Good value when discounted
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It's a great game for the price I paid when it was on sale.”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 69%Mixed · 69%Rebellion2021Base Building · Strategy · Simulation
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A charming, stylish villain lair builder, but the timer-gated, repetitive world-map loop and abandoned state wear thin. Buy on deep sale; skip if you want Evil Genius 1's depth.
Great for
Fans of Bond-style villain theming who enjoy relaxed lair design and can get it at a big discount
Main risk
Mid-to-late game becomes a repetitive, timer-gated waiting loop on the world map
What players love
Great villain theme, humor and art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Love the theme and humor of this game! it's got so many little charming elements to it.”
Steam review · 30.9 h played ↗
Fun, free-form lair building
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The base building is very free form. You can get quite creative with it all”
Steam review · 71.8 h played ↗
Improved, more accessible and stable vs. the original
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“This version fixes all of that and offers a very smooth game.”
Steam review · 17.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, tedious mid-to-late game and world map
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“But the mid to late game is very boring, nothing really happens.”
Steam review · 40.6 h played ↗
Worse than Evil Genius 1
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“You're better off just playing the original EG.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Timer-gated waiting and one-at-a-time objectives
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“it's an idle game that you can't idle. So much of it is just... waiting.”
Steam review · 40.5 h played ↗
Feels like a dumbed-down mobile game
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Feels like a soulless mobile game.”
Steam review · 41.8 h played ↗
Denuvo, no mod support and abandoned by devs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“It has Denuvo. The mods and community this game could've had if it wasn't locked down for no reason at all.”
Steam review · 80 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs and soft-locks
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“30 hours into the game and came across a game-ending bug that was reported on reddit more than five years ago.”
Steam review · 37.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support18 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-8100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GT 1030 2GB, Radeon RX 550 2GB
Storage18 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4770K, AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, Radeon RX 5700 8GB
Storage18 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-8100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GT 1030 2GB, Radeon RX 550 2GB
Storage18 GB available space
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