Plague Inc: Scenario Creator
64
Quality Score
Solid
Plague Inc: Scenario Creator
Medium confidence
✍️ bumetric analysis
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Plague Inc: Scenario Creator is an iOS app from Ndemic Creations in the Utilities category, currently rated 4.4★ across 1,063 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 64: Solid (established niche player). For a Utilities app, that means established niche player. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$600K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$635K – $978K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$759K – $1410K
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
Free AI audit of this app’s store listing
- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$8.5K/mo · 2K ratings · 4.3★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$65K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $50K – $90K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~1.3y at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (117 MB) | +$26K |
| ⚙ Utilities complexity ×0.85 | $-11603 |
Total estimate
$65K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$50K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $40K – $75K · 14× MRR multiple
💸
~0.8× build cost (under-water)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| 🏷 Utilities category multiple | -10% |
Final multiple
14× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
210K
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
42K
Daily active
8.4K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Utilities engagement | ~200 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Utilities D30 retention | 20% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.20 |
DAU / MAU
20% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$600K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$591K – $800K
12 months
$635K – $978K
24 months
$759K – $1.4M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Concerning · 54/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarksRevenue Strength
5.8
Product Quality
7.8
Market Position
2.0
Growth Velocity
5.0
Defensibility
7.3
Operational Safety
7.0
Founder Strength
6.9
Monetization Maturity
1.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $240K - $1320K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.36★ across 1,063 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 1553d ago — possibly dormant.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (1553d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $10.8M-$19.2M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($2.99)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| Low install base (1,063 ratings)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Good rating (4.4★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v1.2.5
Plague Inc. Scenario Creator - The Creator’s Update
It’s now easier than ever to create and share your own scenarios with Plague Inc.’s 100 million+ players, with new features such as:
MORE PUBLISHING SLOTS! - You can now publish up to 14 scenarios (previously 7)… Full release notes →
It’s now easier than ever to create and share your own scenarios with Plague Inc.’s 100 million+ players, with new features such as:
MORE PUBLISHING SLOTS! - You can now publish up to 14 scenarios (previously 7)… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Plague Inc: Scenario Creator
- Developer
- Ndemic Creations
- Bundle ID
- com.ndemiccreations.scenariocreator
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Utilities
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- www.ndemiccreations.com
- Tagline
- Not found
- Description
- Plague Inc. is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Can you infect the world? Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero'. Now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $4.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Utilities
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- facebook facebook.com/PlagueInc · instagram instagram.com/plagueinc · twitter twitter.com/NdemicCreations
- Not found
- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- ndemiccreations.com/en/1-support
- About page
- ndemiccreations.com/en/18-about-us
📈Ratings growth1,063 ratings+429% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
💰Pricing History$0.00 → $2.99 (+0%)
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Enter the lab and develop your own custom scenarios for Plague Inc. with this powerful yet easy to use tool. Create new plague types, worlds, events and more and then share them with friends and over 85 million other players!
▶ IMPORTANT - This app is a tool to create custom scenarios for Plague Inc. It is not a game! You need the original Plague Inc. game installed in order to play scenarios. To get the original game - go here: www.plagueinc.com… View full description on the official store →
▶ IMPORTANT - This app is a tool to create custom scenarios for Plague Inc. It is not a game! You need the original Plague Inc. game installed in order to play scenarios. To get the original game - go here: www.plagueinc.com… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 117 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 11.0+🔖 v1.2.5🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Utilities💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
15 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-05
💲
Went paid — introduced $2.99 price point
2026-04
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +22 high confidence
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 3.96 → 4.30 (improved 0.34★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.07★ · reviews +22 high confidence
2022-03
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v1.2.5
2018-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2018-03
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +6 medium · co-occurring
2017-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +8 high confidence
2017-06
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating −0.07★ · reviews +11 high confidence
2017-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$53/mo · rating −0.09★ · reviews +14 high confidence
2017-04
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2017-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.00 → 3.63 (dropped 0.37★)
2017-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 4.00 (dropped 0.50★)
2017-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 4.00 → 4.33 (improved 0.33★)
2017-04
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
2017-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.00 (dropped 1.00★)
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.3556★ | 1,063 | 4.3556★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.27439★ | 164 | 4.27439★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.31168★ | 77 | 4.31168★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.08696★ | 46 | 4.08696★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.98913★ | 92 | 3.98913★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.10274★ | 146 | 4.10274★ this version |
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.13636★ | 88 | 4.13636★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.36364★ | 22 | 4.36364★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 5★ | 2 | 5★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Plague Inc: Scenario Creator: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why medium confidence: 1,063 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Plague Inc make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Plague Inc earns approximately $4.0K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
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Who makes Plague Inc?▴
Plague Inc is published by Ndemic Creations on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Plague Inc's BU Score?▴
Plague Inc has a BU Score of 64/100 (Solid). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.