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Games like Dungeon Keeper

1997USK 16PC

You play an evil dungeon overlord, digging out rooms, attracting monsters and fending off invading heroes. Its dark humor and blend of base management with real-time strategy make this classic stand out.

Building and crafting
Economy and management
Lots of humour
Tactical depth

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In short: Games like Dungeon Keeper

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dungeon Keeper special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best match

War for the Overworld

90 %Match

2015USK 12PC, Steam Deck playable86 % positive28.99 €

A spiritual successor to Dungeon Keeper where you dig out your own dungeon, build rooms, attract creatures and defend your realm as a wicked Underlord against heroes and rivals.

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Dungeons 3

Fantasy setting

You play an evil overlord who builds a dungeon full of traps and rooms, recruits monster hordes, then marches onto the overworld to corrupt it. A cheeky, sarcastic narrator gives this dungeon-management strategy game its charm.

Dungeons 2

Fantasy setting

As the villainous Dungeon Lord you build your own dungeons, recruit monsters and march on the human overworld in real time. Irreverent, parodic humor is a defining feature.

Dungeons 4

Building and crafting

You play the Dark Lord, building an underground realm of traps, monsters and mines to crush the heroes above. Its cheeky, self-mocking humor and blend of base building and real-time strategy define the experience.

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

Fantasy setting

You rule a fantasy kingdom, but your heroes act on their own and can only be steered by placing bounties that tempt them toward quests and monster hunts. This tongue-in-cheek real-time strategy game is built on indirect control and dry humor.

MachiaVillain

Building and crafting

You run a haunted mansion as an evil manager: build rooms, raise monsters, set traps and slay victims according to classic horror movie rules. A tongue-in-cheek blend of Dungeon Keeper and Prison Architect.

Dungeons

Building and crafting

You play a scheming Dungeon Lord who lures heroes into his traps with promises of treasure and battle, then keeps them as prisoners to harvest their soul energy. What makes it special is the darkly comic blend of dungeon building, resource management and wicked humor.

Impire

Economy and management

As the snarky demon Báal-Abaddon you build a dungeon, manage hordes of nasty minions and repel invading heroes. A humorous dungeon-management strategy game in the vein of Dungeon Keeper.

Majesty Gold HD

Fantasy setting

A real-time strategy game where you rule a fantasy kingdom indirectly: heroes act on their own and can only be lured by bounties you place. Tongue-in-cheek humor and willful heroes give it its charm.

Prison Architect

Deep systems to master

A deep construction and management sim where you design a prison from scratch, hire staff and keep inmates from rioting or escaping. Its cute, simple art style contrasts with darkly humorous takes on serious themes like violence and the death penalty.