The 10 Most Evil Villains In Video Games

Mr_Vorhias

A brief explanation before we begin. There have already been countless lists of the best villains in video games in the past, and chances are there are no two that are alike, but I like to think that my list is different in some aspects because I haven't let things like popularity of the character or the game it's in influence my decisions.

Here are some stipulations I set:

- The character cannot be evil by any sort of outside forces influencing him. If they had a rough childhood, if they're out for revenge, if they're being forced by a more powerful villain, he's disqualified from being on the list.
- The character cannot at some point have assisted the protagonist.
- The character cannot show any sort of remorse, guilt, shame, or otherwise any sort of human traits towards their misdeeds.
- If the character believes they are doing good, they are off the list. I offer some compromise to that rule with any robotic, or computerized characters, who generally don't believe in good or evil, but "necessity."

So as you can see from these guidelines, I wasn't just looking for evil.

I was looking for EVIL.

Originally this was meant to be a top 20, but since I can't post anymore than 10, here're the runners up:

Chances are you aren't gonna agree with EVERYTHING on the list, but isn't that what makes lists like these great anyway?

Anyway, here's the top 10:
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The Top Ten

1
Gannondorf (Legend of Zelda)

No one is creepy like him, He's huge, and evil, His laug is pure evil, he always knows how to get the princess for awhile, Gannondork your awesome

SmoothCriminal

He is so evil that he gets his ass handed to him every time by a little kid every time, and I and I can still forgive him, because he is so ruthless, in his actions and plans.

Ganondorf or better known as Ganon is the most the ultimate evil.
Ganon doesn't have any comical traits, he is cunning, powerful, cruel and merciless.
Fitting for his traits he possesses the Triforce of Power and his beast form is a boar like monster.
Ganon and Andross from Starfox used to give me nightmres when I was a kid.

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2Bowser (Super Mario)
Bowser is pure evil. His goal to repeatedly kidnap Princess Peach is only fueled by the hate and envy he harbors towards Mario. His army is a group of henchmen that he doesn't give a damn about - he doesn't even flinch as he places them near the greatest pits of danger, lava, deep holes and is basically using them as a shield. He doesn't care for any other life other than his own and Princess Peach's. And he is only desperate to keep Princess Peach alive for the sake of seeing the anguish in Mario as he himself saves the ability to feast over her.
I like boweser. I got bowser for christmas and got him. He is my top most favorite evil character in mario and possibly the whole world. He may even kill that dead bowser guy and skulleteans an zombies can't die. That's how powerful bowser is. Plus bowser managed to steal peach AND taske over the world. Ganondorf ruled nothing and is an idiot. I beat him with ONE move!
First of all, I was very ticked off by the fact that you idiots thinked that ganondorf is better than bowser. Bowser can easily crush ganondorf under his clawed feet, and bowser tooked over the universe TWICE! What did Ganondorf took over nothing!
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3GLaDOS (Portal)
Real-world consequence for failure: You have to do it again.
GLaDOS's consequence for failure: An unsatisfactory mark on your official testing record, followed by death.

Real-world consequence for success: Results may vary.
GLaDOS's consequence for success: You get dragged into a fire pit and burned alive, instead of the cake that you rightfully deserve and sincerely earned.

Not only does she try to kill you, like all videogame villains, she lies to you about things for which there is no excuse for lying.
Best. Villain. Ever. She's clever. She's mean. And she's really out to get you, without you noticing. Plus, someone who lies about cake must be really evil, right?

afpabon

She's sarcastic, and perhaps a little narcissistic, and continuously tries to put you down the entire game, saying that your character is adopted or fat, and cleverly insulting you over and over again. She's really funny, for an artificail intelligence robot that is. Her sense of humor is dry, bitter, and just cruel sometimes. The jokes are told to undermine any small sense of self-esteem you may have, or just frighten you without a direct threat. Props, GLaDOS, not just any villain can do that.
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4Kefka (Final Fantasy 6)
Merciless and completely unempathetic. Kefka seeks only the destruction of every living thing because he sees life as 'pointless'. If there's anything more evil than someone who wants to obliterate everything in existence then I don't want to know what that is.
Compared to all of the others, Kefka is the only villain that you actually WANT to kill. Only those who have played can understand.
Learn about the man's past (to a degree)

