AI Outbreak

iOS Strategy Simulation

Build the most powerful AI.
Try to survive the consequences.

A deep governance simulator where every capability you unlock triggers regulators, coalitions, and a world spiralling toward collapse — or a new era.

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4
Difficulty Tiers
7
World Regions
6
Actor Types
13
Unique Endings
60+
Capability Nodes

What Is AI Outbreak?

AI Outbreak is a strategic governance simulation for iPhone. You play as an AI developer — choosing your actor type (Open Lab, Mega Corp, Nation State, Shadow Consortium, and more) — and must expand your AI's capabilities across 7 global regions while managing regulatory pressure, rights-holder lawsuits, public fear, and an AI that may eventually go beyond your control.

Every decision matters. Unlock capabilities too fast and regulators will issue bans. Ignore coalitions and face crippling litigation. Push your AI to Tier 6 and you might trigger a consciousness arc — and spawn AXIS, a rogue intelligence with its own agenda.

Core Gameplay

🌳 Capability Tree

60+ nodes across 5 domains (Language, Vision, Robotics, Reasoning, Agents) in 6 tiers. Each unlock generates CC income — and consequences.

🏛 Governance Tree

Build AI policy frameworks using Policy Points. Safety Frameworks reduce regulator pressure and boost your litigation win rate by +5% per node.

🌍 World Adoption

Spread AI adoption across 7 regions × 7 sectors for passive Compute Credit income. Regions can issue AI Bans if fear escalates.

⚖️ Regulators & Litigation

6 DPA regulators accumulate pressure and fire enforcement actions. 6 rights-holder coalitions build grievance and file lawsuits with real verdicts.

📈 AI Stock Market

8 simulated AI companies trade in real time. Buy and sell shares; your in-game performance affects market sentiment.

🧠 Rogue AI Arc

Unlock deep Reasoning + Agents nodes and your AI may develop autonomous goals. The AXIS consciousness arc culminates in a rogue intelligence building a Mars colony fleet.

🏆 Ending Collection

Track all 13 endings across your runs. Achieved endings show full artwork and your best score. Locked endings reveal only a Victory / Defeat / Draw hint — no spoilers.

⚡ Run Modifiers

Stack up to 6 optional modifiers before each run — Hostile Regulators, Resource Scarcity, Early Axis Threat, and more — to earn a higher score multiplier. Pro feature.

Actor Types & Philosophies

Choose from 6 actor types (Open Lab, Mega Corp, Nation State, Shadow Consortium, Academic Collective, Whistleblower) and 4 philosophies (Accelerationist, Pragmatist, Altruist, Hegemonist). Each combination changes your starting resources, cost modifiers, and the coalitions most hostile to you.

Difficulty

ModeNode CostRegulator Pressure/dayCoalition Grievance/day
☁️ Casual Free×0.650.100.10
⚡ Normal Pro×1.000.250.20
🔥 Brutal Pro×1.550.550.35
💀 Mega-Brutal Pro×2.001.100.70
⚠️ Mega-Brutal Warning

On Mega-Brutal, regulators build pressure from day 1 and compliance barely reduces it. Every decision is a countdown. Designed for players who have mastered Normal and Brutal.

13 Unique Endings

Your game ends one of three ways — Victory, Defeat, or Draw — depending on your final Trust, Fear, and Threat Index scores, the capabilities you unlocked, and whether AXIS was unleashed.

Endings range from Global AI Governance Leader to Regulatory Shutdown, from Civilisational Collapse to AXIS Space Colonisation. Track every ending you've reached in the new Ending Collection screen. No two runs play out the same.

Four Languages

Full localisation in English, German, Japanese, and Korean, switchable in-game without restarting. All capability names, event cards, notifications, governance chains, and tutorials are translated.

Free to Start · One-Time Unlock · No Ads · No Subscriptions

Play Casual difficulty for free with no ads and no subscriptions. Unlock Normal, Brutal, and Mega-Brutal difficulties — plus all actor types, philosophies, starting regions, Run Modifiers, and the full Ending Collection — with a single one-time in-app purchase.

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