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Plague Inc: Evolved

Ndemic Creations · 2016-02-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Feb 18, 2016 (Mac), Sep 18, 2015 (Xbox One), Feb 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 18, 2016 (Linux), Aug 02, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), May 31, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

Plague Inc: Evolved is a 2016 Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (94% of 65880 reviews) sentiment.

523
playing now
94%
positive of 66k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (172 ratings)
14
Nexus mods (63k downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (4,169 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

523 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Plague Inc: Evolved is a 2015 real-time strategy simulation video game, developed and published by UK-based independent games studio Ndemic Creations. The game is a remake of the developer's previous game, Plague Inc., adapted for PC and consoles. In the game, the player creates and evolves a pathogen in an effort to destroy the world with a deadly plague. The game uses an epidemic model with a complex and realistic set of variables to simulate the spread and severity of the plague, and has attracted the attention of the CDC.

Trailer

Plague Inc: Evolved trailer thumbnail

Plague Inc: Evolved Official Launch Trailer

≈428,334 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 523 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,529 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~941/week).
  • · Review velocity up 95% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,339 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.7M–4.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 66,344 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 25 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.5k2.5k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,513 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,126 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,703 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,077 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 668 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,523 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,100 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,448 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k3542026-09-15 11:00 — 436 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 557 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 394 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 539 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 769 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 437 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 388 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 625 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 458 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 478 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 579 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 401 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 354 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 750 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 897 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 746 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,180 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,160 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 671 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,005 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,026 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 559 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 540 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 523 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.4k222Feb 2014Aug 2026Feb 2014 — avg 900 · peak 1,686Jun 2014 — avg 747 · peak 4,010Oct 2014 — avg 493 · peak 1,155Feb 2015 — avg 267 · peak 525Jun 2015 — avg 316 · peak 1,102Oct 2015 — avg 389 · peak 847Feb 2016 — avg 739 · peak 2,847Jun 2016 — avg 344 · peak 1,205Oct 2016 — avg 613 · peak 3,203Feb 2017 — avg 344 · peak 603Jun 2017 — avg 783 · peak 2,289Oct 2017 — avg 772 · peak 3,756Feb 2018 — avg 409 · peak 862Jun 2018 — avg 453 · peak 1,275Oct 2018 — avg 366 · peak 1,183Feb 2019 — avg 408 · peak 765Jun 2019 — avg 437 · peak 1,824Oct 2019 — avg 304 · peak 536Feb 2020 — avg 2,207 · peak 6,919Jun 2020 — avg 326 · peak 979Oct 2020 — avg 303 · peak 1,008Feb 2021 — avg 977 · peak 3,171Jun 2021 — avg 436 · peak 912Oct 2021 — avg 332 · peak 778Feb 2022 — avg 393 · peak 755Jun 2022 — avg 434 · peak 826Oct 2022 — avg 355 · peak 863Feb 2023 — avg 437 · peak 971Jun 2023 — avg 410 · peak 1,109Oct 2023 — avg 365 · peak 868Feb 2024 — avg 316 · peak 528Jun 2024 — avg 461 · peak 1,051Oct 2024 — avg 363 · peak 856Feb 2025 — avg 414 · peak 722Jun 2025 — avg 1,230 · peak 5,379Oct 2025 — avg 453 · peak 923Feb 2026 — avg 584 · peak 1,193Jun 2026 — avg 1,551 · peak 7,056Aug 2026 — avg 795 · peak 1,407
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
70702026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 28 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 10 new positive2026-09-24: 12 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 11 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 6 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 10 new positive2026-10-03: 21 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 22 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 70 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 33 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 24 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 21 new positive2026-10-09: 23 new positive2026-10-10: 30 new positive2026-10-11: 22 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 17 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 17 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $12.742015-10-29 — best price $10.492016-03-04 — best price $13.492016-08-01 — best price $8.992016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-04-29 — best price $14.992017-09-05 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-04-02 — best price $14.992018-08-06 — best price $14.992018-12-10 — best price $5.992019-05-10 — best price $5.992019-08-15 — best price $14.992019-12-08 — best price $6.002020-01-22 — best price $5.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-12-08 — best price $14.992021-02-25 — best price $14.992021-07-05 — best price $5.092021-10-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-04-11 — best price $5.092022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-10-25 — best price $5.092023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-04-24 — best price $14.992023-09-04 — best price $14.992024-03-04 — best price $4.492024-07-14 — best price $14.992024-12-16 — best price $14.992025-04-21 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-04-09 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

94212026-05-28 — 60 pageviews2026-06-01 — 50 pageviews2026-06-05 — 80 pageviews2026-06-09 — 46 pageviews2026-06-13 — 54 pageviews2026-06-17 — 36 pageviews2026-06-21 — 34 pageviews2026-06-25 — 56 pageviews2026-06-29 — 70 pageviews2026-07-03 — 59 pageviews2026-07-07 — 47 pageviews2026-07-11 — 47 pageviews2026-07-15 — 35 pageviews2026-07-19 — 59 pageviews2026-07-23 — 47 pageviews2026-07-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-31 — 33 pageviews2026-08-04 — 40 pageviews2026-08-08 — 28 pageviews2026-08-12 — 34 pageviews2026-08-16 — 38 pageviews2026-08-20 — 30 pageviews2026-08-24 — 31 pageviews2026-08-28 — 29 pageviews2026-09-01 — 33 pageviews2026-09-05 — 38 pageviews2026-09-09 — 33 pageviews2026-09-13 — 45 pageviews2026-09-17 — 25 pageviews2026-09-21 — 26 pageviews2026-09-25 — 29 pageviews2026-09-29 — 32 pageviews2026-10-03 — 36 pageviews2026-10-07 — 68 pageviews2026-10-11 — 42 pageviews2026-10-14 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4002026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
90.6%
earned "Evolve your disease"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera Comfort3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2014-09-10, latest 2026-04-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)97,6900%250
PS4 (PlayStation)8,9415%61
Xbox One (Xbox)7,0431%187
Switch (Nintendo)1220%0

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

2DIndieCasualZombiesStrategyTacticalAddictiveDifficultRealisticSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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