How to Live as a Villain

Description

“You have been chosen as a player in the great game to select the next god’s successor, the Mission! Congratulations!”

Seonghoon has suddenly fallen into another world to participate in a game to become a god. This other world that is akin to that of a game contains players who cooperate and also kill each other in cold blood…!!

Seonghoon, a person without an ounce of talent, uses wicked and crude tricks to become an all-powerful player!

Original Novel:
Naver Series, KakaoPage, Joara

Original Webtoon:
Naver Webtoon, Naver Series

Official Translation:
Indonesian, S.Chinese, Thai

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Akdangi Saraganeun Beop

Como vivir como un villano

How a Villain Lives

How the Villain Lives

Living like a Villain

Истинный злодей

Как жить злодеем

ศึกชิงบัลลังก์เทพเจ้า

坏人的生存法则

악당이 살아가는 법

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Latest Release(s)

c.194-199 by RESET SCANS & Utoon 1 week ago

c.199 by SnowMTL 2 weeks ago

c.192-193 by RESET SCANS & Utoon 1 month ago

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Status in Country of Origin

199 Chapters (Complete)

S1: 65 Chapters (1~65)
S2: 134 Chapters (66~199)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 6.9 / 10.0 (121 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.77 / 10.0

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Last Updated

July 31st, 2025 11:15am PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Action Drama Fantasy Shounen
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

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Artist(s)

Lee Masik [Add]

Year

2021

Original Publisher

Daewon C.I.

Naver

Serialized In (magazine)

Naver Series (Naver)

Naver Webtoon (Naver)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #705

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Monthly Pos #1059

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3 Month Pos #1361

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6 Month Pos #1557

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Year Pos #1603

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List Stats

On 661 reading lists

On 141 wish lists

On 35 completed lists

On 57 unfinished lists

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by DracoXXX
4 weeks ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It's 1 of a kind manhwa where the MC is genuinely evil & not for the sake of revenge.It started off really good cuz of the actions taken by the MC which was quite farfetched from the typical goody 2 shoes protagonists but as the story goes on it starts to falter.Though at times it does have it's moments but unfortunately it's never consistent. I also didn't enjoy the rushed ending, could've been dealt in a better manner but for what it's worth overall it was a fun & enjoyable read

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Became shit later on

by Kookiezi
1 year ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

It became shit after chapter 100, he's no longer pure evil and became a comedic villain. He's also not smart or even strong (there's like 100 people stronger than him, and he admit it himself), but he is cunning. There's also 0 romance or harem. It's just not worth it if you're looking for a calculative villain type MC, cause this guy power is literally luck/plot armor

... Last updated 1 year ago

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Not for everyone

by stupidcat9999
2 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

“This does put a smile in my face.” I got a good laugh on how insane mc is.

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I don’t get it

by historicalbean
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

I’m only two chapters in and it hasn’t grasped my attention so far. The mc’s personality seems very flat from chapter one. We know nothing about him so i’m not really interested to follow his journey. The story didn’t even set up good “let’s sprinkle info about him as the story progresses” characterization. Because from the first chapter, there’s nothing to grasp from the mc. Aside from his name and a few panels of him posing unnecessarily. Issa drop for me dawg.

... Last updated 2 years ago

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Starts well, but then it gets boring

by recca_cool
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

I read all the way to chapter 85, but no good character development... there are issues with pacing, and the MC isn't as interesting anymore.

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JUST AS THE TITLE PROMISES

by hoBRO
3 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

He is truly evil.. and ruthless. I'm not really that much of a pure evil fan though, so.. if you like evil villains, you might want to try this, I guess?

I read till 42 chapters.

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Fun spin

by serobins
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

Every bleeping Manhwa these days is “I’m in an MMORPG!” plus some twist.

This time the twist is “I’m in an MMORPG!” + Death Note.

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Evil for sake of evil

by CelicaSylphil
3 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

At time of review, chapter 29 read
the MC is lacking in talent compared to the 'top rankers' and thus decides to make up for it by being extremely selfish.

To get stats and even a slight tactical advantage, he's fine with killing. He'll act innocent or even play along. Try to divide and prevent the other players from reaching a peaceful conclusion etc etc.

While this much is true perhaps there were other ways the MC could have had the same outcome but without deaths and relying on pure trickery.

His existence is actually okay-ish inside the world itself. It's not like humans have to cooperate to beat it all. The gods organizing said 'game' have their own goals and thus there is a place for his character in said game world.

An entertaining read as long as you don't overthink it

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What is happening

by Jenkai
3 years ago

Rating: N/A

Kind of random and unsatisfying. The main character's motivations aren't clear and the game he's stuck in doesn't seem to have any clear rules. Is he playing to survive? To be the strongest? What's the point

No character development. We don't really get to know who the main is (besides he's always been antisocial, he just had to hide it IRL before the game) There's a side character that has more interesting back story than him

I really like the concept and wish it were fleshed out better. The first chapter got me pretty excited for more, but dropped it

... Last updated 3 years ago

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