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Plague Inc: Evolved cover art

Plague Inc: Evolved

Ndemic Creations · 2016-02-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

953
playing now
94%
positive of 66k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (172 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

953 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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
  • · 953 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7,542 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~943/week).
  • · Review velocity up 115% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 9,503 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.6M–3.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 65,535 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%
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 12 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.5k2.5k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek 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: 480 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 40 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k5022026-08-06 21:00 — 821 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 563 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 845 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 855 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 628 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 859 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 942 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 668 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 909 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 876 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 544 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 806 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 876 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 580 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 825 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 709 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 513 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 741 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 872 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 521 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 595 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 755 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 598 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 956 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,133 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 808 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 744 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,109 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 953 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — 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 $2.992026-08-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

226242026-05-28 — 60 pageviews2026-05-31 — 64 pageviews2026-06-03 — 46 pageviews2026-06-06 — 48 pageviews2026-06-09 — 46 pageviews2026-06-12 — 44 pageviews2026-06-15 — 36 pageviews2026-06-18 — 34 pageviews2026-06-21 — 34 pageviews2026-06-24 — 38 pageviews2026-06-27 — 94 pageviews2026-06-30 — 68 pageviews2026-07-03 — 59 pageviews2026-07-06 — 66 pageviews2026-07-09 — 66 pageviews2026-07-12 — 47 pageviews2026-07-15 — 35 pageviews2026-07-18 — 35 pageviews2026-07-21 — 46 pageviews2026-07-24 — 54 pageviews2026-07-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-30 — 24 pageviews2026-08-02 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 40 pageviews2026-08-08 — 28 pageviews2026-08-11 — 35 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-17 — 35 pageviews2026-08-20 — 30 pageviews2026-08-23 — 35 pageviews2026-08-25 — 45 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.5k02026-08-26 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 77 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 94 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 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…

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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