Best Villain Protagonist games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated villain protagonist games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free villain protagonist games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Few Nights More
Few Nights More is a roguelike turn-based RPG based in a world where Vampire Lords seek to conquer lost territories and their place in the world. Design and defend your stronghold, slay your enemies with traps, fulfill your Lord’s true potential, slowly conquering what is rightfully yours.
None Shall Intrude
Venture into None Shall Intrude, a roguelite deck-builder with tile-based combat where you become a powerful Raid Boss. Epic battles, intricate strategies, and the ever-present threat of heroic challengers seeking to vanquish your reign. Will you conquer all or fall to valiant heroes?
Sniper Killer
Eliminate your victims as a serial killer dubbed ‘The Sniper Killer’. Terrorize the city with your keen eye and thirst for blood while staying one step ahead of a detective hell bent on bringing you to justice.
Ara: History Untold
Build a nation and lead your people throughout history to the pinnacles of human achievement as you explore new lands, develop arts and culture, conduct diplomacy, and go head-to-head with your rivals to prove you are the greatest ruler ever known. It's Your World Now.
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince comes to Steam®! Recruit monsters from the DQ series, synthesize new creatures and compose your ideal team.
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions
Your next chapter takes flight! Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Quidditch by playing solo or sharing the magic with friends and family.
Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!
Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
Experience the newest tactical RPG from the creators of Girls’ Frontline. Some 30 years in the future, AU agent Mendo and the mysterious girl Jefuty find themselves in gruesome battles against armed URNC forces…
Dungeon Keeper™ 2
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.
Dungeon Keeper Gold™
Build your dungeon & protect it with a labyrinth of dark corridors, a web of deadly traps, an arsenal of powerful spells, and an army of bloodthirsty demons
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
From the creators of Batman: Arkham, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a genre-defying third-person action shooter where the ultimate band of misfits must do the impossible: Kill the Justice League.
Alex Jones: NWO Wars
Play the OFFICIAL Alex Jones video game! A classic arcade shooter in which you play as Alex Jones and save the world from the evil globalist plot to turn everyone into bug-eating pod-dwelling libtards! Stay tuned for future bonus levels and characters...
Evil Nun: The Broken Mask
Enter Evil Nun's nightmare. Trapped in a cursed school, escape from Sister Madeline. She's cunning, searching every corner, luring and talking to you depending on your actions. Solve puzzles, craft items, and uncover the mystery in this horror game with different escape routes.
The Unliving
Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.
Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows!
Blow leaves at 6am on a Sunday and earn points by annoying all the neighbors. But beware - unexpected challenges await on your journey to rid the world of leaves!
The Fabulous Fear Machine
The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.
Pizza Possum
Live your ultimate possum dreams in a snackable, chaotic arcade game focused on eating as much food as you can in single-player or local co-op - without getting caught.
Ruinarch
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!
Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator Starter Edition
Start in your bedroom in year 2010. Build rigs to mine Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto coins. Trade on the market to grow wealth. Expand your business into new offices. Hire skilled employees and assign tasks. Use cash from your mega farms to research new technologies.
Mr. Sun's Hatbox
Mr Sun’s Hatbox is a slapstick, roguelite platformer about getting the job done at all costs. Upgrade your HQ, your team, and your tools so you can take on increasingly dangerous (and ridiculous) missions, wearing hats with amazing (or questionable) potential.
Undead Horde 2: Necropolis
As a powerful necromancer you have the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger and your city will become more powerful. Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Rise from the crypt and rebuild!
Fallen Hero: Retribution
So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience.
Luck be a Landlord
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.Most played villain protagonist games on Steam
Take a look at the top villain protagonist games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of April 30th 2025.