Also: Kefka was the first villain to aspire to godhood. And the only one to achieve it. Sephiroth eat you heart out!
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5Vladimir Makarov (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 & 3)
This list is crazy. Out of all these villains, it is likely that Makarov had the largest body count out of any of these charactors on this list(Sephiroth's total is disputable). He is an evil sadist who will do what ever it takes to get what he wants. I doubt any other villain on this list is as insane as this guy. I remember the airport massacre and I know for a fact that no other villain on this list did anything as cold blooded as that. The scary thing about Makarov is his determination and intelligence which gives him the advantage over his enemies. Also name another villain that kills more than one main charactor. I think we all enjoyed killing him more than any other on this list. I mean come on look at Ganandorf, he is supposed to be the "KING OF EVIL", yet he can't succeed in killing a little boy with a sword. I am going to admit it, I always found him boring, pathetic and extremly overrated. I can't think of one thing that he did that could hold a candle to what Makarov did. In conclusion, Makarov is the true videogame villain and performs the evilest acts on this list. Makaraov will always remain one of my favorite villains ever.R.I. P, Soap and Yuri

DarkLord

Pure evil, most evil villian in Call of Duty series. He is highly deranged, sadistic, ruthless, homicidal, emotionless, and psychotic, willing to slaughter anyone who stands in his way in cold blood. He is an intelligent and cunning leader with a good plan for European and world domination and gets thwarted and killed by Captain Price just as he is about to suceed.
Definitely the most evil character I would personally say, considering the fact he:
Has done two massacres or more.
Killed thousands of Marines.
Millions dead at his hand.
Vladimir would go has far as slaughtering his right hand man to get what he wants and
Loads more that I can't be bothered to list because there are so many reasons!
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6Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
No way could ganon EVER compete with Sephiroth... No WAY. For one ganon doesn't summon a big ass rock to slam into eart. In no way does Ganon intend to kill every living thing including the Earth. Remember Sephiroth desired to have Earth become his transport throughout the universe and destroy the other planets. and if ganon can't take the mastersword how the hell is he going to be able to compete with Masarume?
Sephiroth is the baddest villian of all time. He's been in two different game franchises and is always hardest to beat. And his sword is longer than any katana in gaming history. I mean the man has his own theme music when the chorus is an orchestra singing his name. Fight sephiroth in kingdom hearts 1 & 2 and tell me he isn't the baddest ever.
A lot of people don't know of the accomplishments sephiroth made as a villian, for some reason and it's quite annoying. I mean, the guy took control of an alien that destroyed planets for eons till her death 2000 years ago. Now that's badass. I understand, kefka deserves to be respected because he became a god.
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7The Joker (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
I personally think that the Joker should be number one. I love this guy so much! I cried when what happened to him in Arkham City. (Not giving out any spoilers. ) Come on guys. We need to get this guy to the main top! Or at least in the top 10 or 5 spot.
Dude its the Joker... Perhaps the most smartest and sickest villian ever... I don't even like DC comics and I love the Joker... Plus lets get a Comic villan in the top 10 of game villans...
Here is where I draw the line between good villain and true sadist. The Joker doesn't WANT batman dead like other villains. He wants him to LIVE in agony!
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8Wesker (Resident Evil 5)
Wesker betayed his girlfriend just to kill Chris and Sheva
Wesker has betrayed everybody he comes in contact with he should be number one he could kick anybody's pathetic ass on this list. How dare you place him as number thirteen!
He's evil. He betrays everyone he has to in order to follow his plans. And has superhuman strength!
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9Darth Vader (multiple Star Wars games)

Crazy in the force unleashed. He sticks a lightsaber right through the apprentice's chest. EVIL.

Evil so yeh he is pretty evil but good in theend which makes him more evil

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10Nikita Dragovich (Call of Duty Black Ops)

Nikita is evil because she is willing to wipe out anyone in his path for no other reason to destroy human life. You never really know what he's out there for. It is stated even the Kremlin doesn't know his full plan. He came so close to wiping out our entire country. He is ultimately one of the only Call of Duty villains allowed because he isn't out for revenge. He isn't being forced. Makarov, Shepard Zakheav, all have something to fight for. Dragovich does what he does because he simply wants to destroy life. Period.


The Contenders

11Mileena (Mortal Kombat)

Come on guys. This woman is creepy and very powerful. Her sexy body is impressive and those sharp-razor teeth only makes her more special
Mileena rulez!

Alexandr

Very creepy and eats human beings when she is a human herself I think and she tried to seduce her sister in mortal kombat 9 and really hard to defeat and her fatalties are really freaky


12Jacqueline Natla (Tomb Raider)

well not the most evil I guess
but oh well; she is the only reoccurring adversary in the whole series

Well... She is such a great villain! Very cool... indeed...

