# Games like Diabolical

> The closest matches to Diabolical: Choice of Robots, A Wise Use of Time, Heroes Rise: The Prodigy, Tally Ho, and Psy High. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Choice of Robots](https://imho.run/games/339350/choice-of-robots) — Also Text-Based and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Diabolical. 1,669 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/339350/)
2. [A Wise Use of Time](https://imho.run/games/397780/a-wise-use-of-time) — A frequent pick in Diabolical players' libraries, and another RPG. 100 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/397780/)
3. [Heroes Rise: The Prodigy](https://imho.run/games/299540/heroes-rise-the-prodigy) — Shares character customization with Diabolical. 340 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/299540/)
4. [Tally Ho](https://imho.run/games/763930/tally-ho) — Also Text-Based and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Diabolical. 94 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/763930/)
5. [Psy High](https://imho.run/games/339510/psy-high) — Shares character customization with Diabolical. 122 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/339510/)
6. [Fallen Hero: Rebirth](https://imho.run/games/800620/fallen-hero-rebirth) — Also Villain Protagonist and Text-Based, like Diabolical. 382 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/800620/)
7. [Champion of the Gods](https://imho.run/games/386520/champion-of-the-gods) — Also Text-Based and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Diabolical. 142 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/386520/)
8. [Monster Loves You!](https://imho.run/games/226740/monster-loves-you) — Also Text-Based and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Diabolical. 692 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/226740/)
9. [Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain](https://imho.run/games/2227030/penny-larceny-gig-economy-supervillain) — Also Villain Protagonist and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Diabolical. 100 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2227030/)
10. [Not For Broadcast](https://imho.run/games/1147550/not-for-broadcast) — Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Diabolical. 5,212 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147550/)
11. [Tyranny](https://imho.run/games/362960/tyranny) — Also Villain Protagonist, like Diabolical. 6,291 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/362960/)
12. [Evil Genius 2: World Domination](https://imho.run/games/700600/evil-genius-2-world-domination) — Shares lair building with Diabolical. 7,475 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/700600/)
13. [Overboard!](https://imho.run/games/1546920/overboard) — A frequent pick in Diabolical players' libraries, and another Indie. 454 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546920/)
14. [Impossible Quest](https://imho.run/games/485860/impossible-quest) — Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Diabolical. 96 Steam reviews, 56% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/485860/)
15. [Lovingly Evil](https://imho.run/games/1247020/lovingly-evil) — Same comedic mood as Diabolical. 90 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1247020/)
16. [Dungeons 2](https://imho.run/games/262280/dungeons-2) — Also Villain Protagonist, like Diabolical. 1,055 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/262280/)
17. [Doodle Date](https://imho.run/games/830980/doodle-date) — Also Text-Based and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Diabolical. 259 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/830980/)
18. [Who Needs a Hero?](https://imho.run/games/1342890/who-needs-a-hero) — Also Text-Based, like Diabolical. 511 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1342890/)
19. [The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante](https://imho.run/games/1272160/the-life-and-suffering-of-sir-brante) — A frequent pick in Diabolical players' libraries, and another Strategy. 2,670 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1272160/)
20. [DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures](https://imho.run/games/2795060/dreamio-ai-powered-adventures) — Shares character customization with Diabolical. 53 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2795060/)
21. [Suzerain](https://imho.run/games/1207650/suzerain) — Also Text-Based and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Diabolical. 6,933 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1207650/)
22. [Run TavernQuest](https://imho.run/games/808610/run-tavernquest) — Also Text-Based and Choose Your Own Adventure, like Diabolical. 106 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/808610/)
23. [Overlord II](https://imho.run/games/12810/overlord-ii) — Also Villain Protagonist, like Diabolical. 1,811 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/12810/)
24. [Afterparty](https://imho.run/games/762220/afterparty) — Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Diabolical. 611 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/762220/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=416640&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=416640&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=416640&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=416640
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/416640
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Diabolical

As a criminal mastermind, choose a lair, rob a bank, hire a minion, and steal the world's largest ball of aluminum foil! Or, destroy the world. FINE.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 416640
- **Developer:** Choice of Games
- **Publisher:** Choice of Games
- **Genres:** Indie, RPG
- **Categories:** Captions available, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Nov 6, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/416640/diabolical)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=416640&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/416640/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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