Ruinarch is ready to launch in Early Access and it will be available on Steam in May. Developer Maccima Games and publisher Squeaky Wheel Studio have announced that the evil overlord simulator game will be releasing in March and will cost you $19.99 on Steam.
According to the game’s official description, Ruinarch is a devilishly fun simulation game featuring procedural story generation. The antagonist of the game is an evil demon overlord creating havoc and invading fantasy worlds, a rich and fertile land lies before you; ripe for the picking.
You take over regions one by one, spreading your influence inexorably towards the heart of the kingdom. Poison people’s food, raise the dead and inflict endless misery. Turn heroic defenders into pitiful wretches by unleashing an array of demonic spells upon them and create a hellish chronicle for the ages.
With each playthrough, the game will generate a fantasy world that you have to conquer and lay waste. You will have different worlds that will offer a variety of situations for you to exploit, manipulate, and corrupt.
Weaving tales of anguish and woe are central to Ruinarch. You could simply summon a pack of wolves to attack the region, but a true evil overlord toys with his prey first. Turn the local village idiot into a cultist that secretly works on your behalf, and watch as he eagerly turns the tables on the villagers that mercilessly mocked him for his deficiencies. Inflict the local hero with lycanthropy and watch as his once loyal followers turn on him when the full moon rises. Or if you’re feeling lazy and don’t want to come up with anything creative, just start a zombie apocalypse
Here are some of the key features of the game:
- Generate an infinite number of procedural fantasy worlds
- Invade elven villages, human towns, bandit camps, ancient ruins, monster lairs, and much more!
- Build demonic structures with various world corrupting capabilities
- Summon minions and recruit cultists to assist in world domination
- Unleash powerful spells, dangerous monsters and mystical artifacts upon the world and watch the mayhem unfold
- Fracture the kingdom into multiple competing subfactions to weaken them from inside
- Wipe out the world’s defenders – each one equipped with complex AI that takes into account its needs, traits and relationships.
Other than the Early Access availability, the publisher intends to release the full game sometime in 2021. Post your comments below.
