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Plague Inc: Evolved on Steam

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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 strategy, simulation and outbreak sim game developed and published by Ndemic Creations.
Released on February 18th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine in 15 languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Turkish and Korean.

It has received 59,500 reviews of which 55,930 were positive and 3,570 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 5.74€ on K4G.


The Steam community has classified Plague Inc: Evolved into these genres:


Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Plague Inc: Evolved:

UI Subtitle Audio
English
German
French
Italian
Korean
Spanish - Spain
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Russian
Japanese
Portuguese - Portugal
Polish
Norwegian
Turkish
Portuguese - Brazil

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 8 (64 Bit)
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Integrated Graphics (512MB)
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Additional Notes: Requires a system running DirectX 11 as a minimum. Graphics cards over 10 years old may find some graphics display issues. Unsupported video chipsets: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel GMA X3100, Intel GMA 950.
MacOS
  • OS: 10.7+ Lion (64 bit)
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or greater
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Additional Notes: Requires a system running DirectX 11 as a minimum. Graphics cards over 10 years old may find some graphics display issues. Unsupported video chipsets: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel GMA X3100, Intel GMA 950.
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 & Steam OS 2.0 (64bit, Versions Steam itself supports)
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or greater
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Additional Notes: Requires a system running DirectX 11 as a minimum. Graphics cards over 10 years old may find some graphics display issues. Unsupported video chipsets: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel GMA X3100, Intel GMA 950.

User reviews & Ratings

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12 hours played
Sept. 2026
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)
17 hours played
Aug. 2026
---{ 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 ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 ---{ Author }--- ☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template
24 hours played
June 2026
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 in order to win. There are multiple disease types that you can use; you only have access to one at the start, and a few add-ons for the game. But you can unlock more as you beat the plagues one by one on normal difficulty. There are 12 different plagues for you to use; each has a different way of infecting people and ways for people to combat it. For your plague to evolve and kill people, you will need to put in some upgrades to make it stronger. These upgrades cost DNA, which you can get gradually or by popping red and orange bubbles, which will give you some. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3745443971 Each plague has a different play style and a strategy for you to beat it. I recommend trying to get transmissions first, so it can spread. You will get random mutations for free on occasion, and you do have the option to keep them or devolve them if you have too many symptoms before infecting the whole world. Your plague may get noticed early, and there is no way for you to win, depending on the plague . This does, of course, depend on the plague you choose. Nano-Virus , in particular, is a unique plague , as you notice from the start, and you must be aggressive to win. However, I did mention that your objective is to wipe out humanity, so in return, humanity won’t like that, and they will try to fight you to stop you from spreading. They will also try to hinder or limit your ability to spread, and you will have to use DNA points on things like drug resistance, air and water travel, and genetic hardening to help slow down research and cure speed. You also have to keep an eye on sea and air ports, as these are your best ways to spread your plague. Countries will close their air and sea ports to stop the spread, and if that happens, it can be extremely difficult for the disease to spread, or outright impossible. Greenland in particular only has a seaport, and if they close their seaport and you haven’t infected them, your run is over, depending on your plague. Fungus can spread by spores and is airborne, so it can reach other countries that way, and the Xenolith crystal has multiple ways to win with it. Your plague will also get different reactions in different countries, and they will respond in a variety of ways that can both hinder and help you from spreading. Paying attention to the events of the world can be very helpful, as it will help you get a game plan on what you need in order to win with your disease. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3745443480 You will also want to spend some of your DNA on some symptoms. You will need to be careful about what symptoms you get, as if you have too many, your plague will be discovered. If you get discovered too early, especially on the higher difficulties, it may make your run extremely difficult or impossible to win. You also need to be careful about your lethality as well. If you kill all of your hosts before infecting everyone, you can lose the game that way too. You will also want to spend some DNA on some abilities like cold, heat, and drug resistance. You will need to get some drug resistance so you can increase your infectivity in richer countries. You can also get some transmission, like air or water transmission, to help spread your disease. This is important as plans and boats will install filters that will prevent it from spreading, and if, let's say, some places do close their borders, you can still infect them with things like livestock, birds, insects, or blood. Unless it’s an island, where that may be a bit more difficult, unless, as mentioned before, you are playing as Fungus, as it spreads by spores. Some of my favorite plagues to play as include the Nano-virus , with its aggressive playstyle. Fungus can be very fun with its unique way of spreading, and the recent DLC released with the Xenolith crystal , where you turn Earth and everyone into a green crystal. There is also a Cure mode , where you fight to save the world from a pandemic. It’s a new way to play the game, and it’s also difficult, as you need to not only fight the disease but also keep your public global authority up as well. If you lose your reputation, it’s game over, or if humanity dies out. There is heavy micromanagement, balancing resources, and political compliance, which are the few things that you have to worry about. I haven’t really touched Cure Mode much, so I can’t really say much about it, but it is a fun, different way to play Plague Inc. Evolved . There are also costume scenarios, where you can play as a costume disease from the community workshop. However, there are also a few official scenarios made by the devs that you can play. Final Verdict Plague Inc: Evolved is a fun strategy game that has a good amount of content for the 19.49 CAD that it’s worth. The only thing that I would point out about the game is that there isn’t a whole lot of room for creativity in the game. As this is a strategy game, on the higher difficulties, you have to kind of play a certain way, or winning is just impossible. But other than that, Plague Inc: Evolved is a fun strategy game for those who like them. Looking for more reviews like this one? 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153 hours played
June 2026
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 unless it is on discount or you have never played it before. While it is definitely a well-made and interesting strategy game, the replay value for a typical player feels somewhat limited.
1 hours played
May 2026
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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Plague Inc: Evolved is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

No, Plague Inc: Evolved is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.

Yes, Plague Inc: Evolved received 55,930 positive votes out of a total of 59,500 achieving an impressive rating of 9.24.
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Plague Inc: Evolved was developed and published by Ndemic Creations.

Yes, Plague Inc: Evolved is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, Plague Inc: Evolved is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yes, Plague Inc: Evolved is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Yes, Plague Inc: Evolved is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.

Yes, Plague Inc: Evolved is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.

No, Plague Inc: Evolved does not support VR.

Plague Inc: Evolved offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Plague Inc: Evolved offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for Plague Inc: Evolved. Explore additional content available for Plague Inc: Evolved on Steam.

Yes, Plague Inc: Evolved is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Yes, Plague Inc: Evolved supports Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Plague Inc: Evolved is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Plague Inc: Evolved
Rating
9.2
55,930
3,570
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
1,494
Developer
Ndemic Creations
Publisher
Ndemic Creations
Release 18 Feb 2016
Platforms
Remote Play
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