COVID: The Outbreak
Real-time strategy about containing a pandemic through global health policy
Jujubee S.A. · Published by Salient Games · Released May 29, 2020
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 69% of 96
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 6 years ago
- Jul 20, 2020
What is COVID: The Outbreak?
You lead the Global Health Organization’s response to a coronavirus pandemic in a single-player strategy game. Manage funds, staff, and medicine, build hospitals, choose research priorities, and order quarantines or border closures while the virus mutates.
For you if...
- +you enjoy balancing scarce resources against competing public needs
Not for you if...
- −you prefer hands-on action to high-level policy decisions
What players say
69% of 96 reviews are positive
Players praise the detailed statistics and strategic challenge. Common complaints concern unclear policy requirements, inadequate tutorials, and restrictive resource costs. A player also reports bugs that prevent the game from ending after infections are eliminated.
Screenshots and trailer
COVID: The Outbreak system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 660, 4 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run COVID: The Outbreak?
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- OS
- Windows 7/8/10 64-bit
- Processor
- 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 660, Radeon R7 370 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7/8/10 64-bit
- Processor
- 3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor
- Graphics
- GeForce 970, Radeon RX 580 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does COVID: The Outbreak have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does COVID: The Outbreak run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 24
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: Polish, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian.
Does COVID: The Outbreak use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Outbreak Sim
- Grand Strategy
- Strategy
- Indie
- Education
- Resource Management
- Dystopian
- Real-Time
- Management
- Simulation
- RTS
- 3D
- Abstract
- Minimalist
- Top-Down
- Singleplayer
Recent updates
- Jul 20, 2020 · Patch 1.14 (+ Incoming Steam Trading Cards!)
- Jun 18, 2020 · Patch 1.13
- Jun 15, 2020 · Patch 1.12
- Jun 10, 2020 · Patch 1.11
- Jun 8, 2020 · Patch 1.10
1 DLC available.
