Ruinarch

Ruinarch

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

PC
Mixed63% · 1,327
Best price 54 Good deal
$8.36-50%
lowest tracked $8.24
Eneba Buy at Eneba

Compare prices in Official Stores

Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
-50%
$12.49
$24.99
Buy
GamersGate
GamersGate
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$22.49
$24.99
Buy
GamesPlanet
GamesPlanet
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$22.49
$24.99
Buy
WinGameStore
WinGameStore
Standard Edition · Steam
-5%
$23.74
$24.99
Buy
Humble Store
Humble Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$24.99
Buy
IndieGala Store
IndieGala Store
Standard Edition · Steam
$24.99
Buy

Compare prices in Keyshops

Keyshops are third-party marketplaces — keys are resold and can be region-locked or a different edition. Check the listing's region & edition before buying.

Eneba
Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$8.36
Buy
Gameseal
Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$11.76
Buy
Playsum
Playsum
Standard Edition · Steam
-10%
$22.49
$24.99
Buy
Dreamgame
Dreamgame
Standard Edition · Steam
$24.99
Buy

Some store links are affiliate links — playze may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It never changes the price you pay, and the cheapest option is always shown in the Best price box above.

Screenshots

About Ruinarch

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.

What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Jun 25, 2026
Abandonware
8 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 19, 2026
half baked dead game abandoned by devs after replacing real art with ai for no reason.
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 1, 2026
Unfortunately abandoned. Alot of potential and honestly I think its not too far from being really good. But it just misses the mark sadly. The base idea of slowly corrupting villagers through different means is a very neat concept so at the very least I hope someone else runs with it further since it seems this dev either ran out of funds or ditched the product.
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 2, 2026
left early access just to abandon
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 19, 2026
Got on sale, glad I did. It's good, there's a lot of very mechanics to work with and cool tools to use with it to turn the villagers against each other or to terrorize them.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 29, 2026
Flexible and fun game you can replay for hours. I'd recommend it to others that played games like Plague Inc. and wanted something more.

Community reviews

0 reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this game.

More like Ruinarch