Plague Inc: Evolved

Plague Inc.
Plague Inc.	2015
Plague Inc: Evolved	2016

General information

Official Website

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Soundtrack	Soundtrack.
The Cure	Expansion. (Free until Covid-19 is under control. More info can be found in-game.)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ndemic Creations\Plague Inc: Evolved
macOS (OS X)	Unknown. Please fill in this info.
Linux	Unknown. Please fill in this info.

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profile\Games-Gen\Saves^{[Note 3]}
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/.local/share/Ndemic Creations/Plague Inc. Evolved/Saves
Linux	$HOME/.local/share/Ndemic Creations/Plague Inc. Evolved/Saves
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/246620/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Game supports Steam Cloud.

Video

Video options.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the `-popupwindow` parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		144 FPS limit.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Controls options.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Panning only.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

Audio options.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Over-all game volume, music and SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Only if Pause in Background is enabled.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese				Advertised but not available.^[4]
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

The game has no audio.^[5]

Network

Multiplayer menu.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows				32-bit is no longer supported. You can download an older version by going to the Beta tab on Steam.
macOS (OS X)				^[6]
Linux				64-bit executable is in game folder, but Steam launches 32-bit one by default

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	8	10
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor	3.0 GHz Intel Core i5 Dual Core or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Integrated Graphics 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 ATI Radeon HD 3600 1 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.x (Snow Leopard)	Sierra
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor	3.0 GHz Quad Core Processor
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GT 650M Intel Iris graphics 1 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, SteamOS 1.59
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor	3.0 GHz Quad Core Processor
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GT640 AMD Radeon R7 Series 1 GB of VRAM

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 5.3.5p8^[1]
↑ Unity engine build: 2019.4.9^[2]
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-06-02
↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-09-09
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Plague Inc: Evolved is out of Early Access - Version 1.0. launches for PC, Mac and Linux! - Ndemic Creations
↑ Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-20
↑ Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-20
↑ Plague Inc. - last accessed on 2 January 2022

[2] Unity engine build: 5.3.5p8^[1]

[4] Unity engine build: 2019.4.9^[2]

[gamedir-6] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[former_engineversion-1] Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-06-02

[engineversion-3] Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-09-09

[release_date-5] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Plague Inc: Evolved is out of Early Access - Version 1.0. launches for PC, Mac and Linux! - Ndemic Creations

[7] Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-20

[8] Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-20

[9] Plague Inc. - last accessed on 2 January 2022

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Developers

	Ndemic Creations
Engines
Former	Unity 5^{[Note 1]}
	Unity 2019^{[Note 2]}
Release dates
Windows	February 18, 2016^[3]
macOS (OS X)	February 18, 2016^[3]
Linux	February 18, 2016^[3]
Taxonomy
Series	Plague Inc.