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Evil Genius 2: World Domination

Rebellion · 2021-03-30

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 30, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 30, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Nov 30, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 30, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!

113
playing now
69%
positive of 13k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

113 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Evil Genius 2: World Domination is a real-time strategy and simulation video game developed and published by Rebellion Developments. As the sequel to Evil Genius (2004), which was developed by the now-defunct Elixir Studios, the game was released for Microsoft Windows on 30 March 2021, and PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on 30 November 2021.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 113 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 328 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,344 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 265k–596k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,237 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$3.99-90%
GamersGate$4.00-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-03-26) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 55 of 69 observed days · $38.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.6k2.6k20212026Week of 2021-03-01: 931 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 341 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,616 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,728 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 289 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

216682026-08-06 22:00 — 131 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 75 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 162 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 137 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 87 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 155 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 153 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 99 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 191 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 140 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 68 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 137 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 110 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 70 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 138 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 105 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 74 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 158 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 149 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 72 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 129 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 146 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 100 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 131 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 149 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 72 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 112 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 155 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 113 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$1.992021-02-162026-08-282021-02-16 — best price $31.592021-04-11 — best price $35.892021-04-25 — best price $39.992021-05-19 — best price $35.892021-06-02 — best price $39.992021-07-16 — best price $39.992021-10-05 — best price $29.992021-11-01 — best price $39.992021-12-02 — best price $39.992022-01-06 — best price $29.992022-03-07 — best price $17.992022-05-23 — best price $39.992022-07-07 — best price $29.392022-08-26 — best price $29.992022-11-01 — best price $11.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-01-07 — best price $29.992023-03-16 — best price $9.992023-05-23 — best price $39.992023-07-21 — best price $7.802023-09-04 — best price $9.992023-11-17 — best price $7.802023-12-28 — best price $7.502024-03-18 — best price $7.502024-05-10 — best price $6.002024-07-31 — best price $39.992024-09-13 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992025-01-05 — best price $29.392025-04-04 — best price $29.992025-06-19 — best price $4.502025-08-09 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-12-12 — best price $4.802026-02-24 — best price $29.392026-04-01 — best price $29.992026-06-18 — best price $3.992026-08-11 — best price $3.192026-08-22 — best price $3.992026-08-28 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94%
earned "Moving In"
20%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing10 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)13,4330%90
PS5 (PlayStation)5,3302%60
PS4 (PlayStation)2,3282%60
PS4 (PlayStation)2,1331%60

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSFunnyMemesSequelSandboxViolentBuildingCartoonyStrategyManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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