Previous updates have seen us release lots of new content for Rebel Inc. However in this update, we wanted to take a moment to tackle some improvements we’ve been wanting to get to for a while.

So here it is, The Spring Cleaning Update! With a huge number of bugs fixed, balance tweaks and a whole bunch of feature improvements.

• Balance changes Concerns, Warlord, General, Opium Trail, Insurgents, Campaign mode and more!
  
• Quality of Life improvements including: Difficulty shields for Scenarios, new VS bonuses, new operation names, improved garrison targetting and more!
  
• Heaps of bugs fixed in menus, multiplayer, civilian gameplay, combat gameplay and visuals!

We've got more cool updates coming soon! Such as the new region: Golden Sands, a mysterious governor and more! Keep an eye on our social feeds and Discord for the latest news!

Big thanks to these community members in particular who were a huge help in reporting bugs and providing feedback:
transportowiec96, Arsalan, killergotrekt, c0rupt1ble, Undefind, Tech. TTGames and Cyndicate

Some of the operation names were chosen by the community thanks to:
Liquidator Conduct.#3287, Xupypr [KZ], Gotchfutchian, Alternatum, Reonardo#8739, Freefall, Apex Prime, عبدالرحمن#0432, Tenko#5749, Elioc997472#9457, Vex, Lightning#0304, Mizuki142, MMG_Youtube#4370, Quietbook and SoraTheSkrub

• Zones are less likely to be picked for zone actions if Insurgents are adjacent, the impact of this has now been lessened for the HQ zone
  
• Charity decision now always appears between 30-60 turns after the initiative has been purchased
  
• Rebalanced VS Multiplayer mode Region income bonuses (Steam only)
  
• In the Peace Deal decision, the chance for Support Level to catastrophically fall now only appears after the third time the "Threaten" option is selected, or if Support Level is really low

• Slightly reduced the Inflation caused when purchasing Jobs Initiatives
  
• Reduced the cost of Electricity Initiatives
  
• Increased the boost Electricity Initiatives give to future zone action rollout speed

• New Concerns should now appear less frequently, rewarding players that are able to satisfy them early
  
• Decreased the average number of Initiatives required to satisfy a local Concern
  
• Concerns for Security, Road, Telecom, Electricity and Jobs will now grow slower than Concerns for other Initiatives
  
• If there are no stable Zones, Initiative rollouts will now heavily prioritize building in your most stable Zone
  
• Funding an initiative now slows down all corresponding Concerns
  
• Concerns now have a slightly higher chance to appear
  
• Further reduced the growth rate of Security, Electric, and Telecom Concerns

• Further improved build rollouts to more accurately select high priority initiatives

• The General now starts with 3 Garrisons instead of 1
  
• Artillery Upgrades and Underbarrel Attachments now cost less and have a slightly stronger effect
  
• Martial Law now sets your reputation to 16 instead of 8

• The cost of Tank Commander's Initiatives has been reduced slightly for Brutal and Mega Brutal

• Warlord has a longer delay before losing reputation to lack of Stability
  
• Increased the strength of the Warlord's National Soldiers
  
• Decreased the rate at which the Warlords National Soldiers become restless

• Wealthy Exile has a much stronger effect

• Significantly increased the time required before Poppy Fields fields in Remote zones give an increase to Insurgent Capability
  
• Significantly slowed the rate of Reputation loss from Poppy Fields in Remote zones

• Sleeper cells should now always trigger if Insurgents control 3 or fewer zones, with the spawn probability trailing off as before when controlling more zones
  
• Reduced the number of Zones Insurgents flee to when using the “Split and Run” tactic
  
• Targeted Air Support: Reduced to 1 star
  
• Espresso Shots: Reduced to 1 star
  
• Combat Simulation: Reduced to 1 star
  
• Expectation Management: Now more likely to appear
  
• Development Roadmap: Now more likely to appear
  
• Gold Standard: Increased to 3 stars (no longer appears in Mega-Brutal)
  
• Propaganda Team: Increased from 4 to 5 reputation per camp destroyed. Increased to 2 stars.
  
• Intelligence Gathering: Now also funds the District Representatives initiative for free
  
• Mass Intelligence Gathering: Now also funds both the District Representatives and Regional Census initiatives for free
  
• Dangerous Driving: Now kills 3 insurgents on entering the zone (up from 1).
  
• Informants: All Insurgent Camps are now fully revealed regardless of intel.

• Added additional Turkish Localisation
  
• Improved wording on the Campaign mode score screen
  
• Updated VS mode region income bonuses to factor in the currently selected Governor (Steam only)
  
• Added difficulty completion shields to Official Scenarios
  
• Added new Operation Name Generator words
  
• Added a popup to confirm closing the game
  
• Updated Steam SDK to improve performance on M1 Macs
  
• The Governor selection menu will now remember your current selection when going back and forward in the UI
  
• Region screen minimap now correctly colours Zones based on current Intel, rather than historical Intel values
  
• Garrison decisions are now less likely to appear in Zones you have recently rejected
  
• Insurgent retreat and combat logic has been optimized to improve calculations
  
• Scenarios can now be unsubscribed from in the Scenario Browser

• Soldiers now show the support icon / rifle when supporting over a river
  
• Tank Attachments can now be placed on Units in rough terrain when using the "All Terrain Tank" Tactic
  
• When Deficit Funding is active, all initiatives now appear in their "can be afforded" UX state (not greyed out)

• Fixed issue where you couldn't resolve service protests over lack of Jobs or Services
  
