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MachiaVillain cover art

MachiaVillain

Wild Factor · Good Shepherd Entertainment · 2018-05-16

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 23, 2018 (Linux), May 23, 2018 (Mac), May 23, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

2
playing now
66%
positive of 809 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 809 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%
Humble Store$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.78 at GameBillet (2021-12-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 62 of 85 observed days · $1.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.782018-05-162026-08-302018-05-16 — best price $15.992018-08-07 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $9.992019-05-24 — best price $14.992019-10-25 — best price $5.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-03-31 — best price $4.992020-06-15 — best price $19.992020-08-02 — best price $6.532020-10-01 — best price $19.992020-11-09 — best price $19.992020-12-19 — best price $15.942021-02-04 — best price $16.882021-03-25 — best price $14.342021-05-15 — best price $15.952021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-08-23 — best price $16.992021-10-22 — best price $3.542021-12-10 — best price $2.002022-03-21 — best price $3.992022-05-23 — best price $19.992022-08-05 — best price $3.632022-11-08 — best price $16.882023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-06-03 — best price $17.882023-12-06 — best price $19.992024-04-18 — best price $19.992024-07-25 — best price $19.992024-11-13 — best price $2.992025-02-17 — best price $2.492025-06-10 — best price $2.992025-10-09 — best price $19.992026-03-08 — best price $19.992026-06-18 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3567%9

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieEconomySandboxBuildingGod GameStrategyTop-DownManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.