Full Steam Ahead vs Virus Evolution
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Full Steam Ahead
Design and build your own steam ships, facing engineering challenges inspired by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Test your creations against rough seas, cargo capacity, and combat. Earn investor confidence to fund increasingly complex designs.
- Ship building puzzle game
- Engineering challenges
- Design and construction
- Hull material choice (wood/iron)
- Engine, fuel, and propulsion selection
- Investor confidence and funding
- Historical context of ss Great Britain
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Brunel’s ss Great Britain, the Science Museum and Aardman Animations have joined forces to make this intriguing ship building puzzle game. Let Isambard Kingdom Brunel himself be your guide as you construct a ship to face the same challenges which the great engineer faced when designing the ss Great Britain. Your ship should be strong enough to cut through rough seas, carry as much cargo as possible, go the furthest distance and destroy opponents in tug-o-war battles. Chose your ship’s hull material (wood or iron), engine, fuel and propulsion mechanism to overcome the challenges posed by Brunel. The better you do, the more investor confidence, and so cash, you’ll earn; giving you more funds to design bigger and more complex ships! Become a great problem solver, just like Brunel, and take inspirations from his determination, resilience to persevere and his ability to learn from his mistakes. ● Eight ship building challenges posed by your guide, Brunel ● Discover the capabilities of iron versus wood in the construction of your ship’s hull ● Explore the difference between paddles and the screw propeller ● Earn investor confidence to get more money for bigger and more complex ships ● Learn about the design and construction of the ss Great Britain ● Find out about the history of the ss Great Britain and the challenges she overcame in her working life ● Can you build a ship to rival the ss Great Britain? Visit Brunel’s ss Great Britain to get special unlock codes for the game! Plan your visit here: http://ssgreatbritain.org/your-visit Developed by Aardman Animations for Brunel’s ss Great Britain and the Science Museum as part of the Museums and Schools project; supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Find out more about the Museums and Schools project ssgreatbritain.org/brunel-institute
Virus Evolution
Unleash a deadly pathogen and strategically spread a global pandemic. Your goal is to conquer humanity by increasing infection rates and decreasing survival rates. Become the ultimate threat and achieve world domination.
- Spread the virus
- Start a pandemic
- Conquer the world
- Strategic gameplay
- Increase infection rates
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Global victory is yours to take! You’ve just invented the perfect plague and now it’s time to put it to the test. Create a world pandemic as you drive the epic war against humanity! Strategy is key as you work to increase the surge in case numbers and watch the survival rate fall. Fight to conquer it all as you become the deadliest threat this universe has ever seen! Life will never be the same again! Virus Evolution 3D Features: - Spread the virus - Start a pandemic - Conquer the world!
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Verdict
Full Steam Ahead and Virus Evolution both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Full Steam Ahead's written reviews are positive against 32% of Virus Evolution's. Full Steam Ahead also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). Virus Evolution's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (866 vs 61). On price, rating and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Virus Evolution sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Full Steam Ahead asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Full Steam Ahead against 4.6 for Virus Evolution. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virus Evolution has 866 ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Full Steam Ahead's written reviews are positive against 32% of Virus Evolution's.
Full Steam Ahead ships an update every 21 months, Virus Evolution monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Full Steam Ahead | Virus Evolution |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (61 ratings) | 4.6 (866 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better | 32.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 | 866 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ss Great Britain Trust | Kwalee Ltd |
Customer experience
Full Steam Ahead
Virus Evolution
User reviews
Full Steam Ahead
From 61 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great graphics and art style
- 💡 Educational and historical value
- 🤩 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 🚀 Excellent physics and engineering simulation
- 💯 Highly recommended and brilliant game
Room to improve
- 👎 No training or explanation
- 📉 Game became less fun for some
- 📱 Small screen size on phones
- 🐌 Slow and boring for some users
Virus Evolution
From 866 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ❤️ Love the game
- 🎉 Enjoyable to play
Room to improve
- 🐛 Game freezes/crashes
- 🚫 Broken/glitched features
- 🔍 Limited geographical coverage
- 📺 Too many ads
Bugs and requests
Full Steam Ahead
Reported bugs
10 issues- Stern breaks off with half-sized propellers/engines
- Flood meter doesn't work
- Game crashes at the beginning
- Game crashes after designing ship
- Game crashes on first level
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- Cannot move materials or drive ship
- Music cannot be stopped separately from game sounds
- Game does not resume correctly after display is turned off
- Game keeps taking user out before mission starts
- Update made the game worse, cannot design ships
Requested features
18 requests- Add water tight doors
- Add paddle steamers for speed
- Add triple and double expansion steam engines
- Add different steam whistles
- Add multiplayer
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- Add more levels
- Focus on White Star Line ships
- Add ability to connect steam engine funnels
- Add ability to build ship superstructure
- Add more content and remove scanning requirement
- Add zoom in option for phones
- Add more complexity to the game
- Add hints and tutorials
- Add a Titanic version
- Add ability to design ships again
- Add infinite space for building in some levels
- Add more updates
- Add advertisements to get people to download
Virus Evolution
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes after infecting USA
- Unable to progress past USA
- Upgrading/tapping issues
Requested features
3 requests- Add support for more countries
- Fix game freezing/crashing issues
- Improve geographical coverage
In-app purchases
Full Steam Ahead
No in-app purchases
Virus Evolution
- 100 Lab Points$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- 255 Lab Points$4.99
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- Remove Ads Pack$7.99
- Double Profits Forever$9.99
- 1100 Lab Points$19.99
- Remove Ads VIP$19.99
- 2700 Lab Points$49.99
- 5500 Lab Points$99.99
Questions
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