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Run a horror-villain mansion: build rooms and traps, manage monster minions, lure victims, and follow slasher rules.
Released 16 May 2018
Build a Trap-Filled Manor
Lure and Hunt Visitors
Manage Monster Minions
Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
Developed by Wild Factor · Published by Good Shepherd Entertainment









Starting with an empty plot, you build a mansion for monsters and turn it into a lair that attracts human visitors. Your role is to manage the house and its minions as a villain seeking a fearsome reputation.
Build specialized rooms, assign minions tasks, and keep them fed, entertained, and housed. Each monster has different traits, needs, and fighting styles, while traps and minions help deal with visitors and hostile intruders.
Gather materials from the environment and victims to craft useful items as you expand. To earn reputation, follow the League’s horror-movie rules, including killing visitors when they are alone and never harming the dog.
Several reviewers enjoy the villain-and-monster management premise, building and furnishing an evil mansion, and the game’s playful horror tone. Some also praise its art and find the management entertaining for many hours. Recurring criticisms include limited content and repetitive late-game play, bugs that can leave minions unresponsive, and the lack of updates in recent years.


| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 9 |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 65/100 View on Metacritic |