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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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“My second run in this game, when I finally started to learn the ropes, I had captured a human man. Keaton was his name. I initially tried to brainwash him to become a cultist of mine, but he resisted, even through grievous torture. So instead, I made him a serial killer. He ends…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“This game could have been more although it is still a great sandbox game, just a lot to learn!”
— a player, Steam review · 49 hrs played“Abandonware. Had serious potential but the devs fumbled hard and have left it to rot.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | God Game · Villain Protagonist · Base-Building · Colony Sim · Simulation · City Builder · Politics · Building · Sandbox · Management · 2D · Artificial Intelligence (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Japanese * , Polish * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America * , Turkish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Indonesian * , Russian * , Thai * , Traditi… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.maccima.ph |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: 2GHz or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1280x768 minimum resolution, post-2012 integrated graphics DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 10 compatible