Readers are encouraged to avoid this game entirely. It has been accused of being a spyware program in disguise.
- Follow the Leader:
- The now-seemingly defunct Caesary, which was Evony IN ANCIENT ROME! It even followed through on a similar ad campaign built on misleading Sex Sells advertisements saying "One Click for a Roman Orgy! Click Now!"
- World of Lordcraft is another, even right down to the sexy ad campaign.
- Another popular knockoff is War2, set in World War II. There are several variants: The Stratagems, Glory, and Dawn of Nations. The Stratagems has the quirk of censoring Evony's name out of its in-game chat.
- Several other games, such as Glory of Rome, Galaxy Online, Global Warfare, Napoleonic Wars, Wartune, and Samurai Dynasty use the same basic engine and game concepts though set in different eras ranging from the Roman Empire to the far future. Wartune also has a similar ad campaign to Evony's in advertising it as a porn game.
- Battledawn is an interesting entry into the category in that you can choose from "fantasy, modern, or futuristic" eras to play in, though not much changes aside from reskins and resources used to build things. Said eras are completely separate, but one can play in all three at once if they so wish. The game "ends" every month, with the goal being to be the one to research then push the Big Red Button before anyone else.
- League of Angels has animated ads featuring boob-tastic footage lifted from other games (such as Dead or Alive) and even MMD videos (like this one
), and, on certain sites, even outright pornography lifted from various sources, none of which appear ingame.
- Referenced by...: One AdventureQuest ad featured a silhouette of a muscular male hero... and when the lights turned on, he turned out to be wearing nothing but his underwear. At that point, a skimpily-dressed elf popped out from the side of the frame and asked: "Pants, m'Lord?"
Readers are encouraged to avoid this game entirely. It has been accused of being a spyware program in disguise.
