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Pandemic: The Board Game

Pandemic: The Board Game

Humanity is on the brink of extinction. As members of an elite disease control team, you’re the only thing standing in the way of the four deadly diseases spreading across the world.

Released Aug 24, 2018 Developer Asmodee Digital Publisher Asmodee Digital, Z-Man Games Platforms Windows · Mac StrategySimulationBoard GameOutbreak SimTabletop
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

60.8%positive671 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Pandemic: The Board Game, developed by Asmodee Digital and published by Asmodee Digital in collaboration with Z-Man Games, is a digital interpretation of a widely respected cooperative tabletop experience that flips the usual competitive formula on its head. Instead of players…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“1. This is great game because always random breakoouts, EVERY turn you have to work the most effective actions”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Delisted so not worth it.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:28 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

5playing at last check
924-hour peak
153all-time peak
0 50 100 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 54 avg · Feb 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

39achievements
1.9%median completion
0.3%rarest: Flawless Victory
60.3% of players 49.5% of players 25.8% of players 25.4% of players 23.4% of players 22.8% of players 13.3% of players 11.0% of players 9.8% of players 8.0% of players 7.6% of players 6.7% of players 6.0% of players 5.1% of players 4.9% of players 4.4% of players 3.7% of players 3.0% of players 2.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 60.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
60.3%Fighting Back — Treat your first disease.
49.5%Clinical Laboratory Success — Cure a disease.
25.8%Starting Duo — Win at easy level or higher with the team: Researcher, Scientist.
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Flawless Victory — Win a game with the virulent strain and a mutation at legendary difficulty.
0.4%Team Work — Win at legendary difficulty with the team: Researcher, Dispat., Op. Expert, Contingency Pl., Epidem.
0.4%Each to Their Own — Win at difficult level or higher with the team: Troub., Gen., Contingency Pl., Archivist, Field Op.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 28, 2021
New DLC Now Available

Once again the world is on the brink of another catastrophe and you are the front line! The new Mutation DLC is here! It adds a 5th purple disease to the game that appears in unpredictable ways as wel

Jan 19, 2021
Patch N°2.2.11 4336

Dear players Assemble your team to play with the new update! Many thanks for all your feedback as they helped us a lot in improving the game. We hope that you will enjoy playing Pandemic with this new

Nov 12, 2019
The world is saved...or is it?

The world is on the brink of another global catastrophe and you are in the front line! The new Pandemic with a new Virulent Strain with Roles and Events! is now over Steam! We have implemented a new i

Aug 01, 2019
New design. New platforms. Same Pandemic!

A Pandemic is spreading on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, but this time it’s not an emergency! With the release of Pandemic on these new platforms we have implemented an array of new features that you’

Dec 14, 2018
Minor update for Korean and Simplified Chinese

Dear all, As wumohan reported, there was a bug that affected the Korean and Simplified Chinese versions of the game. We just released a minor update to tackle this issue. We tested it as much as possi

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Simulation · Board Game · Outbreak Sim · Tabletop · Medical Sim · Co-op · Singleplayer · Turn-Based · Card Game (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese
Achievements39
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.asmodee-digital.com/pandemic/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: AMD/Intel 2.0 GHz dual-core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better Storage: 1 GB available space