Silverstream101

great villain, determined and willing to go over her family gods or even the whole humanity solely to fulfil her will... love her anniversary version... so evil...

krycekuva


13Dieker (The Saboteur)

14Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)

Why Andrew Ryan? Simple.
Andrew Ryan isn't your usual villain. His personality is well delevoped, and it's slowly revealed over the game. He's a man of ideals. He constructed a city in the bottom of the ocean. He's just... just... reactive!

RigasUT


15Dr. Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)

16Carlo Falcone (Mafia II)

17King K. Rool (Donkey Kong Country)

18Rudolf Ulbricht von Sturmgeist (Medal of Honor: Frontline)

19Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)

don't know how he was missed out, was a class act


20Alberto Clemente (Mafia II)

21General Shepherd (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)
Stupid he should be num. 5 because he killed Ghost. Ghost was the best guy in the game.

22Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog 2006)

Mephiles should be on the top. For one thing, he wants to make others cry. He helped Iblis destroy the planet, too. He craves destruction, is a cold, ruthless villan, he likes killing others, he is highly intelligent (not smart enough to make evil machines like eggman, but still very smart), and he can join with Iblis and be so powerful only Sonic, Shadow, and Silver all together in their super forms can destroy him. Too bad he can't appear in more Sonic games, though.

Although his only game appearance was a flop, there is no question that this dark being is truly evil. After being freed, he took out his frustrations on Shadow, who later in the game travels back in time to seal Mephiles in the Scepter of Darkness. After teleporting Rouge, Shadow and himself into the dystopian future, Mephiles then tricked Silver and Blaze into thinking that killing Sonic would save their world. Mephiles also planted the seeds of doubt in Omega's head, reminding the robot that it was he who had captured and imprisoned Shadow in the future. Twice Mephiles tried to coerce Shadow into helping him, but Shadow bluntly refused both times. In the end, Mephiles killed Sonic to make Elise cry, thus releasing Iblis from within the princess so that Mephiles could join with Iblis and once again become Solaris.

CopycatTheUnknown

Why isn't this guy at the top? He's the only villain in the whole franchise who actually managed to kill sonic.

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23Andross (Star Fox)
He doesn't toy with the power he has. He would destroy the Lylat System if he wanted to. He easily he invaded the Lylat System is Star Fox for SNES and Star Fox 64.

24Sovereign (Mass Effect)

Pure evil, with dire intentions even beyond comprehension...

Savastano20

No remorse for any life in the Galaxy. Brought about the destruction of Galactic Civilization every 50,000 years for countless millions of years. Uses deception and any resources without second thought to achieve its goals. It's so evil that it seeks nothing except the destruction of all life, period.

He and the reapers have extintted civilizations thousands of times.
He also is willing to controll the minds of others to achieve thsi goal.
He uses the most ruthless tactics and will stop at nothing to destoy organic life

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25The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

26SHODAN (System Shock)

The blueprint of what future villains like GLaDOS would become, SHODAN would torture you before you even get to face her in combat. Taunting you over PA systems, cutting off friendly radio transmissions, and watching you from the computer monitors with a cold, and unfeeling stare.

Oh, yeah... And she hates humans... well not necessarily, being a computer program she's incapable of real emotion, so she doesn't necessarily HATE humans... it's just that her infallible internal can't comprehend how something so pathetic and worthless can exist.

Mr_Vorhias


27Officer Tenpenny (GTA : San Andreas)

very very evil, but why isn't dimitri
from gta 4 on here


28Luca Gurino (Mafia II)

29Gnasty Gnorc (Spyro The Dragon)

30Hitler (Wolfenstein 3D)

31The Enemy Paddle (Pong)
Yes, you will follow the ball, yes you will bounce it back, BUT THIS GAME'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS! DIE, BATTERY, DIE ALREADY!

Oreanta

This should be number one. It's definitely an enemy of mine.

nallimcamybloc

IT ALWAYS BEATS ME! AAARRGGHH!

SaintJimmy

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32Al Asad (Call of Duty 4)

33Porky Minch (Mother 3)

34The Overmind (Starcraft)

35Brian O' Neil (Mafia II)

36Emile Dufraisne (Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent)

37Luca Blight (Suikoden 2)

having played the game often enough I can say that luca blight definitely deserves rank 1, with no doubt

This guy is pure evil, He kills thousands and starts a war for no reason other than hate, That and he is tough as well.

I played the game over and over again. only to see this person just a maniac who want to kill everyone in city state. super strong madness. kill thousand people and send all survival to be eaten alive. this guy is evil in human flesh...

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38Solidus Snake (Metal Gear Solid)

Can´t Forget about The Baddest MF Ever In Gaming History


39Molluck (Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee)

Mullock went to extreme lengths to kill Abe!


