Plague Inc: Evolved Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-26
- Highly enjoyable and addictive gameplay
- Engaging strategic depth
- Wellreceived DLC content
- Limited Replayability and Variety
- Achievements Difficult and Grindy
- Heavy Reliance on Luck
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 65,953
- Positive
- 62,12894.2%
- Negative
- 3,8255.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 5,099,508
- Estimated revenue
- $76,441,625
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1851.90%
- Estimated copies lost
- 14,304
- Estimated revenue lost
- $214,417
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1861.9% Avg playtime 0.9h | 5926.1% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 5165.3% Avg playtime 23.2h | 8,45186.7% Avg playtime 26.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 17.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 89.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,600.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
9,745 total
Organic purchasers9,12093.6%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations6256.41%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
9,745 total
First impression0-2h1,22312.6%
Voted up: 82%
Mid game2-10h5,22753.6%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h1,68317.3%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+1,61216.5%
Voted up: 94%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
83.1%
Global baseline 92.8%
71 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 65,953 total.