Plague Inc.
Research answer
What AppTrendKit can say about Plague Inc. today
Plague Inc. has no estimate-backed download or gross-consumer-spend figure that meets the public evidence contract yet.
Observed App Store metadata, chart positions, and history are shown below. Missing, non-finite, undefined-currency, or undefined-metric evidence stays missing rather than becoming zero.
Performance
Downloads, revenue and chart history
Estimates for the last 7D. Chart positions come from the App Store; downloads and revenue are AppTrendKit estimates, shown as a size band (for example 10K–50K) with a confidence level.
Estimated downloads · 30D
Upper limitUnder 200K
Below the top 100 in Games (US)
The app is not in its category's top 100, so it has less than the app ranked #100 there. We show this limit until we have enough data for an estimate.
Estimated App Store gross consumer spend · 30D
Upper limitUnder $2M
Below the top 100 in Games (US)
The app is not in its category's top 100, so it has less than the app ranked #100 there. We show this limit until we have enough data for an estimate.
History
Collected daily performance
No daily history yet.
Rank history
Chart positions
Lower rank is better. Only collected observations are shown.
Coverage note
What the ranks mean
A missing rank is not treated as zero downloads or zero revenue. Apple chart feeds are bounded and may return censored or not-ranked observations outside the visible chart depth.
Read the methodStorefront mix
Top countries by estimated contribution · 7D
Country figures cover the days we collected in each country, so they don't add up to the worldwide estimate. Each country shows when it was last updated.
Monetization
How the app makes money
These are listing and product observations. They are not company revenue, subscriber counts, or advertising revenue.
App details
Store metadata
- Version
- 1.26.0
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last updated
- Sep 28, 2026
- Content rating
- 9+
- Default storefront
- US
Public IAP observations
Validated in-app purchase prices
Only persisted rows with an explicit public publication boundary are shown. Missing price, currency, country, or date values stay unknown.
Listing detail
What the store says
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
Store creative
Screenshots
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How we estimate
Where every number comes from
App details: Apple iTunes Search API, updated Sep 28, 2026, 8:19 PM.
Rankings: collected chart positions from the listed storefront. Missing ranks are not zeros.
Economics: downloads and gross store consumer spend are estimated, not official Apple or publisher figures.
Model: Lineage not exposed by this aggregate.
Confidence: —; intervals widen when evidence or history is limited.
Last updated: Sep 28, 2026, 8:19 PM.
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