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VILLAIN

Why save the world when you can own it? Step into the shadows with games that let you play as the bad guy, the tyrant, the mastermind, the monster. From charming sociopaths to chaos-loving overlords, these stories celebrate power, corruption, and dark fun. CRIMENET dives into the best villain games where evil finally gets the spotlight and the soundtrack slaps harder than justice ever could.

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THE BEST VILLAIN GAMES TO PLAY RIGHT NOW

The best games that let you become the criminal, monster, tyrant or magnificent bastard everyone else was supposed to stop.

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FALLOUT

RULE THE WASTELAND

Raid, steal, betray and build your own wasteland empire. Fallout has spent decades asking whether you’ll save civilisation or become another reason it needed saving.

DEAD BY
DAYLIGHT

BECOME THE KILLER

Hunt survivors as horror’s most notorious killers in a constantly evolving multiplayer nightmare where being the monster isn’t the bad ending. It’s your job.

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