Plague Inc: Evolved Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-07
- Fun and engaging gameplay experience
- Strategic and challenging gameplay mechanics
- Variety of pathogens and strategies available
- Highly recommended by players
- Gameplay becomes repetitive over time
- Difficulties with Greenland scenario
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
- 61,390
- Positive
- 57,87194.3%
- Negative
- 3,5195.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,387,147
- Estimated revenue
- $65,763,334
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1171.62%
- Estimated copies lost
- 8,361
- Estimated revenue lost
- $125,331
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1191.6% Avg playtime 1h | 3755.2% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 4346% Avg playtime 26.4h | 6,29287.1% Avg playtime 27.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 58.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 91.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,458.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
7,220 total
Organic purchasers6,74293.4%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations4786.62%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
7,220 total
First impression0-2h77110.7%
Voted up: 81%
Mid game2-10h3,72351.6%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h1,36118.9%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+1,36518.9%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
81.6%
Global baseline 92.3%
49 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 61,390 total.