Underplayed Gems

MachiaVillain (2018)

MachiaVillain cover
Developer
Wild Factor
Publisher
Good Shepherd Entertainment
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating
3.3 of 5, 807 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 16 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

Managing a lair of comedic evil with strategic base-building and dark humor.

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What players say

Players enjoy the monster-mansion management concept, but nearly all agree the game was abandoned by its developers around 2020, leaving it short on content, buggy, and repetitive once the base is set up.

Screenshots

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