Most games present you as a hero with a pretty much unshakeable moral compass. The likes of Nathan Drake from Uncharted, Master Chief from Halo, and Marcus Fenix from Gears Of War all fit this description. But sometimes, it’s fun to simply be the bad guy. Instead of always doing what’s right and vanquishing evil, it’s a welcome change when you can do a bunch of evil things.
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Thankfully, there are several games that allow you to live on the dark side. The key word, though, is ‘allow.’ They typically don’t force villainy completely on you. They give you a choice to be bad. These are some of the notable titles to do that.
8Destroy All Humans
Typically, when you play asa video game hero, you’re attempting to protect humanity or at least a group of them. So, a game about destroying them all gives you a clue that you aren’t playing as the good guy.
In fairness, the alien protagonist, Crypto, you’re controlling has somewhat noble goals. He intends to gather the DNA locked inside human brains to save his own species. Therefore, his status as a villain or hero depends on your perspective. However, you can make him be very evil by causing significant amounts of destruction that causes terror and doesn’t do anything for his own people.
7Far Cry 3
InFar Cry 3, the main protagonist, Jason Brody, is put in an unenviable position when he and his friends' vacation tours sour. Most of them get captured, but Brody manages to escape. Yet, he can’t just leave his buddies and girlfriend to be sold into slavery. So, he transforms into an excellent fighter and attempts to save his friends.
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At this point, you seem to be playing as a true hero. Throughout the game, though, you become more violent, and an alluring character named Citra attempts to twist your mind. At the end of the game, you get the choice to truly commit to being a hero or villain.
6The Outer Worlds
The Outer Worldsis set in a distant future where humanity is colonizing new galaxies. One of those places is a star system named Halcyon. Unfortunately, not everyone makes it there, as your character’s ship got lost along the way.
However, an eccentric scientist wakes you up from cryosleep and asks you to acquire the resources necessary to wake your shipmates up. So, you’re given a noble mission straight away. Yet, it isn’t one you actually have to complete. The choices you make and actions you take throughout the game are down to you. And you certainly have the chance to make yourself an evil and selfish protagonist.
5Infamous
Infamouscan be amongthe best superhero gamesor an amazing supervillain title, depending on how you play it. At the start of the story, protagonist Cole MacGrath gains exceptional electrical abilities. It’s up to you how you use this gift.
If you desire, you can be a ruthless monster who terrorizes the city in which the game is set. There are even side missions specifically for people that want to be evil. They typically involve hurting or killing people. The more of them and other evil acts you do makes it more likely you unlock the dark ending at the conclusion of the game.
4Grand Theft Auto 5
Morality isn’t too much of a concern inGrand Theft Auto 5, as there are no real good guys in the game. Pretty much everybody is a selfish narcissist. However, most of the main characters are also murderers and crooks. This includes your iconic trio of protagonists, Franklin, Michael, and Trevor. The latter is the most evil of all since he abuses his friends and even tortures someone at one point.
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So, you play as evil characters that are somewhat presented as good guys in the context of the story. Yet, your final decision in the game can label you as a villain in any context, as you’re given the option to backstab your friends.
3Fallout 3
The world is already in a terrible state at the beginning ofFallout 3, as it’s a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Throughout the game, your customizable protagonist can make the place better or worse for its remaining habitants. One of the earliest examples of this occurs when you visit the settlement known as Megaton. This place contains an unexploded atomic bomb in the center of it.
If you want to be evil, you can set the thing off and wipe out the entire city. This is just one of many horrible things you can do in Fallout 3. These actions impact your karma and the ending of the game.
InRed Dead Redemption 2, you play Arthur Morgan, who is a member of the Van Der Linde gang. This is a criminal group operating in the dying days of the old west. As you’d expect from a outlaw gang, they do plenty of killing and robbing. In fact, the latter is their livelihood. So, they aren’t exactly the best people from the start. Yet, most of the group becomes more evil as the story progresses.
Arthur Morgan can be among this nasty group if you select the more unpleasant choices when tasked withthe hardest decisions in the game. He can’t become the most evil member - nobody is matching Micah in that regard - but you can make him an unlikeable individual who the world doesn’t appreciate.
1Divinity: Original Sin 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2is an RPG that prompts you to make a whole host of impactful choices. Some of them are outright evil, from choosing to side with villains to slaughtering all sorts of people who don’t really deserve it.
Naturally, many of the decisions affect the ending of the game. And if you choose to be more villainous than heroic, you can potentially be one of the most evil beings in existence. This is ironic since you’re initially tasked with saving the world. They may have been better off without you.
