Ruinarch

Ruinarch

Maccima Games LLC · April 24, 2023 · God Game, Villain Protagonist, Base Building, Colony Sim, Simulation

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$7.08-71%
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GamesPlanet
GamesPlanet
Standard Edition · Steam
-71%
$7.32
$24.99
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GamersGate
GamersGate
Standard Edition · Steam
-68%
$7.88
$24.99
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WinGameStore
WinGameStore
Standard Edition · Steam
-65%
$8.74
$24.99
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Fanatical
Standard Edition · Steam
-20%
$20.05
$24.99
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Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$24.99
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Humble Store
Humble Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$24.99
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IndieGala Store
IndieGala Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$24.99
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Cheapest Ruinarch keys — keyshops

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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$7.08
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CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$7.87
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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$9.11
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Playsum
Playsum
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$22.49
$24.99
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Dreamgame
Standard Edition · Steam
$24.99
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Ruinarch price by region

Ruinarch costs £5.48 in the United Kingdom, €6.14 in Europe (EUR), $7.08 in the United States, $7.32 in Georgia (USD), CA$10.39 in Canada, A$10.49 in Australia, NZ$12.96 in New Zealand, zł28.19 in Poland and R$38.09 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Ruinarch offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £5.48 −71% £5.53 £5.48 14
Europe (EUR) €6.14 −71% €6.45 €6.14 14
United Statesyour region $7.08 −71% $7.32 $7.08 15
Georgia (USD) $7.32 −71% $7.32 $22.49 11
Canada CA$10.39 −71% CA$10.39 CA$26.99 12
Australia A$10.49 −71% A$10.49 A$31.49 12
New Zealand NZ$12.96 −71% NZ$12.96 NZ$35.99 10
Poland zł28.19 −71% zł28.19 zł34.02 12
Brazil R$38.09 −71% R$38.09 R$47.59 9

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Ruinarch

✦ AI summary

Ruinarch is a simulation sandbox where you play as an infernal overlord orchestrating chaos, curses, and drama across procedurally generated fantasy villages using spells, monsters, plagues, and psychological manipulation. Mix elemental devastation with psychological torment—turn villagers into cultists, spread diseases, breed custom monsters, and watch as your schemes spiral into emergent dark comedy stories that unfold in unpredictable ways.

Emergent Storytelling


Ruinarch is a simulation sandbox game where you use all the infernal tools at your disposal to manifest conflicts and toy with people's lives in procedurally generated fantasy worlds. Flipping the table on story generator games like Rimworld and Dwarf Fortress, you are now the one weaving tales full of drama and dark comedy!

Multiple Playstyles


There are many ways to be evil. Choose from three overlord Archetypes - each one provides you with a different playstyle. Do you want to focus on sheer destruction or are you into a more subtle puppetmaster approach?

Mix your own Cocktail of Evil Spells


What happens when you hurl a meteor at a poisonous puddle? Poisonous meteor explosions, that's what! And that's just one of the many nefarious ways that you can combine elemental interactions to create your personalized cocktail of destruction!

Turn villagers against each other


Simply destroying the world with ice and fire is for amateurs. The real fun begins when you meddle with villagers to create a custom made demonic soap opera! Afflict the local hero with Lycanthropy and watch as his childhood friends turn on him when the full moon rises. Afflict a previously loving husband with Unfaithfulness and then watch the fireworks once you tell his wife of his infidelity.

Spawn monsters to kidnap and harass villagers


Snatch or seize a roaming monster and then breed it to have very specific functions in your Kennel.Then unleash monster parties to snatch Villagers or raid Villages!

Spread some Gossip


Your Beholder Structure allows you to spawn Eyes all over the world to gather information. You've seen a Knight steal a Shaman's Potion? Store it as an Intel and then tell the Shaman about it!

Create a customized Plague


Build a Biolab to afflict Villagers with Plague and summon Plagued Rats. Upgrade your plague to instill it with various nasty symptoms and improve its virulence. You can even make Plagued victims explode when they die!

Infiltrate the Village secret Cultists


Captured villagers can be taken to your prison and brainwashed into cultists! Cultists will secretly worship you and aid your return into the world.

Start a Zombie Apocalypse


Make the Plagued dead rise as zombies. Other villagers that they attack may also contract the virus. Soon, the entire village will be filled with nothing but shambling zombies.

Unleash the Creatures of the Night


Afflict a Villager with Vampirism or Lycanthropy to turn them into denizens of the night. Watch as they terrorize their neighbors and spread the curse! You may eventually see the Village fight back and start Vampire and Lycan Hunts.

Ruinarch — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Aug 22, 2026
Great idea, except very poorly executed and is now abandonware. As others have suggested, this does NOT feel like a 1.0 release by any means. The biggest disappointment is the Puppetmaster. You'll find yourself spending a lot of time (like I did) and getting nowhere very fast... simply because interpersonal relationships take a long time to develop and the payoff is completely insignificant. Take for example: you set up a frame job by moving someone's possession into another person's home, and the original owner finds it and assumes they "stole" it (except this doesn't even work half the time because it bugs out almost every time)... okay... now that guy gets put on trial and is found guilty and is removed from society. Now what? That's literally the payoff, you got one guy exiled... so what's the whole point of this system, really? I mean, sure, you can found a cult, but more often than not, they'll either do something stupid and get themselves killed or they'll get caught and outed regardless of your intervention. And even if you do build up the cult big enough, again, there's not really a good payoff here. Compare that to the other archetypes. You'll have more effective, direc…
6 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 9, 2026
Abandoned. Don't waste your money on this. There are no endgame or there are any point to do anything other than for the sake of it. You are better off playing Worldbox.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 23, 2026
Its a neat idea but the mechanics of the game do not feel developed enough to give you exciting payoffs. fun to spend an afternoon seeing what could have been but def not worth the $24 asking price
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 23, 2026
Abandoned
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 22, 2026
Abandoned but still fun to play around with
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 6, 2026
Overpriced and half-baked. Feels like someone had an idea for an evil god-game, implemented a few power ideas and basic NPC behaviors, and called it a day.

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