Despotism 3k

3.8
4.76K reviews
100K+
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PEGI 16
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About this game

Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire! You’ll have to keep track of them to make sure they don’t succumb to exhaustion and hunger… although the weakest ones can always be thrown to the Bioreactor.
In other words, this is a indie resource management sim with rogue-lite elements, dramatic plot, and an abundance of pop culture references. Also, humor. Slaughter has never been so fun!

Key features:
1) Humor as dark as your ex’s heart. Immerse yourself in the life of a merciless tyrant!!
2) Resource management on steroids. Think fast, to the point, and abandon pity!
3) Rogue-lite (Almost roguelike) Every walkthrough is unique due to randomly generated events. And every failure is fatal — you’ll have to start over!
4) Easy to learn, hard to master. It only takes a couple minutes to figure out the game’s mechanics, but using them optimally is no small feat!

Core gameplay consists of transporting puny humans between various facilities using mechanical claws. They rest in one of the facilities and work in all the others. Puny humans are to produce energy for us (which is leaking constantly), they also have to reproduce and feed themselves. You need to plan your strategy and tactics in advance and track all your humans so that they don't die of exhaustion. The foremost roguelike element is that you can't save the game - you have to start from scratch every time. Besides that, a random event happens after every five feedings in the form of a text quest. A correct choice may provide some bonus, an incorrect one - well, you'll see! Many of the modifiers that you get due to the random events change the game's look significantly.

In the second campaign besides resource management you get a totally new "raid" mechanic. Send your humans on expeditions around a procedurally generated map and earn resources without any limits. Come on, you have to find the Time Machine lost in the wastelands of 3k-land!
Updated on
Feb 21, 2025

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Ratings and reviews

3.9
4.53K reviews
Rebecca Watson
October 1, 2022
At last, a strategy management game worth the time you put in! Very tough, but if you pay attention, you can learn very quickly. Finished the first campaign with the easy chip and lots and lots of pause! The story was an absolute delight as well, with all the Easter eggs for those in the know. No IAPs either, which is sorely needed in today's game market. Overall it's a gem of a game for any serious and casual gamers a like. Give me moooore. Or is the butter a lie?
2 people found this review helpful
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konfa games
October 2, 2022
You want more? Try "Despot's Game" ;)
A Google user
November 20, 2019
Funny but difficult, sub texts are fun to read but when it comes to the resources and how they're made and used isn't very clear. One minute your fine and then the next all your food and energy have gone. This does need to be revisited. Other than that, it's pretty great, haven't been able to get use to it to be able to unlock the other game types.
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konfa games
November 25, 2019
Is a "Easy" chip available to you? It opens after several losses. It's much easier to play with him.
TheCyberSheep
January 29, 2021
I quite like this game! I like the graphics and gameplay, the idea of running a facility that enslaves humans is quite good. That being said the difficulty is toned up a wee bit high for me, but honestly I can't blame you. Realistically, being able to appeal to your entire audience is impossible. I'm gonna keep the game installed & keep on trying to beat the 1st campaign on the easy chip. Good job! :)
27 people found this review helpful
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konfa games
January 31, 2021
THANK YOU! Really

What’s new

- Fixes problems with resolution that were happening on some devices
- Ensures compliance with recent Google requirements