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Plague Inc: Evolved
Developer Ndemic Creations
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. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
469 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
LovedLoved
309 positive · 43 negative
95% range 84–91%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 309 | 43 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 11 | 3 | 96 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
28,797 of 30,724 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
88% recommend · 230 yes, 30 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 260 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (62,439 of 66,278 positive).
Players find the game fun but note it becomes repetitive after a few hours. [1][2][3] Some reviewers praise the strategic depth and variety of disease types. [4][5][6] Greenland is a common source of frustration and humor among players. [7][8][9]
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- [16]
Extremely repetitive, every run is basically the same and even the more unique scenarios are repetitive once you've already played them once. The newer content is not as good and now they're starting to paywall it. I also take issue with requiring the game to communicate with Ndemic's servers in order to save any data. Not only does it make it pointless to play the game if you're offline, but if those servers are …
- [7]
everyone is dead exept greenland. greenland is entirely uninfected. cure 95% i am praying. 96%... 97%... 98...... someone in greenland infected!!! infection spreading! yes YES YES!!! greenland bombs infected cities. i hate this game. i hate greenland. its so fun buy it 9/10 (real game btw)
- [4]
Probably one of the most deranged and satisfying pieces of edutainment out there. You'll probably start off playing every disease type the same: starting in a poor country, staying stealthy and hardly evolving symptoms until the world is mostly infected. But give it a few runs and some Wikipedia surfing and you'll soon find yourself running strategies like: - If I start in Saudi Arabia with an ATP boost, I can …
- [5]
Plague Inc is a very unique game to me, as it blends horror with strategy; you play as a disease, and your job is to infect the entire world and kill everyone. A concept that scares me in a way, but makes for some fun gameplay. Plague Inc has also just received a new DLC called Aliens and Anti-Vaxxers at the time of writing this review, which brings in some new scenarios and content for the game. Gameplay The …
- [11]
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/10, still obsessed. I used to play Plague Inc: Evolved way before COVID was even a thing, back when it was just me sitting there trying to wipe out humanity between classes 😭. After 7 years, I randomly got back into it and somehow it's even more fun now. I love that it's one of those games where you actually have to think instead of just clicking buttons. Every run feels different, and there's something so …
Summarised from 34 of the 353 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Plague Inc: Evolved talk about fun and satisfying gameplay with strategic depth; those who didn't talk about low replayability and repetitive gameplay after a few runs. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Xbox One version of Plague Inc. Evolved has received "generally favorable reviews" from review aggregator Metacritic. Critics gave the game an average score of 80 out of 100. In March 2016, the Italian edition of Eurogamer gave the game a 7 out of 10 score, praising the game for its relatively complex gameplay but mildly criticising it for a lack of depth caused by its origins as a mobile game. In October 2015, GamesRadar+ rated the game a 4 out of 5, stating that the game is a "delicate balancing act". The game experienced an increase in sales at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The developer chose to give Plague Inc. The Cure out for free on some platforms until the pandemic…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 469 · most liked firsteveryone is dead exept greenland. greenland is entirely uninfected. cure 95% i am praying. 96%... 97%... 98...... someone in greenland infected!!! infection spreading! yes YES YES!!! greenland bombs infected cities. i hate this game. i hate greenland. its so fun buy it 9/10 (real game btw)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is good, but the main question I keep coming back to is why would you actually buy it on Steam? Most people already know Plague Inc is a solid game, but the issue is that after one or two playthroughs with each sickness, you have probably already experienced around 80 percent of what the game has to offer. The remaining content mostly feels aimed at completionists or very dedicated players going for full 100 percent runs. Because of that, I find it hard to fully recommend this game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Something that I've been playing again recently (because it got a new DLC) is Plague Inc: Evolved. Man, you want to talk about something that reminds me of the "old internet" it's this morbidly distracting little game. Shout out to the old heads that remember when this was just a browser game.
positive · AI labelView post →Fun game, but with low replayability value. At least in my case, I find myself coming back to this game sometimes (the last time I played it was on mobile in 2020) but I get bored of it quickly after a few games, because the gameplay is mostly the same no matter how much content is added.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The new strain of covid being less severe but highly contagious makes me think about that old mobile game, Plague Inc. The strategy in that game is to make your virus as benign but as contagious as possible, so when EVERYONE has it, you can start mutating more and more severe symptoms easily.
