Kingshot vs Plague Inc.
Kingshot
Century Games Pte. Ltd.
App Store
$6.75M/mo
~$80.94M/yr · 50.0M installs
VS
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
Revenue winner
Kingshot wins
+931% vs other
Installs winner
Kingshot wins
+102% vs other
MAU winner
Kingshot wins
+32% vs other
Rating winner
Plague Inc. wins
+4% vs other
Why Kingshot is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Kingshot earns roughly 10× more per month than Plague Inc. - $6.75M vs $654.3K.
- Subscription model. Kingshot runs a $21.68/mo subscription that compounds; Plague Inc. relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Kingshot has ~50.0M lifetime installs vs Plague Inc.'s ~24.8M - 2.0× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Kingshot ranks #26 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Kingshot
vs
Plague Inc.
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$6.75M
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$654.3K
Annual revenue (est.)
$80.94M
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$7.85M
Lifetime installs (est.)
50.0M
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24.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
5.0M
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3.7M
App Store rating
4.62★
▶
4.81★
Total ratings
200K
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165K
US grossing rank
#26
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Cheapest monthly sub
$21.68
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Games
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 22, 2025
- Last updated
- Apr 27, 2026
- File size
- 1011.4 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.10.7
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian +10 more
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- May 26, 2012
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 123.6 MB
- Content rating
- 9+
- Version
- 1.24.4
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean +8 more
Kingshot trajectory
Plague Inc. trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Kingshot or Plague Inc.? v
Kingshot earns about $6.75M per month, while Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K. That is a 10.3× revenue gap (~$6.09M more per month for Kingshot). Annual revenue: Kingshot ≈ $80.94M/year, Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Kingshot or Plague Inc.? v
Kingshot leads with about 50.0M estimated downloads vs 24.8M for Plague Inc. - a 2.0× gap. Kingshot's App Store downloads are estimated from 200K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings.
Are Kingshot and Plague Inc. in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Games category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Kingshot and Plague Inc. offer? v
Kingshot: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Kingshot runs a "Free game · IAP-driven (8 packs + 2 sub, ~$0.30/MAU) · calibrated by US grossing rank #26" monetization model; Plague Inc. runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Kingshot or Plague Inc.? v
Plague Inc. edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Kingshot 200K ratings, Plague Inc. 165K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Kingshot vs Plague Inc. revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $6.75M for Kingshot and $654.3K for Plague Inc. are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Games) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Kingshot or Plague Inc. to a different App Store app? v
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