speed up time" button as plotting on the world map, or recruiting the troops you needed, took 5+ minutes. Still a fun game.
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June 2024
I'm a fan of Dungeon Keeper type games, (DK2, Dungeons2 and 3, War for the Overworld) and really enjoyed EG, however it differs from DK in significant ways that requires more patience. For example, you only get to create two bases throughout the game, unlike DK where you build many dungeons, which I think most fans like me enjoy. Conversely, although you don't get to design as many bases, I spent more time planning each EG base than in DK, especially the second base, it was my favorite part of EG. Unlike DK type games you spend a lot more time just waiting for events to happen on the world stage. It's fun to monitor and improve the functioning of your base over time while you wait, but the game does have a slower tempo than DK type games and there will be hours where you are just sort of watching and maintaining stuff while waiting for a handful of things to happen. The most frustrating part of the game is trying to get your minions to operate with any sort of teamwork to defend the base, but with practice it can be done well enough to scrape by. Also, be aware that under some conditions the lab may stop working/inventing and you may have to do something to get it working again, like move some of the machines around. So build your lab a little bigger than you think you'll need so you'll have room to move the biggest machine into an open place, and then another machine into the place the first machine just vacated, and so forth. Then I was able to move them back. I admit there were a few times when I was a bit bored and thought about quitting, but not really, and I'm glad I finished the game. I'm looking forward to trying EG2, but haven't played it yet.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Evil Genius is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Evil Genius is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Evil Genius received 3,272 positive votes out of a total of 3,506 achieving a rating of 8.96.
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Evil Genius was developed by Elixir Studios and published by Rebellion.

Evil Genius is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Evil Genius is not playable on MacOS.

Evil Genius is not playable on Linux.

Evil Genius is a single-player game.

Evil Genius does not currently offer any DLC.

Evil Genius does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Evil Genius does not support Steam Remote Play.

Evil Genius is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Evil Genius PEGI 12
9.99€ -91% 9.99€ 0.93€
9.0
3,272
234
Game modes
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Online players
12
Developer
Elixir Studios
Publisher
Rebellion
Release 22 Jun 2009
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