Games like MachiaVillain
Games like MachiaVillain include Prison Architect, Oxygen Not Included, Cities: Skylines, Manor Lords, and Evil Genius 2: World Domination. We matched them by the tags players give MachiaVillain on Steam (Indie, Strategy, Simulation, Villain Protagonist, and Base Building): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Prison Architect
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Base Building

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Base Building · Building · Management

Cities: Skylines
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Management

Manor Lords
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Base Building

Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Villain Protagonist

RimWorld
Shared: Strategy · Base Building · Management

Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Management

Foundation
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Management

Against the Storm
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Base Building

Factorio
Shared: Base Building · Strategy · Sandbox

Game Dev Tycoon
Shared: Indie · Simulation · Strategy

Cities: Skylines II
Shared: Simulation · Building · Strategy

Jurassic World Evolution
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Building

Startup Company
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Indie

Jurassic World Evolution 2
Shared: Simulation · Management · Strategy

Dyson Sphere Program
Shared: Base Building · Simulation · Building

Production Line : Car factory simulation
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Management

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Base Building

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Base Building

Transport Fever 2
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Management

Planet Coaster
Shared: Simulation · Management · Strategy

Empires of the Undergrowth
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Base Building

Banished
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Indie

Tavern Master
Shared: Simulation · Management · Strategy