Evil Genius

Item: Evil Genius
Rating: 85
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-22

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Summary

Iconic Humor, Spy Parody
Exceptional Audiovisual Design
Engaging Villain Base-Building
Enduring Cult Classic Appeal
Buggy, Slow, Unpolished Performance
Minion AI and Control Issues

Emotions

Satisfaction23%Frustration11%Excitement10%Joy9%Disappointment8%

Reviews (sample size): 172
Helpful reviews: 80%
Unhelpful reviews: 19%
Protest reviews: 1%

85%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
15%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 623
Negative points: 359
Gameplay points: 375
Perf. points: 11
Rec. points: 77
Misc points: 75

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts

Bucket	Neg	Pos
≤ 2h playtime	63.3% Avg playtime 0.6h	73.9% Avg playtime 0.5h
> 2h playtime	116.1% Avg playtime 46.4h	15686.7% Avg playtime 76.9h

Velocity

review pace

Avg/day	0 rev/day
Last 30d	0.2 rev/day
Quarterly	3.2 rev/qtr
Days covered	5,244 days

Point	Description	Importance
Iconic Humor, Spy Parody Description The game masterfully blends tongue-in-cheek humor, sharp wit, and a gleeful parody of 1960s spy thrillers, akin to Austin Powers. This unique stylistic and comedic approach, enhanced by cartoonish visuals and over-the-top characters, creates a charming and engaging atmosphere. Importance 98%	The game masterfully blends tongue-in-cheek humor, sharp wit, and a gleeful parody of 1960s spy thrillers, akin to Austin Powers. This unique stylistic and comedic approach, enhanced by cartoonish visuals and over-the-top characters, creates a charming and engaging atmosphere.	98%
Exceptional Audiovisual Design Description The game's 1960s-inspired audiovisual presentation, including its jazzy, spy-themed soundtrack, appealing character models, and vibrant art style, significantly enhances the immersive experience. This deliberate stylization contributes greatly to its charm and helps the game age gracefully. Importance 95%	The game's 1960s-inspired audiovisual presentation, including its jazzy, spy-themed soundtrack, appealing character models, and vibrant art style, significantly enhances the immersive experience. This deliberate stylization contributes greatly to its charm and helps the game age gracefully.	95%
Engaging Villain Base-Building Description Players highly enjoy the core gameplay loop of building and managing their secret evil lair, setting up elaborate trap systems, and manipulating minions. This fulfills the fantasy of being an evil mastermind plotting world domination, offering significant freedom in villainous strategy. Importance 44%	Players highly enjoy the core gameplay loop of building and managing their secret evil lair, setting up elaborate trap systems, and manipulating minions. This fulfills the fantasy of being an evil mastermind plotting world domination, offering significant freedom in villainous strategy.	44%
Enduring Cult Classic Appeal Description Despite its age, the game is widely regarded as a cult classic and a masterpiece that has aged remarkably well, both visually and in terms of gameplay. Its unique concept and solid mechanics ensure it remains highly playable, enjoyable, and addictive for years, inspiring long-term replayability. Importance 43%	Despite its age, the game is widely regarded as a cult classic and a masterpiece that has aged remarkably well, both visually and in terms of gameplay. Its unique concept and solid mechanics ensure it remains highly playable, enjoyable, and addictive for years, inspiring long-term replayability.	43%
Deep, Accessible Strategy Description The game offers surprising strategic depth with numerous unit types, intricate mechanics, and unique tactical possibilities for base layout and management. Reviewers appreciate that it is easy to learn thanks to an excellent tutorial, yet hard to master, providing a satisfying challenge. Importance 18%	The game offers surprising strategic depth with numerous unit types, intricate mechanics, and unique tactical possibilities for base layout and management. Reviewers appreciate that it is easy to learn thanks to an excellent tutorial, yet hard to master, providing a satisfying challenge.	18%
Community-Driven Improvements Description The game benefits from an active community that has developed unofficial patches and mods to address original issues, enhancing its long-term playability. This community support ensures a smoother and more refined experience for modern players, allowing the game's core brilliance to shine. Importance 7%	The game benefits from an active community that has developed unofficial patches and mods to address original issues, enhancing its long-term playability. This community support ensures a smoother and more refined experience for modern players, allowing the game's core brilliance to shine.	7%

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