40Hojo (Final Fantasy 7)

Yes, yes, it's oh-so-obvious to put Sephiroth on this list isn't it? After all he tops just about every damn evil villain list you can find. Well beans to that, I say. Sephiroth's not on this list, instead we've got the evil scientist responsible for putting that god complex into Sephy's mind in the first place.

And that's just the icing on the cake for this guy, not to mention his contempt for his fellow man, (Shrugging off countless Sephiroth clones that killed themselves to make it to the Northern Crater) lack of scientific ethics, (Mercilessly experimenting on Red XIII, attempting at Aeris, and near the end of the game even himself. ) and that creepy slumping forehead of his that makes him look like Mr. Burns.

Mr_Vorhias


41Lavos (Chrono Trigger)

Its a giant alien parasite who invades worlds, destroys them, and creates a new generation to carry on. This is not a villain who just destroys humanity; this is a villain that works over the course of millions of years in order to achieve its goals, and can cause infinite destruction throughout every planet that supports life in the universe. There is no kindness, mercy, or remorse of any kind. There is just destruction.

Salnax

Pretty much any villain whose bread and butter is killing entire civilizations to feed their own appetite is a shoe-in for this list. I've racked my brain for ways to best describe this spiny interdimensional butcher, and I've finally settled on this metaphor:

The Zerg Overmind with a time machine.

Mr_Vorhias


42Zeus (God of War2)

43Dormin (Shadow of the Colossus)

44Ogre (Tekken 3)

45Dimentio (Super Paper Mario)
He backstabbed Count Bleck, murdered Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser and Bleck's second in command Nastasia. He decieved his colleagues, was a double agent, and wrote the Dark Prognosticus, the book that caused the game's events. He captured Luigi, and an evil item called the Chaos Heart, effectively beginning the apocalypse foe every universe. His final music was epic though. :)

46Rez (Gex: Enter the Gecko)

47Imran Zakhaev (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)

48Donkey Kong (Super Mario)

49Alma (F.E.A.R)

50Cyrus (Pokemon)

He is my most hated character ever. Why? Because he is so mean in the 4th gen that I can't stand him. I loved the episode of pokemon where he went to a new world. He is much worst than Bowser. Bowser you are awesome, much better then this dude


51The Fury (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)

52Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid)

53Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)

54Vaas Montenegro (Far Cry 3)
Best character of 2012!
DO YOU WANT ME TO SLICE YOU LIKE I DID YOUR FRIEND, SHUT UP I AM THE ONE WITH THE DICK HERE
That should make it
Vaas should win character of the year at the VGA's!

55Combine (Half-Life 2)

56The Elder God (Legacy of Kain)

A nightmarish Cthulhu-like creature, it's debatable whether the Elder God is in fact a god, but he's managed to convince a whole lot of people that he is. Whatever the case, he whets his appetite for evil throughout the series by driving the humans and vampires of Nosgoth to war against each other, parasitically feeding off of Nosgoth's Wheel of Fate, (A supernatural lifecycle) leads the naive protagonist Raziel on every which way, basically sending him after anything that could possibly be forseen as a threat to him...

Pretty much every event that led up to Nosgoth's downfall into an apocalyptic wasteland can be traced back to the Elder God.

It's at this point now that I'd like to submit forth my theory that any villain that's voiced by Tony Jay is a complete badass.

Mr_Vorhias


57Volgin (Metal Gear Solid 3)

58Ares (God of War)

59Mother Brain (Metroid)

60Smithy (Super Mario RPG)

It's one thing for a person to just want to take over whichever world the video game is set in, (If we were to include every single generic megalomaniacal villain in video gaming on this list, it would stretch for miles. ) but you have to be pretty damn evil to take the pleasant topic of wishes, and want to replace them all with weapons.

There's no better metaphor for it: It's akin to setting baskets full of kittens on fire.

Mr_Vorhias


61Sirrus (Myst)

62Diablo (Diablo I, Diablo II)

I feel like baal is more evil than diablo in the game. Plus diablo doesn't make that many appearances in the game.


63Mr. Burns (Simpsons Arcade)

64M. Bison (Street Fighter 2)

65Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal)

"Shut up and bleed you mother -. " Do I need to quote sweet tooth anymore to make you think how evil he is? He entered twisted metal (2011) which is a demolition derby that allows the use of missiles and other potentially deadly weapons to attempt to kill your enemies for a wish. Whats sweet tooth`s wish? To kill one person who got away from him. If you`re risking your life to kill only one person, you must be evil. Lets not forget that he a serial killer either.

