Pest and disaster games gain popularity in China after Wuhan virus outbreak

The health news is convulsed by the recent outbreak of the Wuhan Virus, a coronavirus that jumped humans from bats and that has China and the international community on alert. In fact, in the Chinese country, entire cities have been isolated from millions of inhabitants for fear that the Wuhan virus will become an epidemic. And with all this apocalyptic panorama, many have seen in a couple of games a remarkable similarity.

Plague Inc. Opjee is a famous game of epidemics in which pests must spread throughout the world and end humanity. What initially serves as a pretext to entertain, contains too many similarities with what is happening in China; That is why the explosion of downloads and ratings that Plague Inc. is having in the Asian country is so curious, as well as the repercussion of another similar game by the same developers: Rebel Inc

As it is said, sometimes reality surpasses fiction.

Pest games go viral in China

The alert level is highest in the country, the authorities are imposing all their weapons to not only contain the contagion of the coronavirus but also to suppress alarmist news as much as possible.

And a large number of citizens use humor on social media to dilute concerns, they have also made the downloads of games related to pests viral. This is the case of the aforementioned Plague Inc., also of its brother Rebel Inc.

As Sensor Tower demonstrates in the App Store rating record in China, there has been a huge impact on ratings of the most popular pest game in mobile stores in recent days: growth has been overwhelming, just like Rebel's Inc.

It is logical that there is a greater interest in games whose subject matter abounds today, but that a title as catastrophic as Plague Inc. goes viral during a health alarm is, above all, ironic. And it is that Plague Inc. poses precisely the scenario that you want to avoid: the outbreak of an infection caused by a pathogen that ends up spreading to the rest of the world.

Health-related apps have gained a notable presence in Chinese app stores.

For example, in the Xiaomi store, a health app is in first position, also in other similar stores, the country's concern about the health alarm is appreciated.

Hopefully what happens in the games of the famous Plague Inc. does not end up happening.