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Evil Genius
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-weap
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“Have you ever dreamed of taking over the whole World? Probably 1000 games and strategies gave you this opportunity, you tried to conquer the whole world astride your faithful horse! But in this game you will not just be only a winner! You will be a villain who secretly draws up…”
— a player, Steam review · 701 hrs played“Evil Genius is a base-building strategy game, similar to Dungeon Keeper. You play as a malevolent mastermind during the cold-war era, with the sole aim of taking over the world. As with all plotting masterminds circa 1970, you have a secret base built within a mountain on a…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“An older, but fun game. I've played it for hours and would recomend it to those that are looking for a new type of game. Since it's cold war spy themed, mixed with evil base buiding, mixed with comic mishief it's really a unique game. I wish there was something newer along the…”
— a player, Steam review · 229 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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DEVELOPMENT BLOG - Traps
Trapping and Capturing Hello there! Evil Genius 2 Lead Designer Rich Edwards here, once again blogging for your pleasure. This week, we’ll be looking into Trapping and Capturing enemy Agents – both es
DEVELOPMENT BLOG - JAMES HANNIGAN (Part 2)
Composer James Hannigan Answers Your Questions! (Part 2) We’re back with more answers from James Hannigan! If you missed Part 1, you can find it through this link. Thanks once again to James for his t
DEVELOPMENT BLOG - JAMES HANNIGAN
Composer James Hannigan Answers Your Questions! (Part 1) It wouldn’t be an Evil Genius game without the sinister sounds of James Hannigan pumping through the airwaves. Once word got out that the sonic
“Gordon’s alive!?” BRAND NEW RED IVAN GAMEPLAY FEATURING BRIAN BLESSED!
Rebellion, one of Europe’s leading independent studios, is delighted to reveal a brand new gameplay trailer for Evil Genius 2: World Domination, featuring none other than the legendary Brian Blessed.
DEVELOPMENT BLOG - World Domination
The Dos and Dodos of Domination Hello, minions! Rich Edwards here, Lead Designer on Evil Genius 2, here to lift the lid on another Development Blog. Does a blog have a lid? No matter. Let’s talk about
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Base-Building · Strategy · Villain Protagonist · Comedy · Singleplayer · Simulation · Parody · Management · Stylized · RTS · Funny · Real-Time with Pause (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Official site | http://www.rebellion.co.uk/games/evil-genius |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
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