Honkai Impact 3rd's New Event Caught Copying Steam Indie Game 'The Last Dictator' — Dev Already Called Them Out Once Before

Every patch, Honkai Impact 3rd rolls out a mini-game event — it's basically tradition at this point. But this time, the community caught something wild: the new mini-game is allegedly a near 1:1 clone of a Steam indie title called 'The Last Dictator' (魔王终局). Board placement, synergy builds, retreat mechanics — everything mirrors the original almost pixel-for-pixel.

The OP noted that the game was recently released (other commenters corrected this — it's actually been out for over a year, going for ¥20 on sale). They picked it up cheap and barely touched it, only to find HI3 had already 'paid tribute' at lightning speed. The side-by-side screenshots in the post tell the whole story.

The real gut punch? One commenter pointed out that the original dev of The Last Dictator already made a video calling out being copied once before — and now it's happened again. A fellow player helpfully dropped a screenshot as evidence. Double victimization of an indie dev, the kind of story that makes you lose faith.

The comment section was pure roast mode. Some went straight for the jugular: 'Can we even call it copying when miHoYo does it?' and 'miHoYo making something original would be the real news.' One user nailed it: 'HI3 clones one mini-game per patch — that's standard procedure. The worst part is they can't even get the copy right; the clones are always less fun.' The top-voted reply was a classic legal gray-area jab: 'Did they get sued? No? Then it's not copying. Gameplay mechanics can't be copyrighted anyway — that's the loophole.'

Others quipped that 'the efficiency of their 'homage' process is very industrialized now' — implying there's a well-oiled pipeline for borrowing ideas. Someone derailed the thread asking whether HI3 2.0 even has any popular waifu characters, noting they haven't seen a single spicy fan-art. And of course, the obligatory 'Without Honkai Impact 3rd, nobody would even know your game exists' troll comment made its appearance, drawing equal parts laughs and eye-rolls.

In short, HI3's proud tradition of 'one clone per patch' has been upheld once more, and this time the victim happens to be an indie dev who already publicly cried foul. The community's reaction has shifted from genuine outrage to resigned mockery — because at this point, miHoYo NOT copying something would be the real breaking news.