Strategy · June 22, 2009

Evil Genius (2009)

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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-weapons to carry out your nefarious master plan. How evil are you? Choose from 3 notorious Evil Genius characters to serve as your icon and represent you in your quest for power. Create the ultimate doomsday device and use it to achieve total global domination. Create your lair with over 300 items including kung fu academies, rocket caverns, and laboratories. Use ingenious traps and wicked 'interrogation' devices to toy with and dispatch obnoxious overdressed government agents. Manage your minions as you train them in treacherous trades such as experimental research programs, heavy weapons usage, and international sabotage. Recruit dastardly henchmen to patrol your base, take out your enemies, and undertake outrageous missions to increase your power and notoriety.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Base-Building · 233
  • Strategy · 231
  • Villain Protagonist · 197
  • Comedy · 133
  • Singleplayer · 128
  • Simulation · 101
  • Parody · 86
  • Management · 81
  • Stylized · 73
  • RTS · 69
  • Funny · 67
  • Real-Time with Pause · 62
  • Building · 49
  • Classic · 48
  • God Game · 25

Position in Strategy

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.5k Steam reviewsTop 71% in Strategy
Positive rating93% positiveGenre average: 84% — this title sits in top 25%
Metacritic75/100Genre average 79 — top 78% of Strategy titles
Engagement hours12 h averageTop 70% for session depth among Strategy

Peer Strategy titles

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Strategy releases from 2009

11 Strategy titles launched in 2009 — top 6 by review volume.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

93%Very Positive · 3.5k reviews

3.3k positive · 245 negative

Metacritic

75/100 critic aggregate

Open Metacritic page

Metacritic user score

8.3/10

Curator recommendations

3.0k

Release & Availability

Release dateJun 22, 2009
DeveloperElixir Studios
PublisherRebellion
Base price$0.99 -90%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

12h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (4)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain

Editions & Packages

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