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Ruinarch

$24.99
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Developer:
Maccima Games
Platforms:
Windows
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About the Game

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.

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User Reviews

Mostly Negative
5 user reviews
20%
Positive
20 hrs at review
Not Recommended

Abandonware.

5 helpful
388 hrs at review
Not Recommended

This one hurts. I was a great game, fairly "early on" into the development it had a fun, if unfinished progression. Like many reviews say its a similar but "opposite" style of game-play to rimworld. You pick one of 3 evil/god styles and go from there. About 2 years ago they completely reworked the progression and removed a bunch of features and now its just stale. Dev's completely abandoned it about a year ago from the time this review has been posted. It was fun, and awhile back I can say i would have recommended it wholeheartedly. But these days, I cant really say I do, not for even half price. Maybe if its on sale for 2 bucks but, its just not really worth it to me anymore. If I was able to un-update the game to right before the re-work, id even say buy that. But in its current state, with no signs of any sort of future development, there really isn't a price I'd justify for it. RIP Ruinarch, you were great, and had so much more potential.

2 helpful
11 hrs at review
Not Recommended

In concept it was really fun: an evil god corrupting the land, sewing discontent and subtly turning neighbors against each other to take over the land! In execution it was really boring and didn't work most the time so you just defaulted to summoning a demon and lightning striking the town, which really isn't as fun as it sounds because the game graphics are pretty low res.

7 hrs at review
Not Recommended

Do not buy. The developer has abandoned the game. It is not worth the price, even if on sale.

49 hrs at review
Recommended

great game but abandoned :(

System Requirements

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7 or later
  • Processor: 2GHz or better
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1280x768 minimum resolution, post-2012 integrated graphics
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 10 compatible

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM

FAQ

How much does Ruinarch cost?

Ruinarch costs $24.99.

What are the system requirements for Ruinarch?

Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: 2GHz or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1280x768 minimum resolution, post-2012 integrated graphics DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 10 compatible Recommended: Recommended: Memory: 8 GB RAM

What platforms is Ruinarch available on?

Ruinarch is available on Windows PC.

Is Ruinarch worth buying?

Ruinarch has 20% positive reviews from 5 players.

When was Ruinarch released?

Ruinarch was released on Apr 24, 2023.

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