“Ordinary Seonghoon enters deadly god-selection game, using ruthless tricks to become all-powerful despite lacking talent.”
How to Live as a Villain
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Synopsis
Ordinary Seonghoon enters deadly god-selection game, using ruthless tricks to become all-powerful despite lacking talent.
"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! (Source: Naver, translated)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
What 9 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.66 · some divergence
4.2 pts
Recommenders 9.2 · others 5.0
↑ 3.11
Running avg · Jul 2023 → Feb 2026
- 9 “This is a story I would recommend if someone wants a villain story, and or good revenge. The character stays true to who he is from chapter 1. The last 30 or so chapters towards the ending really...”
- 9 “I love this series for the characters 9/10... story 9/10, art 8/10...the art really conveys the cynical nature of the mc. The mc is a great fraud...i believe he is more like if light yagami spawned...”
- 10 “How to Live as a Villain stands out as one of the more unique manhwas in the isekai genre. The mix of gods, quests, and a structured survival system gives the world a sense of depth that feels both...”
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 199 ch ch × vol
- Total read 26h 32m approx
- Published Nov 2021 – Jun 2025
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M65408 catalog