Plague Inc.

Name: Plague Inc.
Price: 0.99 USD
Rating: 4.8 (167947 reviews)
Author: Ndemic Creations

Can you Infect the World?

$0.99 · In‑App Purchases

168K Ratings
Awards

Editors’ Choice

Apps
Age Rating

9+
Years
Chart

#1
Strategy
Developer

Ndemic Creations
Language

EN
+ 13 More
Size

121.9
MB

Can you infect the world? Plague Inc. 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. Brilliantly executed with innovative gameplay and built from the ground up for iPhone & iPad, Plague Inc. evolves the strategy genre and pushes mobile gaming (and you) to new levels. It’s You vs. the world - only the strongest can survive! ◈◈◈ #1 top game globally with well over a billion games played ◈◈◈ Plague Inc. is a global hit with over a million 5 star ratings and features in newspapers such as The Economist, New York Post, Boston Herald, The Guardian and London Metro! The developer of Plague Inc. was invited to speak at the CDC in Atlanta about the disease models inside the game! ▶ “The game creates a compelling world that engages the public on serious public health topics” – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ▶ "Plague Inc: The Cure encapsulates the complexities of a global pandemic response and highlights how crucial international collaboration is needed to address such a threat.” – Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ▶ “Best Tablet Game” - New York Daily News ▶ “Plague Inc. will snag your attention in all the right ways and keep it there” - Touch Arcade ▶ “No denying Plague Inc.'s high-level of quality” - Modojo ▶ “Plague Inc. should not be as much fun as it is” – London Metro ▶ “Will leave you hoping to destroy the world, all in the name of a bit of fun” – Pocket Lint ▶ “Plague Inc.'s gameplay is infectious” - Slide to Play ▶ Winner – “Overall Game of the Year” – Pocket Gamer ▶ “Killing billions has never been so fun” – IGN ◈◈◈ Features: ● Stunning retina graphics with a highly polished interface (Contagion guaranteed) ● Highly detailed, hyper-realistic world with advanced AI (Outbreak management) ● Comprehensive in-game help and tutorial system (I am Legendarily helpful) ● 12 different disease types with radically different strategies to master (12 Monkeys?) ● Full Save/Load functionality (28 Saves Later!) ● 50+ countries to infect, hundreds of traits to evolve and thousands of world events to adapt to (Pandemic evolved) ● Full game support for scoreboards and achievements ● Expansion updates add the mind controlling Neurax Worm, the zombie producing Necroa Virus, Speed Runs and real life Scenarios! ● Can you save the world? Take control and stop a deadly global plague in our biggest expansion yet! ● Take on Daily Diseases, earn powerful upgrades and compete against the world in Outbreak Mode! Localised in English, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Russian. (more coming soon) P.S. Give yourself a pat on the back if you got all the themed literature references! Special sale price to celebrate being one of the most popular paid iPhone games ever! ◈◈◈ Like Plague Inc. on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PlagueInc Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/NdemicCreations

Events

MAJOR UPDATE
Anti-Vax Scenario

Weaponised conspiracies and viral misinformation are infecting the truth! What's the worst that could happen?
MAJOR UPDATE
Leprosy Scenario

Can you save humanity's oldest disease from long-term decline?
SPECIAL EVENT
Monster Season

All kinds of ghoulish and garish creatures of the night await your command in Plague Inc.

