Mobile game Plague Inc has celebrated its tenth anniversary via a Reddit Q&A with creator James Vaughan.
Over 180 million people have played the game since its release in May 2012, with a spike following the Covid-19 outbreak.
Asked how big the uptick in players had been since the pandemic, Vaughan replied: “Interestingly, Plague Inc has always got more popular whenever people get ill, eg When Plague Inc was #1 in Japan – we saw big spikes every time there was a bad flu outbreak. When Ebola was spreading in 2015, we saw a big worldwide spike in players. When Covid first started though we saw the biggest increase in players ever – it lasted for about a month and then went back down to normal levels.
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