Playing the righteous hero gets incredibly boring after a while. Sometimes you just want to embrace your dark side, ignore the rules, and build a totally ridiculous empire. If you are entirely sick of saving the day, Tap Tap Evil: Idle Cash 8 bit lets you become the ultimate villain. It is a wildly funny, pixelated clicker where you run the underworld and do terrible things in the absolute coolest way possible.

BUILDING AN ARMY OF LOYAL HENCHMEN

You obviously can’t take over the world entirely by yourself. The best part of this game is hand picking a massive squad of deeply questionable henchmen to do all your dirty work.

These aren’t just generic, faceless grunts. You get to recruit a totally bizarre mix of characters who specialize in everything from brutal street combat to shady corporate business and unhinged mad science. Pouring your stolen cash into upgrading them is highly addictive. Pumping up their levels drastically boosts their speed, strength, and daily earning potential. You actually have to use your brain and think strategically about who you hire to ensure your evil operations run as smoothly as possible.

PLAYING THE BLACK MARKET LIKE A TYCOON

This isn’t just a mindless tapping game. It practically doubles as a dark web business simulator.

The black market trading system is where you actually make the heavy money. You get to sink your dirty cash into highly illegal assets like heavy explosives, weapons, and weird black market tech. The game actually hands you surprisingly intuitive market charts to read. You can literally predict market trends, buy low, and flip your shady investments for a massive, ridiculous profit. And if you get totally burned out on micromanaging the numbers? Just assign your top tier henchmen to automate the trades for you. It frees you up to sit back, relax, and watch your evil bank account absolutely explode while you plot your next big move.