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Evil Genius

Elixir Studios · Rebellion · 2009-06-22

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 28, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Everybody wants to rule the world! Achieve global power with EVIL GENIUS, the one and only complete world domination simulator. All the everyday tasks of the deliciously wicked mastermind are available to experience and master from building your ultra-secret base to developing spectacular super-weapons to carry out your nefarious master...

14
playing now
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (37 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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Current store prices

GamersGate$1.00-90%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 14 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

2242026-08-06 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.792026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — best price $0.792026-08-07 — best price $0.792026-08-08 — best price $0.792026-08-09 — best price $0.792026-08-10 — best price $0.792026-08-11 — best price $0.792026-08-12 — best price $0.792026-08-17 — best price $1.002026-08-18 — best price $1.002026-08-19 — best price $1.002026-08-20 — best price $1.002026-08-21 — best price $1.002026-08-22 — best price $1.002026-08-23 — best price $1.002026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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