Dark Sorcerer's Delight
Games where being an astonishingly evil wizard is possible and distinct from being a normal wizard, or even just the only option. Ideally very involved gameplay mechanics or changes the story. Probably won't include too many adventure games on here, but if there's notable examples I'll add them.
As the inclusion of ACS and Cultist Sim indicates, doesn't necessarily have to be a dnd wizard. That being said stuff like VTM: Bloodlines I'm not going to count because even the wizard vampires are more vampire than wizard in the end.
As the inclusion of ACS and Cultist Sim indicates, doesn't necessarily have to be a dnd wizard. That being said stuff like VTM: Bloodlines I'm not going to count because even the wizard vampires are more vampire than wizard in the end.
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Shapers dress like what you'd find if you searched for "evil wizard costume" in a Spirit Halloween.
I'm going to trust the title.
Even if the evil wizards are mostly indistinguishable from the good ones, the aesthetics sell it here.
Just pick chaos. Counts for any of these games.
I'm not sure how far you can actually go as an evil kingdom in this, but I imagine it counts if Morrowind counts because of the Telvanni.
Mortals might as well be consumables in this game.
More like playing Sauron but your henchmen can be evil wizards.
Comical amounts of evil wizards.
Pretty much the entire reason this list exists.
Descent into Darkness campaign.
I never got far enough to see if there's opportunities to be an evil wizard here, but I'd be more surprised if there weren't.
A lot of flavors of evil wizard here.
Putting this because it's my favorite and there's a whole evil campaign in this.
Saruman is quintessential.
I only played a tiny bit of this but I remember one of the races is just actual demons.
Gonna be honest I had no idea what I was doing in this one, but it felt vaguely sinister.
Like Shadows of Forbidden Gods going evil here is more like playing Sauron but you certainly will have some evil wizards as your followers. Starting the end of the world is an option.
Law route is more intense than a lot of the other games on this list, so I'm putting this here even if you're probably not making Denam a necromancer.
Primordial example.
Included just because the Telvanni are almost as definitional as Sacrifice.
Necromancers are pretty much the metabuild in this game.
The gimmick here is you're evil wizards as far as I remember (I do not remember this game much at all.)
Demons and undead.
Series I've always kind of neglected, but I believe there's some solid evil choices in these. 2 I remember letting you play on the side of the evil brother.