1. CARRION
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you. CARRION is a villain protagonist, pixel graphics and gore game developed by Phobia Game Studio and published by Devolver Digital. Released on July 23rd 2020 has received 26,822 reviews of which 25,355 were positive and 1,467 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played villain protagonist game, thanks to its 184 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.3
25,355
1,467
184
players
2. Evil Genius 2: World Domination
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! Evil Genius 2: World Domination is a strategy, base-building and villain protagonist game developed and published by Rebellion. Released on March 30th 2021 has received 12,592 reviews of which 8,669 were positive and 3,923 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. While seeing 173 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among villain protagonist games based on player count.
6.8
8,669
3,923
173
players
3. LEGO® DC Super-Villains
It's good to be bad… Embark on an all-new DC/LEGO® adventure by becoming the best villain the universe has seen. Players will create and play as an all-new super-villain throughout the game, unleashing mischievous antics and wreaking havoc in an action-packed story. LEGO® DC Super-Villains is a lego, action and adventure game developed by TT Games and published by Feral interactive (Mac) and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released on October 16th 2018 has received 6,822 reviews of which 6,239 were positive and 583 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. While seeing 102 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among villain protagonist games based on player count.
8.9
6,239
583
102
players
4. Untitled Goose Game
It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose. Untitled Goose Game is a funny, villain protagonist and multiplayer game developed by House House and published by Panic. Released on September 23rd 2020 has received 21,921 reviews of which 21,007 were positive and 914 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played villain protagonist games.
9.4
21,007
914
98
players
5. War for the Overworld
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. War for the Overworld is a dungeon crawler, base-building and villain protagonist game developed by Brightrock Games and published by Brightrock Games and Mythwright. Released on April 02nd 2015 has received 7,808 reviews of which 6,710 were positive and 1,098 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played villain protagonist games.
8.4
6,710
1,098
51
players
6. Dungeons 3
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! Dungeons 3 is a strategy, villain protagonist and base-building game developed by Realmforge Studios and published by Kalypso Media. Released on October 13th 2017 has received 18,348 reviews of which 17,288 were positive and 1,060 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played villain protagonist games.
9.2
17,288
1,060
49
players
7. POSTAL
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action. POSTAL is a horror, villain protagonist and psychological horror game developed and published by Running With Scissors. Released on November 14th 1997 has received 10,794 reviews of which 9,817 were positive and 977 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played villain protagonist games.
8.8
9,817
977
38
players
8. Overlord™
Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic? Overlord™ is a villain protagonist, hack and slash and dark fantasy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters and Electronic Arts. Released on October 26th 2007 has received 6,321 reviews of which 5,911 were positive and 410 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played villain protagonist games.
9.0
5,911
410
27
players
9. Overlord™: Raising Hell
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. Overlord™: Raising Hell is a rpg, action and villain protagonist game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters and Electronic Arts. Released on February 28th 2008 has received 2,322 reviews of which 2,158 were positive and 164 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played villain protagonist games.
8.9
2,158
164
25
players
10. Destroy All Humans!
The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities. Destroy All Humans! is a action, adventure and villain protagonist game developed by Black Forest Games and Pandemic Studios and published by THQ Nordic. Released on July 28th 2020 has received 10,790 reviews of which 9,966 were positive and 824 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played villain protagonist games.
9.0
9,966
824
21
players
Best deals on villain protagonist games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of villain protagonist games available on Steam right now, updated on April 30th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted villain protagonist games.
1. Dungeons 3
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! Dungeons 3 is a strategy, villain protagonist and base-building game developed by Realmforge Studios and published by Kalypso Media. Released on October 13th 2017 has received 18,348 reviews of which 17,288 were positive and 1,060 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. Featuring a massive 93% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for villain protagonist category.
9.2
17,288
1,060
-93%
29.29€
2.05€
2. Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains. Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a zombies, funny and villain protagonist game developed and published by Aspyr. Released on March 16th 2021 has received 2,262 reviews of which 1,966 were positive and 296 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 92% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in villain protagonist games.
