Impire (2013)

Developer: Cyanide Montreal
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Strategy
Rating: 2.3 of 5, 453 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 15 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A fast-paced, darkly comedic strategy game where you build an underworld empire as a diminutive demon with a grandiose attitude.

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What players say

Players compare it to Dungeon Keeper but find it worse than the Dungeons series or War of the Overworld. The building is rigid with preset room sizes and no creativity, while controls feel clunky and the game requires too much manual management of units. The multiplayer is broken or dead, and the game was abandoned by its publisher.

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