Plague Inc. vs ROME: Total War

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
$644.9K/mo
~$7.74M/yr · 24.4M installs
VS

ROME: Total War

Feral Interactive Ltd
App Store
$545.8K/mo
~$6.55M/yr · 2.0M installs
Revenue winner Plague Inc. wins +18% vs other
Installs winner Plague Inc. wins +1092% vs other
MAU winner Plague Inc. wins +953% vs other
Rating winner ROME: Total War wins +1% vs other

Why Plague Inc. is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.4M lifetime installs vs ROME: Total War's ~2.0M - 11.9× the funnel top.
  2. More monetization surfaces. Plague Inc. runs 10 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Plague Inc.
vs
ROME: Total War
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$644.9K
$545.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.74M
$6.55M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.4M
2.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
350K
App Store rating
4.81★
4.84★
Total ratings
163K
19K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
=
No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
0 tiers

Plague Inc.

Ndemic Creations
App Store
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
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ROME: Total War

Feral Interactive Ltd
App Store
Category
Games
Price
USD9.99
Released
Nov 10, 2016
Last updated
Apr 10, 2025
File size
3.67 GB
Content rating
12+
Version
2.0.1
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
View full ROME: Total War report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or ROME: Total War? v
Plague Inc. earns about $644.9K per month, while ROME: Total War earns about $545.8K. That is a 1.2× revenue gap (~$99.1K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.74M/year, ROME: Total War ≈ $6.55M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Plague Inc. or ROME: Total War? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.4M estimated downloads vs 2.0M for ROME: Total War - a 11.9× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 163K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. ROME: Total War's App Store downloads are estimated from 19K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and ROME: Total War 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 Plague Inc. and ROME: Total War offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. ROME: Total War: no IAP detected on the public listing. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; ROME: Total War runs "Paid app ($9.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Plague Inc. or ROME: Total War? v
ROME: Total War edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 163K ratings, ROME: Total War 19K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs ROME: Total War revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $644.9K for Plague Inc. and $545.8K for ROME: Total War 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 Plague Inc. or ROME: Total War to a different App Store app? v
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