Plague Inc. vs Total War™: EMPIRE
Plague Inc.
Ndemic Creations
App Store
$654.3K/mo
~$7.85M/yr · 24.8M installs
VS
Total War™: EMPIRE
Feral Interactive Ltd
App Store
$127.8K/mo
~$1.53M/yr · 240K installs
Revenue winner
Plague Inc. wins
+412% vs other
Installs winner
Plague Inc. wins
+10237% vs other
MAU winner
Plague Inc. wins
+7627% vs other
Rating winner
Total War™: EMPIRE wins
+1% vs other
Why Plague Inc. is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Plague Inc. earns roughly 5× more per month than Total War™: EMPIRE - $654.3K vs $127.8K.
- Bigger install base. Plague Inc. has ~24.8M lifetime installs vs Total War™: EMPIRE's ~240K - 103.4× the funnel top.
- 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
Total War™: EMPIRE
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$654.3K
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$127.8K
Annual revenue (est.)
$7.85M
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$1.53M
Lifetime installs (est.)
24.8M
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240K
Monthly active users (est.)?
3.7M
◀
48K
App Store rating
4.81★
▶
4.84★
Total ratings
165K
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3K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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0 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Games
- Price
- USD19.99
- Released
- Nov 21, 2024
- Last updated
- Oct 20, 2025
- File size
- 1.83 GB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 1.7.1
- Languages
- Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese +3 more
Plague Inc. trajectory
Total War™: EMPIRE trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Plague Inc. or Total War™: EMPIRE? v
Plague Inc. earns about $654.3K per month, while Total War™: EMPIRE earns about $127.8K. That is a 5.1× revenue gap (~$526.5K more per month for Plague Inc.). Annual revenue: Plague Inc. ≈ $7.85M/year, Total War™: EMPIRE ≈ $1.53M/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 Total War™: EMPIRE? v
Plague Inc. leads with about 24.8M estimated downloads vs 240K for Total War™: EMPIRE - a 103.4× gap. Plague Inc.'s App Store downloads are estimated from 165K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Total War™: EMPIRE's App Store downloads are estimated from 3K ratings.
Are Plague Inc. and Total War™: EMPIRE 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 Total War™: EMPIRE offer? v
Plague Inc.: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Total War™: EMPIRE: no IAP detected on the public listing. Plague Inc. runs a "Paid app ($0.99)" monetization model; Total War™: EMPIRE runs "Paid app ($19.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Plague Inc. or Total War™: EMPIRE? v
Total War™: EMPIRE edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.8 (gap of 0.0 stars). Rating volume: Plague Inc. 165K ratings, Total War™: EMPIRE 3K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Plague Inc. vs Total War™: EMPIRE revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $654.3K for Plague Inc. and $127.8K for Total War™: EMPIRE 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 Total War™: EMPIRE to a different App Store app? v
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