Polygon highlights Tyranny, Obsidian Entertainment's 2016 dark fantasy CRPG, as a compelling pick for players seeking a genuinely villainous experience after finishing an evil playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. The article argues that while Baldur's Gate 3 rewards wicked choices with entertaining dialogue, it still nudges players towards mercy and can cut content if they stray too far into villainy; Tyranny, by contrast, offers no moral steering, casting players as an agent of a god-emperor who has already conquered the world.

In Tyranny, players take on the role of a Fatebinder serving the tyrant Kyros, with the freedom to devastate territories, destroy libraries and poison water supplies without in-game warnings or approval systems softening the consequences. Rather than a simple good-evil slider, the game tracks Favour and Wrath from factions and Loyalty and Fear from companions, allowing for complex, sometimes contradictory relationships, and combines real-time-with-pause combat with courtroom-style confrontations shaped by the player's choices.