neutral · AI labelView post →Probably one of the most deranged and satisfying pieces of edutainment out there. You'll probably start off playing every disease type the same: starting in a poor country, staying stealthy and hardly evolving symptoms until the world is mostly infected. But give it a few runs and some Wikipedia surfing and you'll soon find yourself running strategies like: - If I start in Saudi Arabia with an ATP boost, I can beeline towards Projectile Vomiting to get an early boost in infectivity. Combine…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely repetitive, every run is basically the same and even the more unique scenarios are repetitive once you've already played them once. The newer content is not as good and now they're starting to paywall it. I also take issue with requiring the game to communicate with Ndemic's servers in order to save any data. Not only does it make it pointless to play the game if you're offline, but if those servers are shut down then the save data is lost and progression stops working.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game recognizes us for what we truly are: a statistic waiting to be zeroed out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Same game as it was ten plus years ago as a free game. It's fine at a steep discount but unless you really dig deep into the strategies, each round feels the same.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's just one playstyle, if you want to win. If you want to have fun, or experiment, you will lose.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the game, I've completed most of it including the dlcs but I hate the rng of it all. You can play a level, infect the world and they'll cure everything before you win. You can run the exact same level with all the same settings, choices and starting point and you'll get a wildly different result. Everything from obliterating the world rapidly to being completely cured within minutes. Your choices are more suggestions than genuine influences. I tested this many many times in many many…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Went from playing Plague inc on an IPad when I was younger to living it every 5 years or so in real life as an adult 10/10, Soundtrack is amazing too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like we're teetering on the edge of a real life version of the game Plague Inc. and the humanity-ending parasitic disease is going to start in the U.S. I do hope we remember to close the airports and shipping lanes fast enough.
neutral · AI labelView post →love the game but wish it was updated with hd graphics. its so pixilated i can barely read the text
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NEW: Plague Inc, one of the top paid mobile games ever, got a surprise sequel today After Inc is a city-builder/4X strategy about what happens after a major pandemic “I've tried to make a more happy and optimistic game this time,” designer James Vaughan told me www.gamefile.news/p/after-inc-...
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s like they know they’re in a game of Plague Inc
neutral · AI labelView post →After 15 years it still slaps, and a lot of new surprisingly diverse content was added Platinum is a torture though
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game that predicted covid. I pirated this game back in the day, completely forgot it existed, saw it hit historical low and was 90% off so I decided to buy it. It's fun to experiment with different combinations and research new mutations. However, the game loses its novelty after a few hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Plague Inc is a very unique game to me, as it blends horror with strategy; you play as a disease, and your job is to infect the entire world and kill everyone. A concept that scares me in a way, but makes for some fun gameplay. Plague Inc has also just received a new DLC called Aliens and Anti-Vaxxers at the time of writing this review, which brings in some new scenarios and content for the game. Gameplay The gameplay for Plague Inc: Evolved has lots of depth to it and strategy for you to use…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very funny game to spend some evenings with friends to kill whole world in different variants UPD: It's a cool game with a lot of mechanics and different strategies for different types of diseases. It's a pity that the multiplayer mode isn't as developed (there are no ranks), but it's understandable, as the game is challenging even in solo mode, let alone in multiplayer, as the mechanics are completely different, and competing with others for ranks is even more challenging. It requires a large…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game was peak back in 2016-2017, markiplier and jacksepticeye my goats
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, devs are still active and care about the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I find it very interesting that you can infect every human on the planet, and make one of the symptoms BLINDNESS, and still they manage to create a cure. Must have som incredible blind scientists working on the cure... Still a fun game :) much harder than what i expected. Also a lot more to do than what i expected.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I have been playing Plague Inc. because I am trying not to play TF2 as my only game and I am sad by how lacking and underpolished "obesity epidemic" viruses are. So I'm prob gonna make my own. Complete with immobile blobs, diabetes, food addiction, mobility impairments, etc.
negative · AI labelView post →Launch the game. Casually ask yourself: how do i want to destroy earth today? Proceed with your mission. Eliminate everything that breaths. You win! The world is no more. Sadistic? Maybe. Fun? For sure 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing this with World War Z soundtrack makes me feel like I'm running Umbrella Corporation's quarterly meeting. "Sir, humanity has started researching a cure." "Excellent. Add total organ failure." 10/10. Greenland is my greatest enemy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd like to point out that this Greenland bullshit has been lodged in his dumb, rotting, dementia addled brain for so long that it was added as a joke headline in the Plague, Inc. game BACK IN 2020. We must never forgive what MAGA did to us; they don't have lifespans long enough for such atonement.
neutral · AI labelView post →truth be told I pirated this like 3 times across the years and just now decided to get it legally 'cause I did get my time's worth after all so yeah, good game. Devs deserve those bucks. Just sorry it couldn't be sooner lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Personal Rating: Very Positive (90%) Ah yes, give me the classic games from the early/mid 2010's, they are all amazing. So, I have 4 hours on the PC version, and a little too much on it's mobile version, but never made a review for it. Your goal is simple: Eradicate all human life from the planet using a virus/plague, which looks kind of casual, but can get pretty brutal. There are a lot of viruses, including a Zombie Plague, Shadow Plague (vampires) and Ape virus, and a lot of fan-made mods…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't get to do what I wanted to do but on the bright side, I found a new mobile game to play! If y'all have played Plague Inc before, the devs have a new game called After Inc which plays as a settlement management game in a post apocalyptic zombie infested world! Platform: Android/iOS
positive · AI labelView post →We are living in a world of moves that were rejected for being too stupid and implausible to be included in the Plague Inc. game
neutral · AI labelView post →The UK and Australia are in deep shit along with the US. Following these tech Nazis is like watching a game of Plague, Inc.