8.3
1,966
296
-92%
19.25€
1.54€
3. Undead Horde
Become a necromancer and raise the dead - Undead Horde is a necromantic action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Maraud through the lands of the living, raze their villages and steal their treasures. Ultimately you'll take over the whole kingdom of the living! Undead Horde is a villain protagonist, rpg and adventure game developed and published by 10tons Ltd. Released on May 15th 2019 has received 1,371 reviews of which 1,193 were positive and 178 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 87% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in villain protagonist games.
8.3
1,193
178
-87%
16.23€
2.11€
4. Evil Genius 2: World Domination
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! Evil Genius 2: World Domination is a strategy, base-building and villain protagonist game developed and published by Rebellion. Released on March 30th 2021 has received 12,592 reviews of which 8,669 were positive and 3,923 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 86% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for villain protagonist games.
6.8
8,669
3,923
-86%
40.00€
5.60€
5. War for the Overworld
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. War for the Overworld is a dungeon crawler, base-building and villain protagonist game developed by Brightrock Games and published by Brightrock Games and Mythwright. Released on April 02nd 2015 has received 7,808 reviews of which 6,710 were positive and 1,098 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 79% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for villain protagonist games.
8.4
6,710
1,098
-79%
28.71€
6.03€
6. Overlord II
Overlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition... Overlord II is a rpg, villain protagonist and fantasy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters and Electronic Arts. Released on June 23rd 2009 has received 4,618 reviews of which 4,116 were positive and 502 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 78% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for villain protagonist games.
8.6
4,116
502
-78%
9.05€
1.99€
7. CARRION
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you. CARRION is a villain protagonist, pixel graphics and gore game developed by Phobia Game Studio and published by Devolver Digital. Released on July 23rd 2020 has received 26,822 reviews of which 25,355 were positive and 1,467 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 76% discount, this title has earned the #7 position in the best deals for villain protagonist games.
9.3
25,355
1,467
-76%
19.17€
4.60€
8. Rain on Your Parade
Travel the world as a cute cardboard cloud and ruin everybody's day! Unlock new methods of mischief in over 50 levels, each with unique setting and objectives. This is an adorable schadenfreude simulator! Rain on Your Parade is a relaxing, puzzle and villain protagonist game developed and published by Unbound Creations. Released on April 15th 2021 has received 833 reviews of which 802 were positive and 31 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 72% discount, this title has earned the #8 position in the best deals for villain protagonist games.
9.0
802
31
-72%
13.89€
3.89€
9. My Lovely Daughter
My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed. My Lovely Daughter is a interactive fiction, visual novel and management game developed by GameChanger Studio and published by Toge Productions and Neon Doctrine. Released on March 08th 2018 has received 1,254 reviews of which 878 were positive and 376 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 66% discount, this title has earned the #9 position in the best deals for villain protagonist games.
6.8
878
376
-66%
14.88€
5.06€
10. Terror of Hemasaurus
A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven. Terror of Hemasaurus is a physics, villain protagonist and destruction game developed and published by Loren Lemcke. Released on October 17th 2022 has received 905 reviews of which 831 were positive and 74 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. Currently offered at a 30% discount, this title has earned the #10 position in the best deals for villain protagonist games.
8.6
831
74
-30%
10.81€
7.57€
Free villain protagonist games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play villain protagonist games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on April 30th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play villain protagonist games.
1. POSTAL
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action. POSTAL is a horror, villain protagonist and psychological horror game developed and published by Running With Scissors. Released on November 14th 1997 has received 10,794 reviews of which 9,817 were positive and 977 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free villain protagonist games on Steam.
8.8
9,817
977
38
players
2. Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows!
Blow leaves at 6am on a Sunday and earn points by annoying all the neighbors. But beware - unexpected challenges await on your journey to rid the world of leaves! Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows! is a comedy, villain protagonist and action-adventure game developed and published by Unbound Creations. Released on October 18th 2023 has received 351 reviews of which 314 were positive and 37 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played free villain protagonist games on Steam.
8.3
314
37