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

168K Ratings

Editors’ Choice

Ready for something a bit different? Plague Inc. challenges you to strategically spread and evolve diseases. While the concept isn't exactly honorable, the surprising ways all these novel gameplay systems interact make this twist on traditional heroism a lot of fun — even though it shouldn’t be.
Play to Win
07/31/2017
ExSheex
So, I originally played this game on PC and moved to mobile when I learned I could play it anywhere. It's a great app, and really cheap for what you get. Now, there are a few pay items, such as the scenario packs and now the scenario creator, but the rest of the content is locked behind gameplay, which is great! You also have the option to pay for the content, instead of progressively unlocking it by beating each plague type, but that is not necessary. You will need to play to win though by devising good strategies for each plague type, as they really are all different. You can unlock the standard plague types by simply beating them in in order, but after that there are the special types to unlock and of course the cheats, which can make the game extra fun just to mess around with. Unlocking these is a challenge, especially the last ones where you need to beat all standard plague types on Mega Brutal, but it's definitely doable. I've done so on both my iPad and iPhone, but you will likely need to try multiple times for each type in order to devise a great strategy to win against the really tough conditions of Mega Brutal. The hardest for me in all difficulties was the Nano-Virus, as the cure begins right at the start of the game, but even that can be won with persistence. It's not a chore, it's fun to learn how best to evolve and disrupt humanity in order to infect and kill the world. So enjoy the game; it's a great price and if you find it fun enough you can expand it with the scenarios pack and even the scenario creator to keep the fun going without breaking the bank.
Play to Win
07/31/2017
ExSheex

So, I originally played this game on PC and moved to mobile when I learned I could play it anywhere. It's a great app, and really cheap for what you get. Now, there are a few pay items, such as the scenario packs and now the scenario creator, but the rest of the content is locked behind gameplay, which is great! You also have the option to pay for the content, instead of progressively unlocking it by beating each plague type, but that is not necessary. You will need to play to win though by devising good strategies for each plague type, as they really are all different. You can unlock the standard plague types by simply beating them in in order, but after that there are the special types to unlock and of course the cheats, which can make the game extra fun just to mess around with. Unlocking these is a challenge, especially the last ones where you need to beat all standard plague types on Mega Brutal, but it's definitely doable. I've done so on both my iPad and iPhone, but you will likely need to try multiple times for each type in order to devise a great strategy to win against the really tough conditions of Mega Brutal. The hardest for me in all difficulties was the Nano-Virus, as the cure begins right at the start of the game, but even that can be won with persistence. It's not a chore, it's fun to learn how best to evolve and disrupt humanity in order to infect and kill the world. So enjoy the game; it's a great price and if you find it fun enough you can expand it with the scenarios pack and even the scenario creator to keep the fun going without breaking the bank.
Really fun game! Love it, except for one small detail
05/13/2025
ARegularLizard
I feel like a lot of the pathogens in this game are relatively scientifically accurate (as much as they can be for a mobile game) except for the prion option. Prion diseases can’t really spread through typical means, since they are misfolded proteins. I understand why they would be contagious through these typical means in the game for gameplay reasons, but I think it would be really interesting if they were more contagious through food consumption in the game (like they are in real life.) perhaps there could be an option to evolve to infect different types of livestock, and as the disease gets noticed, countries start banning the consumption of certain types of meat. It could be cool if there were more options for neural atrophy, since real life prion diseases have pretty nasty effects on the brain. Overall, I think there should be slightly less options for spreading the disease through air and water, but more options for spreading through animals, food consumption, and higher resistance of the disease. Aside from this, the game is really fun, and has to be one of my favorite mobile games.
Really fun game! Love it, except for one small detail
05/13/2025
ARegularLizard

