73/100
Players128 ratings: 80/100
Critics1 review

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2012 · Ndemic Creations · Real-time strategy · Simulation

Plague Inc.

As a new disease, it is your job to destroy the entire human species by evolving to a deadly plague.

Released: 26 May 2012
Platforms: Android Browser Linux Windows iOS macOS
Genres: Real-time strategy Simulation Strategy Tactical Zombie
Developers: Ndemic Creations
Publishers: Ndemic Creations
Series: Plague Inc.
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Science fiction Horror Warfare
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: CLASS_IND 10 ACB M ESRB E10+PEGI 12 USK 16
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and 2 more

About

Plague Inc. is a real-time strategy simulation game developed and published by Ndemic Creations. The game was inspired by the 2011 film Contagion and the 2008 browser game Pandemic 2. The player creates and evolves a pathogen to annihilate the human population with a deadly pandemic.

The game uses an epidemic model with a complex and realistic set of variables to simulate the spread and severity of the plague. It was released on 26 May 2012 for iOS, 4 October 2012 for Android and 13 May 2015 for Windows Phone.

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Gameplay

Plague Inc. is a strategy-simulation and action game in which the player indirectly controls a plague, which has infected patient zero and a scientist. The player can only choose between game modes and pathogens and complete the objective set by the game mode by deevolving the plague and adapting to various environments like hot and cold places. The goals include but are not limited to, infecting and killing the world's population with a pathogen, enslaving the world's population with the 'Neurax Worm', converting the world's population into zombies with the 'Necroa Virus' (which eventually became the basis for After Inc.), establishing the Planet of the Apes with the 'Simian Flu', or corrupting humanity with the 'Shadow Plague'. However, there is a time pressure to complete the game before humans (the opponent) develop a cure for the plague.

The developer has said it is 'a bit like the film Contagion except you are on the other side'. The film Contagion was a partial inspiration for the game, according to the developer. The developer has said the game was partially inspired by Pandemic 2, a browser-based Flash game released in 2008 by Dark Realm Studios.

Development

Development most likely started in 2011 with the British creator, James Vaughan, working on the game in his afternoons and evenings. The game was released on 26 May 2012.

In July 2014, Ndemic Creations partnered with 20th Century Fox on an update themed as a tie-in to the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Players cultivate the film's "Simian Flu" virus, which kills humans while making apes more intelligent. Players spread the virus to eradicate humans while helping apes survive and advance.

Reception

Plague Inc received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic, with an aggregated score of 80/100. com cited Plague Inc. as a notable independent developer success story as it "bucked the system by staying near the top of the charts in numerous countries for the entirety of its existence, pulling in millions in revenue while competing with the big players". S.

for two weeks after launch. IGN said that "Killing billions has never been so fun". TouchArcade said that "Plague Inc. will snag your attention in all the right ways and keep it there".