Aditya Madanapalle | Published on 15 Apr 2021
Plague Inc is a game that has aged incredibly well, after its initial release in mid 2011, on PC and iOS. Since then it has gone on to release on a number of platforms, including Android and Steam. Over the years, there have been consistent updates in the game, which are significant expansions as well as scenarios. Apart from the base game, we also have the Neurax Worm, the Necroa Virus, the Simian Flu, and the Shadow Plague. The main objective of the game is to play the role of a disease, with the end goal of completely wiping out humanity. Of course, humans will fight back as well, locking down international travel, improving their personal hygiene habits and investing in research to develop a cure. As any disease causing agent, you have to combat all these approaches. Understandably, every time there is a pandemic, there are a surge of new players in the game, which happened previously during the ebola outbreak. In November 2020, Plague Inc released a new logo, along with a new blue icon instead of the familiar red icon that has remained unchanged for nearly 10 years. This is the new cure mode, where you play on the side of the humans and prevent the disease from devastating mankind. Who is interested in that? We will not be focusing on the cure mode in this article, in fact, we refuse to even play it. The scenarios, which are essentially variants of the various pathogens are also ignored for space considerations, as well as they are pretty easy to beat if you are comfortable with the plague types in the main game.