Fit check
Is Evil Genius worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want to build a villain's secret base
- Players interested in training minions for research, weapons use, and sabotage
- Supervillain-fiction fans who want to create a doomsday device and pursue world domination
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct battlefield combat rather than secret-base management and henchmen missions
- Players looking for a narrowly focused strategy game without construction, minion training, traps, research, and super-weapons
- Players seeking a historically grounded military strategy setting
Our take on Evil Genius
The global-domination framing suggests a broad world simulator, but the described activities focus on building and running a secret lair. Base construction, minion training, traps, research, and henchman missions form the main practical scope.
What is Evil Genius?
Manage a secret base while pursuing global domination.
Choose one of three Evil Genius characters and create a lair using more than 300 items, including laboratories, rocket caverns, and kung fu academies. Develop a doomsday device and use it in a plan for world domination. Train minions in experimental research, heavy weapons use, and international sabotage. Traps and interrogation devices can be used against government agents. Recruit henchmen to patrol the base, deal with enemies, and undertake missions intended to increase power and notoriety. The game combines base construction, minion management, research, traps, henchmen, and super-weapons within a supervillain setting.
How Evil Genius plays
- 01Three Genius Characters
- Players can choose from three notorious mastermind characters to represent them in the quest for power.
- 02Large Base Construction
- More than 300 items can be used to create facilities such as laboratories, rocket caverns, and kung fu academies.
- 03Minion Training
- Minions can receive training in experimental research, heavy weapons use, and international sabotage.
- 04Traps And Interrogation
- The base can use traps and interrogation devices against government agents.
- 05Henchman Missions
- Henchmen patrol the base, deal with enemies, and undertake missions that increase power and notoriety.
Evil Genius compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on large-scale World War II operations with direct control of combat units, while Evil Genius centers on constructing a lair, training minions, and developing a doomsday device. Xenonauts places players in charge of a multinational organization defending Earth from alien invasion with persistent soldiers and turn-based squad combat; Evil Genius instead uses henchmen, traps, research, and sabotage in a supervillain setting.
Evil Genius: platforms & release
Is Evil Genius worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want to build a villain's secret base. Skip it if: players seeking direct battlefield combat rather than secret-base management and henchmen missions.
Where can I download Evil Genius?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Evil Genius's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Evil Genius on?
Windows only.