I feel like a lot of the pathogens in this game are relatively scientifically accurate (as much as they can be for a mobile game) except for the prion option. Prion diseases can’t really spread through typical means, since they are misfolded proteins. I understand why they would be contagious through these typical means in the game for gameplay reasons, but I think it would be really interesting if they were more contagious through food consumption in the game (like they are in real life.) perhaps there could be an option to evolve to infect different types of livestock, and as the disease gets noticed, countries start banning the consumption of certain types of meat. It could be cool if there were more options for neural atrophy, since real life prion diseases have pretty nasty effects on the brain. Overall, I think there should be slightly less options for spreading the disease through air and water, but more options for spreading through animals, food consumption, and higher resistance of the disease. Aside from this, the game is really fun, and has to be one of my favorite mobile games.
This game is FIRE (literally and in game)
04/19/2024
Well it’s a review
This game is crazy good, hard but good, ranging from fun up to saving the world from what you caused. It’s great and I appreciate that about Plague Inc. the realistic model how fun the game is. normal mode is awesome. Just making a plague. You have so many different abilities to upgrade your… I mean… whatever it is. YOU CAN UPGRADE IT. and I love how they use Roman numerals instead of 1 2 3 4. I could go on and on. But just to save time for reading this review. I recommend the game. if you’re crazy enough as me just keep reading, I said I could go on and on. so why not do it? And there were so many different types of viruses you can get bacteria, virus, and all the way up to alien virus. (the funny thing about it is there is an upgrade that allows you to turn people into snails with the alien virus) and there is a cure mode. But get the cure mode you have to pay. Why do I have to pay a game They already payed for!? It’s actually kind of annoying. It’s not even all that fun. Minus one star. It’s still a great game, though ranging from beginner all the way up to brutal difficulty. As normal already feels impossible. Look at brutal over here. You don’t even do anything and They already have the cure. It’s so annoying. all I know is that you should play the game. mike drop. this guy is out.
This game is FIRE (literally and in game)
04/19/2024
Well it’s a review

This game is crazy good, hard but good, ranging from fun up to saving the world from what you caused. It’s great and I appreciate that about Plague Inc. the realistic model how fun the game is. normal mode is awesome. Just making a plague. You have so many different abilities to upgrade your… I mean… whatever it is. YOU CAN UPGRADE IT. and I love how they use Roman numerals instead of 1 2 3 4. I could go on and on. But just to save time for reading this review. I recommend the game. if you’re crazy enough as me just keep reading, I said I could go on and on. so why not do it? And there were so many different types of viruses you can get bacteria, virus, and all the way up to alien virus. (the funny thing about it is there is an upgrade that allows you to turn people into snails with the alien virus) and there is a cure mode. But get the cure mode you have to pay. Why do I have to pay a game They already payed for!? It’s actually kind of annoying. It’s not even all that fun. Minus one star. It’s still a great game, though ranging from beginner all the way up to brutal difficulty. As normal already feels impossible. Look at brutal over here. You don’t even do anything and They already have the cure. It’s so annoying. all I know is that you should play the game. mike drop. this guy is out.

Leprosy still infects around 200,000 new people every year due to social stigma and long incubation periods but thanks to modern medicine, it's fully treatable. Can you save humanity's oldest disease from long-term decline? - Struggle: How can Leprosy survive in a world full of treatments? - Social Stigma: Leper Colonies don't work! Use myths about Leprosy to your advantage - Overcome: Bring this almost forgotten disease back into the headlines - Free Scenario for all players!

Version 1.27.3 Oct 22

In-App Purchases

Xenolith Expansion Pack

Ancient and utterly alien crystal.

$3.99
Cure Expansion

Can you save the world?

$3.99
Shadow Plague Expansion Pack

Enslave humanity with a fatal vampiric strain

$1.99
Necroa Virus Expansion Pack

Ravage the world with a zombie outbreak

$1.99
Simian Flu Expansion Pack

Escape the lab. Build the planet of the apes

$1.99
Neurax Worm Expansion Pack

Unleash a mind controlling brain parasite

$1.99

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Seller: Ndemic Creations LTD
Size: 121.9 MB
Category: Strategy
Compatibility: Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

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Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.

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Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

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Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English and 13 more

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
Age Rating: 9+

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Horror/Fear Themes

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In-App Purchases: Yes

Necroa Virus Expansion Pack $1.99

Unlock 7 Standard Plagues $2.99

Neurax Worm Expansion Pack $1.99

Unlock All Genes $7.99

Unlock Cheats $9.99

Plague Pack $12.99

Scenario Pack $2.99

Simian Flu Expansion Pack $1.99

Shadow Plague Expansion Pack $1.99

Unlock Virus $0.99

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