He's the face on every cover of the Twisted Metal series. He's a mass murdering clown that puts guys like Joker to shame.


66Jack of Blades (Fable)

I don't care what anyone says, this guy is one of the most evil characters I've ever seen in my life and earns #1 on my list. He can suck the souls of heroes and lvie eternally by promising them power using his mask. He can kill a mother and rip out the eyes of a daughter without remorse. He can raise a mage from childhood and later let him be killed when he has no more use of him. He can tempt an heiress to kill her beloved sister so she herself can become mayor. IDK bout you guys, but I think this dude is pretty damn mean and badass.

Dead_Frozen

Even AFTER you kill him the first time, and are preparing to kill him in dragon form, he telepathically speaks to you, trying to convince you to kill your loved ones (The Guildmaster, who raised you, Thunder, your best friend's brother, and even your own mother. ) just so he can get the chance to kill you.

This guy is a complete badass. I don't understand how any of these guys can match up to the legendary Jack of Blades in Albion. He has an impact on your entire hero's life from birth, nothing is more evil than that.

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67Hector LeMans

It's one thing to do a lot of deplorable stuff in life, but apparently that wasn't enough for Grim Fangando's antagonist, who was based off of Sydney Greenstreet's character in Casablanca. During one of the final confrontations with Manny, Hector admits that when he was alive he'd been a "Very bad boy. " Which we can only assume means he killed a crapload of people.

It's later heard that in the afterlife he's already managed to "sprout" (The equivalent of shooting someone in Grim Fandango, which causes the already dead residents of the Underworld to literally push up daisies. ) over 500 people. As if it wasn't enough that his master plan was to steal tickets to heaven from otherwise deserving people and sell them to rich people. (Which he still did, even after learning that the tickets wouldn't work for the rich people. )

Even after death Hector kept on being an evil evil guy... Geez. Isn't time for a break or something?

Mr_Vorhias


68Dr. Wily (Mega Man)

69Vamp (Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4)

Pure Evil With No Remorse


70Giovanni (Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen)

Actually not as bad as you think, it depends on your type of evil. Do you think of evil as taking pokemon then this is for you but if you are thinking about altering earth, go to a different game like RSE, DP and BWG


71Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)

72Maxie (Pokémon Ruby and Emerald)

73Dagoth Ur

master of deception, very pyschologically evil


74King Boo (Super Mario Series)

He Never Dies Does He? He never takes things seriously, unless it's after-life threatining. In Conclusion, He's awesome.


75Giygas (EarthBound)

76AM (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream)

This thing is EVIL. It destroyed humanity but kept five alive for more than a hundred years so he could torture them every day.

dark2025


77Dahlia Hawthorne (Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations)

78Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego)

She is the most wanted criminal ever and this year she attempted to change the history of terror do she would be a terrorist too. With a single shocking theft she could start World War I!


79Blaze (Mortal Kombat Armageddon)

80Mike Tyson (Punch Out)

81Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)

He almost destroyed the realm of light(and the plants in it) for the sake of curiosity how is the not evil


82Gene (Metal Gear Solid: Portable OPS)

83Mr. L (Super Paper Mario)

84Tanya (Mortal Kombat)

85Malcolm Bertruger (DOOM 3)

86Zoran Lazarevic (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves)

87Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

He's actually not too evil, since all he wants to do is win a competion, but since the murderous, I hate everything that lives Bakura isn't on here...


88Ghetsis Harmonia (Pokemon Black and White)
Ghetsis is as evil as satan! He tries to steal yo pokemon and when yo defeat him, he says he's sorry and runs off. I don't know if the last part is true or not because I haven't played pokemon BW in a long long time

89Mortimer McMire (Commander Keen)

90Victor Von Doom (Ultimate Alliance)

He was the hardest dude to beat, it took about 30 hours!


91Ghaleon (Lunar)

... A He's hateable to absolutely no end, and thus he's earned the title of "That villain that's seems real. "

MasterH

Who could forget that even laugh and those piercing glares from the FMV scenes...


92Kamek (Super Mario World)

93Harbinger (Mass Effect 2)

94Dr. Breen (Half-Life 2)

95Naruto

96Orochimaru (Naruto)

97Greevil (Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness)

98Tabuu (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)

99Cesare Borgia (Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood)

100Ridley (Metroid)

This guy is amazing. He killed Samus's parents, leads the stinking Space Pirates, and has been hunting down Samus for a long time. I don't want him at 1, but let's get him higher.

bubbles1111

He's cares for no one, he killed Samus's parents and leads an army of blood sucking space pirates. How much more evil can you get than that?

lewieboy124


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