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Evil Genius 2: World Domination

Rebellion · 2021-03-30

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Evil Genius 2: World Domination is a 2021 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $39.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 13,242 reviews).

84
playing now
69%
positive of 13k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (4 downloads)
4.24★
PlayStation Store rating (1,325 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

84 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

Evil Genius 2: World Domination trailer thumbnail

Evil Genius 2: World Domination trailer - PC Gaming Show 2019

≈335,357 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 84 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 3% of 16,801 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 265k–596k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,242 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.59-96%
Steam$3.99-90%
Microsoft Store$3.99-90%
GamersGate$4.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Fanatical (2026-09-14) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 77 of 91 observed days · at its 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

208622026-09-15 12:00 — 104 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 119 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 72 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 127 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 178 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 74 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 78 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 122 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 84 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 122 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 128 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 79 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 66 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 117 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 134 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 80 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 116 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 114 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 76 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 152 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 170 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 86 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 85 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 84 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.3k122Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 7,281 · peak 26,509Jun 2021 — avg 467 · peak 890Aug 2021 — avg 368 · peak 690Oct 2021 — avg 409 · peak 1,050Dec 2021 — avg 457 · peak 929Feb 2022 — avg 617 · peak 1,709Apr 2022 — avg 285 · peak 588Jun 2022 — avg 207 · peak 479Aug 2022 — avg 190 · peak 365Oct 2022 — avg 149 · peak 299Dec 2022 — avg 240 · peak 491Feb 2023 — avg 201 · peak 414Apr 2023 — avg 201 · peak 369Jun 2023 — avg 146 · peak 279Aug 2023 — avg 165 · peak 313Oct 2023 — avg 149 · peak 316Dec 2023 — avg 168 · peak 412Feb 2024 — avg 144 · peak 292Apr 2024 — avg 984 · peak 4,742Jun 2024 — avg 193 · peak 541Aug 2024 — avg 174 · peak 331Oct 2024 — avg 153 · peak 292Dec 2024 — avg 180 · peak 363Feb 2025 — avg 161 · peak 308Apr 2025 — avg 432 · peak 1,458Jun 2025 — avg 153 · peak 300Aug 2025 — avg 142 · peak 265Oct 2025 — avg 138 · peak 313Dec 2025 — avg 212 · peak 563Feb 2026 — avg 142 · peak 268Apr 2026 — avg 138 · peak 284Jun 2026 — avg 189 · peak 571Aug 2026 — avg 122 · peak 224
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$1.592021-02-162026-10-122021-02-16 — best price $31.592021-04-14 — best price $35.892021-04-30 — best price $31.192021-05-28 — best price $35.892021-07-08 — best price $39.992021-10-05 — best price $29.992021-11-17 — best price $29.992021-12-08 — best price $19.992022-02-06 — best price $39.992022-05-15 — best price $39.992022-07-07 — best price $29.392022-09-06 — best price $39.992022-11-16 — best price $29.392022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-03-06 — best price $10.192023-05-23 — best price $39.992023-08-06 — best price $29.992023-10-16 — best price $7.492023-12-02 — best price $29.992024-02-24 — best price $29.992024-05-10 — best price $6.002024-08-02 — best price $39.992024-10-07 — best price $39.992024-12-13 — best price $3.002025-03-28 — best price $29.392025-06-19 — best price $4.502025-08-19 — best price $29.392025-11-18 — best price $29.992026-01-26 — best price $39.992026-03-27 — best price $29.392026-06-18 — best price $3.992026-08-13 — best price $3.992026-09-02 — best price $3.992026-09-17 — best price $1.592026-10-09 — best price $3.992026-10-12 — best price $1.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

53192026-06-01 — 38 pageviews2026-06-05 — 35 pageviews2026-06-09 — 23 pageviews2026-06-13 — 27 pageviews2026-06-17 — 20 pageviews2026-06-21 — 53 pageviews2026-06-25 — 50 pageviews2026-06-29 — 26 pageviews2026-07-03 — 44 pageviews2026-07-07 — 24 pageviews2026-07-11 — 29 pageviews2026-07-15 — 45 pageviews2026-07-19 — 39 pageviews2026-07-23 — 40 pageviews2026-07-27 — 28 pageviews2026-07-31 — 37 pageviews2026-08-04 — 32 pageviews2026-08-08 — 38 pageviews2026-08-12 — 40 pageviews2026-08-16 — 36 pageviews2026-08-20 — 37 pageviews2026-08-24 — 32 pageviews2026-08-28 — 39 pageviews2026-09-01 — 33 pageviews2026-09-05 — 43 pageviews2026-09-09 — 26 pageviews2026-09-13 — 40 pageviews2026-09-17 — 29 pageviews2026-09-21 — 21 pageviews2026-09-25 — 38 pageviews2026-09-29 — 24 pageviews2026-10-03 — 19 pageviews2026-10-07 — 31 pageviews2026-10-11 — 47 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2021-03-30, latest 2022-02-08 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSFunnyMemesSequelSandboxViolentBuildingCartoonyStrategyManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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