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Rebel Inc: Escalation
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
65 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Personal Rating: Very Positive (80%) Me just playing 4-Dimensional Chess with the armies I have left. Rebel Inc. focuses a bit more on the strategic aspect than Plague Inc. did, while keeping it nice and simple to…”
“Really needs a mode where you get to play as the insurgency Cool game though, it feels more like a checkers match trying to funnel enemies rather than a 'political simulator' most of the time, but its all good fun…”
“Ndemic has this bad habit of making really fun, unique games, and then stuffing it full of odd rules that the game doesnt explain, as well as forcing you to play the game one way if you want to actually win.”
17 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“BEST Ndemic game, mogs both Plague AND After Inc. I challenge anyone who reads this review to play ultra mega insurgency on mega brutal”
“Honestly the best game about strategy I've ever seen on here. I love how hard it is to get rid of the TERRORIST as you also have to make sure that the citizens in the region don't feel neglected. It's almost as if it's…”
“I never got into Plague Inc. I had some fun with it on my phone when I was in high school, but never got attached to it. Rebel Inc. I got SUPER into. It's Plague Inc. but geopolitical! As someone who grew up during the…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Played so much I forgot to pee”
“It's one of those games with a great difficulty curve. Can be easy, can be extremely challenging and deep. You balance civilian support, military actions and corruption while preventing inflation from reaching the stars…”
“This game is still fun. I used to play this game years ago. It involves a lot of strategies and economic micromanaging that changes depending on the many maps and game modes.”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Finished the whole game on mobile, enjoyed every bit of it, the challanges, dailies and weeklies are fun too. The gameplay is very enganging, punishing and rewarding, it's feels like I'm actually making a difference.…”
“It's a very nice and captivating short term strategy and state-building game. I came to this game as an alternative to HoI4 when I just want to play for shorter time period rather than spending hours on a game campaign.…”
“Excellent use of mordid themes like Plague Inc., Smaller maps than Plague Inc. but there's a ton to explore, the weekly challenges are more fyll of great challenges than they are a mixed, randomly generated bag of…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Finished the whole game on mobile, enjoyed every bit of it, the challanges, dailies and weeklies are fun too. The gameplay is very enganging, punishing and rewarding, it's feels like I'm actually making a difference.…”
“fun strategy game with a unique artstyle and theme”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Play on realistic mode: insurgents "retreat" past your armies into freed zones just to screw you. Yes, just like in real life, you can just walk right by your opponents with no ill effects and get to your goal!”
“Compared to plague Inc, this is a downgrade. First, there is a lot of vagueness. In plague Inc I could clearly see how my decisions impacted the game. But here, you can't. I've had 3 soldiers and a garrison be unable to…”
“Too simplistic and you can't play as rebels.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Not as fun as Plague Inc., but still fun. Although half of the time, it makes me want to throw my PC off a bridge.”
“becomes an rng fest in mega brutal, imagine if when they found saddam he teleports through 20 mountains and summons 50 clones of himself, thats what mega brutal is. also there is no strategic decisions with any of the…”
“После 4 проигрышей на Опиумной Тропе я думаю я перестану брать булки с маком. Я злой бляха муха >:(”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Compared to plague Inc, this is a downgrade. First, there is a lot of vagueness. In plague Inc I could clearly see how my decisions impacted the game. But here, you can't. I've had 3 soldiers and a garrison be unable to…”
“It's OK I guess. More of the same if you've already played pandemic. But holy space balls all the bloody tutorial popups that you have to constantly click through every single round. There's an option to turn some of…”
“Ndemic has this bad habit of making really fun, unique games, and then stuffing it full of odd rules that the game doesnt explain, as well as forcing you to play the game one way if you want to actually win.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“You can deny civilian casualties and it mostly works, 10/10 big yahu approved”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“This game is great for anyone who wants a challenge in chaos management because geez there isn't a game that doesn't force you to at least keep your eyes open. As someone who only likes playing Mega-Brutal, I realized just how fine tuned this game was to people who are…”
— a player, Steam review · 90 hrs played“I want to tell you why I uninstalled the game. The game is engaging, challenging and complex. For a while though. The first issue is with campaigns. I started the first campaign, which is split in 5 missions. I failed the 5th mission, and because of that, I failed the entire…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Political Sim · Casual · Indie · Military · Political · War · Management · Tactical · Singleplayer · Diplomacy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , Turkish * * |
| Achievements | 99 |
| Official site | http://www.rebelincescalation.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.0GHz i5 Dual Core or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD graphics 530 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Unsupported video chipsets: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel GMA X3100, Intel GMA 950