Plague Inc: Evolved
Last updated: 2026-01-22
- High replayability with diverse scenarios
- Educational and thought-provoking design
- Addictive strategy-simulation gameplay
- Multiple game modes and DLCs available
- Unclear and unfair mechanics present
- Outdated and unpolished design elements
Emotions
Frustration20%Satisfaction17%Excitement10%Enjoyment6%Amusement6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 58,706
- Positive
- 55,41294.4%
- Negative
- 3,2945.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,506,423
- Estimated revenue
- $67,551,281
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 841.47%
- Estimated copies lost
- 6,448
- Estimated revenue lost
- $96,656
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 851.5% Avg playtime 0.9h | 3395.9% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 3055.3% Avg playtime 26.1h | 4,98787.2% Avg playtime 26.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 23.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 94.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,353.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
5,716 total
Organic purchasers5,27692.3%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations4407.70%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
5,716 total
First impression0-2h66011.5%
Voted up: 84%
Mid game2-10h2,89350.6%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h1,06918.7%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+1,09419.1%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
73.1%
Global baseline 93.2%
26 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 58,706 total.