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2015PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified94 % positive−80 % 14.79 € 2.95 €

You evolve a pathogen with the goal of wiping out humanity while governments worldwide scramble to respond. A clever strategy simulation where every mutation and spread decision determines whether you win or fail.

  • Tactical depth
  • Deep systems to master
  • Strong character progression
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Plague Inc: Evolved are Terra Invicta, Fate of the World and AI War 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Plague Inc: Evolved special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Terra Invicta

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2026PCSteam Deck verified80 % positive39.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Plague Inc: Evolved: complex systems to tinker with, tactical depth and a demanding difficulty.

Adds a sci-fi setting, unlike Plague Inc: Evolved.

A deep grand-strategy sim about an alien invasion: you lead one of seven human factions, take over nations on Earth, expand across the Solar System, and fight tactical space battles.

Fate of the World

Realistic visuals

A global strategy simulation where you lead a worldwide organization tackling climate change while balancing population growth, energy and food demands. Your decisions shape Earth and society over two centuries.

AI War 2

Deep systems to master

A massive real-time strategy game where you play the underdog remnants of humanity fighting an overwhelming yet unpredictable AI that rules the galaxy. You capture systems, steal technology and must carefully manage how the AI reacts.

Football Manager 2024

Realistic visuals

Football Manager 2024 is a deeply detailed football management sim where you handle tactics, squad building, transfers and club direction. The appeal lies in building a club over many seasons and bringing your own footballing philosophy to life.

Tharsis

Deep systems to master

Tharsis is a punishing space survival strategy game about the first manned mission to Mars. You assign dice to crew tasks as disasters, starvation and creeping madness close in, making every turn a tense gamble between luck and planning.

Insurmountable

Gameplay comes before story

As a lone mountaineer you climb a randomly generated mountain, carefully managing stamina, gear and shifting weather. Each ascent is a tense planning and survival challenge with roguelike randomness.

Crusader Kings III

Strong character progression

A grand strategy role-playing game where you steer a medieval dynasty across generations through marriage, scheming, diplomacy and war. Characters, chance and power struggles constantly produce your own emergent, often chaotic stories.

Democracy 3

Deep systems to master

A deep government simulation where you run a country as president or prime minister, setting policies on tax, economy, welfare and more. Every decision shifts voter groups and triggers knock-on effects you must balance to win re-election.

Football Manager 2010

Realistic visuals

Football Manager 2010 is a deep football management sim where you handle tactics, transfers and training of a club across many seasons. Its huge database and level of detail are the main draw.

The Last Federation

Deep systems to master

As the last Hydral, you shape the fate of a deeply simulated solar system, trying to unite or destroy the eight other races through diplomacy, manipulation or force. Turn-based tactical space battles complement the grand strategy layer.

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