neutral · AI labelView post →Plague Inc was a fun game when I was a teenager, bored as hell and browsing the android app store. Nowadays, it seriously doesn't hold up and I don't really understand why a PC version was made. The presentation & simulation of a disease destroying the world is really cool.. the first time, anyway. However even with 10+ disease types, there's zero replayability whatsoever. It's the same scenario, same winning strategy even if you play the game on Mega Brutal difficulty, same game every single…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →being able to name your disease anything really makes this game more funnier. thanks devs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The iPhone app game, “Plague Inc.”
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the kind of shit you'd do when trying to speedrun a game of Plague Inc.
neutral · AI labelView post →I bought it thinking it's a game that requires a strategy to win , instead i got a game that forces you to play in a specific order or lose kinda lame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As you should. Anyone who has studied communicable diseases, or played the game Plague Inc knows, a disease running rampant in a population of unread and eternally unwashed fuckwits takes at least 10 infect the entire population & 15 to kill everyone it'll kill. Everyone else will be disabled.
neutral · AI labelView post →⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/10, still obsessed. I used to play Plague Inc: Evolved way before COVID was even a thing, back when it was just me sitting there trying to wipe out humanity between classes 😭. After 7 years, I randomly got back into it and somehow it's even more fun now. I love that it's one of those games where you actually have to think instead of just clicking buttons. Every run feels different, and there's something so satisfying about evolving the perfect strategy, watching your little disease…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has one strategy, you use that strategy about ten times in a row and you win. It's not a game with any substance to it, but hey, it's good for a spot of nostalgia for the old pandemic days. Not worth as much as it costs, though. Really wish someone would take the concept and do... anything with it, really.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, once upon a time, keeping tribes small, and being antagonistic towards folk who behave weirdly, were vital in preventing novel infectious disease from running through the population. We've seen recently the risk of a connected global community with COVID-19. The Spanish Flu epidemic also spread widely and killed up to fifty million people. If your tribe gets an infection and you don't like anyone else much, then it stays in your tribe, and the rest of the population is safe(r). If we…
neutral · AI labelView post →I have no idea why I play this game so much, it's incredibly addictive and the amount of stuff you can do with this gameplay loop is practically limitless. Love making people sick and having them suffer
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the first addicting game i've played in a while would genuinely play for hours on end if health wasn't affected by gaming
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Satisfyingly brutal ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We had a mom in our homeschool co-op have an absolute meltdown about the violence of Plague Inc. and on the one hand I get that we’re all traumatized by COVID but on the other hand, the game is genuinely instructional when you’re teaching kids about germs and things.
neutral · AI labelView post →Even after so many year, the dev still gives updates. The game is fun by the way.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes. In the game Plague Inc (very illuminating game), one or even both of those countries (plus Greenland) are usually the first to close their borders and travel when a pandemic breaks out.
neutral · AI labelView post →The classic Plague Inc: Evolved gets a new free daily Outbreak Mode #PlagueIncEvolved #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
neutral · AI labelView post →For 10 years they've continued to update this game! Bravo Ndemic Creations!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know, Princess Maker and Plague Inc are fundamentally the same game
neutral · AI labelView post →it is fun and enjoyable.however,after 5 hours you will get bored and your only savior is either MP or scenarios. If it is on sale and costs 5 usd or less,then you should totally get it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Did you know we've got a new game coming? Plague Inc: The Board Game: The Video Game! Play the board game digitally, single or multiplayer, for the first time! store.steampowered.com/app/5283340/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't believe I haven't reviewed this game until now. There is just so much content in this game. It takes a while to simply master the core gameplay itself. But then there's the pathogen variety. Cure mode. Official scenarios. Outbreak mode. Multiplayer. Custom Scenarios. Achievement hunting. Speed-running. There is so much of it and it doesn't get tiring. It is definitely worth your money. If you removed half the content of the game it would still be worth your money. No wonder I have so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is so fun if your like me and your internet goes out in the night play this its fun and ofline you can play with friends to
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On the bright side, every time I start a game of Plague Inc in Central Africa, the disease never kills everyone in the world. So I guess there’s that.
positive · AI labelView post →This is starting to look like a game of Plague Inc...
neutral · AI labelView post →great game but PLEASE i BEG you to optimize this game for trash computers. i cant open the game without it crashing on the title screen.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a brilliantly twisted strategy game that lets you play the ultimate villain, and looking back at how accurately it simulated global panic and government responses during real world events just makes it even more of a masterpiece. The core gameplay loop is incredibly addictive; you are constantly playing a tense game of chess against global health organizations, carefully managing your DNA points to mutate your pathogen. You have to balance infectivity, severity, and lethality…
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