Triomatica Games Announces Theatre-Themed Puzzle Game I Want to Play the Villain

Triomatica Games, the award-winning Ukrainian studio behind Boxville, has announced I Want to Play the Villain!, a theatre-themed logic puzzle game coming to PC, consoles, and mobile platforms. A free demo is set to launch on Steam on August 17th.

In this clever puzzle game, you must match actors to their roles to create the perfect show. Every character has unique ambitions, fears, and wishes, requiring you to rearrange the cast, switch costumes, and alter the modular story to make everyone happy. Explore unique chapters, each featuring distinct settings and mechanics where a single change transforms the entire performance.

What We Can Expect

• Solve clever theatre-themed logic puzzles.

• Explore unique chapters, each with its own setting, characters, mechanics, and story.

• Change modular stories to create different performances and outcomes.

• Learn each actor’s personality, preferences, ambitions, and fears to solve increasingly challenging puzzles.

• Every performance is different. Can you create the perfect show?

My Thoughts

This looks so charming, and a theatre-based logic puzzle game is right up my alley. My love of theatre goes back over thirty years, so diving into a world of stage production immediately feels like home. Although it is a completely different game thematically and stylistically, it still reminds me of Once Upon a Puppet, which landed securely in my top ten games of 2025. I am looking forward to exercising my mind and seeing what kind of creative puzzles they have waiting backstage.