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Evil Genius
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Sold on GOG Strategy 2004 Elixir Studios

Evil Genius

Elixir Studios' 2004 game where you play the villain, building a secret island lair worthy of a spy movie.

Choose your evil genius, set up a secret base inside a tropical island and send your minions around the world to steal, scheme and build a doomsday device, while keeping heroes and spies away.

Sold on GOG.

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About the game

Build rooms, traps and control centres, then watch minions work and fight off agents.

Its humour and 1960s spy-film style made it a cult classic.

History

Developed by Elixir Studios and published by Vivendi Universal in 2004.

Evil Genius 2 came out in 2021.

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Ways to play

GOG.com Evil Genius
Paid Open

Extras

Only official, legal extras. We never link to scanned manuals or unofficial downloads.

Official extras on GOG Buying the GOG version also gets you these extras, free to download from your GOG library:
Manual (31 pages) Artworks In-game soundtrack World Domination Starter Kit
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