• Fixed a bug where all Concerns would only require one Initiative to solve
  
• Free initiatives can now be purchased when you have negative funds
  
• Fixed the "Pause" text not showing at the start of the game
  
• Fixed an issue where new buildings would not be visible

• Fixed issue where combat victories were sometimes counted in the wrong Zone
  
• Fixed issue where Fight progress would reset in the Zone Insurgents flee into
  
• Fixed issue where fleeing Insurgents could still destroy rolled out Initiatives
  
• Fixed issue where Insurgents would gain control of a Zone while losing in combat
  
• Fixed issue where Security Checkpoints benefit would persist after a Garrison was destroyed
  
• Insurgents should no longer be able to control zones while losing in combat
  
• Fixed an issue where the cooldown for manual garrisons was longer than the normal Garrisons
  
• Soldiers placed directly on top of Experts now no longer become immobile

• Improved Decisions firing conditions
  
• Fixed issue when using the Infinite Reputation cheat, the player could not use it in Decisions
  
• Fixed issue where Coalition Soldiers could withdraw during the tutorial
  
• Fixed various typos

• Fixed issue where Azure Dam decision option "Harvest Fish" both cost and gave Funds
  
• Fixed a bug where the "months until next convoy" message could appear as a negative value

• Fixed issue where a field in Opium Trail was not desaturating when the containing Zone had no Intel
  
• Fixed issue in Opium Trail where Zones with full Intel would be delayed in updating
  
• Tourist Advisor now correctly gives Intel on two Zones in Mega Brutal on Opium Trail
  
• Fixed an issue where Poppy Fields were invisible if next a Garrison

• Fixed an issue where the popup announcing another region stabilising in Campaign mode was not translating
  
• Sniper Support no longer prevents Morale Boost from working
  
• Fixed issue where the correct number of Soldiers wouldn't be available when the National Surge or Coalition Surge Map Features were active
  
• Fixed an issue where Warlords Restless Soldiers Decision would remain on the map if the associated soldier was killed by Insurgents using the “Overwhelming Force” Tactic
  
• Fixed issues where “Deficit Funding” wouldn't allow the player to spend funds
  
• Fixed an issue where the “Dangerous Driving” tactic would only ever be able to kill 1 Insurgent, even when set to a higher value in the Scenario Creator
  
• Scenarios
  
• Fixed issue where Insurgent fighters continue to spawn in a Training Complex zone, even after the Structure was destroyed
  
• Fixed issue where Sentry Turret would appear in Active Ability's UI when not in use
  
• Insurgents can no longer gain more than 6 Tactics in the 'Evolving Insurgency' scenario
  
  
  Scenario Creator
• Fixed a bug where Zone actions created in the Scenario Creator with a finite number of rollout Zones could sometimes roll out in more Zones than intended.
  
• UI now correctly displays how many Zones a Zone action can roll out in if it is set to a finite number
  
• Fixed issue where some Structures would become indestructible when put in the same zone as other structures

• Fixed issue where Co-Op menu buttons would stop working

We are actively looking for information on these very rare issues which we can’t reproduce, let us know if you encounter any - give us as much information as you can!

• Soldiers continue to be stuck in an endless fight even when Insurgents have been killed or "Ghost Insurgents" as it's become known. We have been unable to find reliable steps to reproduce this issue, and we are also keen to know if the issue still persists after the additional fixes included in this update
  
• When playing Co-Op multiplayer, the game can break on the Governor/Region select screens
  
• Some decisions are not reappearing when saving and loading the game while they are on the map
  
• Very rarely, airstrikes sometimes don't work, especially in multiplayer VS

Developer Notes

• Insurgents can be killed without fully surrounding them if your soldiers' combat strength is high enough. This is an intended feature of the combat system.
  
• The 'Pure Minds' Map Feature has multiple issues and will not be re-introduced to the game
  
• We have no current plans to bring Ultra Mega Brutal to private matches in VS

Rebel Inc. on mobile now has a new Scenario Creator app to bring Steam and Mobile players together! Make scenarios and play them whatever your platform!




The Rebel Inc. Scenario Creator on mobile has all the same features as the Steam version so you can make the Rebel Inc. scenario of your dreams! The app gives you the tools to customise civilian, military and insurgent variables as well as configure Zones with new structures and even make your own initiatives!



So go check out all the new mobile scenarios, and if you fancy making scenarios on the move, why not pick up the Rebel Inc. Scenario Creator on iOS or Android today? You can also access the Scenario Creator on Steam through the main game menu.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1088790/Rebel_Inc_Escalation/

Hi,

Another small patch of fixes for rare under-the-hood crashes pertaining to the previous update

Don't forget to give the upcoming Spring Cleaning Update a try!

The Ndemic Creations Team

Hi,

Small patch today!

• Scenarios created on the upcoming iOS & Android versions of Rebel Inc: Scenario Creator will be available in the Scenario Browser
  
• Minor tweaks and improvements to the Scenario Browser functionality

and don't forget to give the upcoming Spring Cleaning Update a try!

The Ndemic Creations Team

The creative, fascinating and challenging scenarios keep rolling in! Let's take a look:

Capital State - T-2 by Hatsune Kamiri
"Virina - The world conquered by the ruthless. We are currently entering our fourth year of this war and the invaders are still standing strong. The Empire has decided to put their foot down and go all-out while they have the chance. Our enemies are pushing all they have onto victory on this planet. All other wars have moved to a stand-still on either side. It's all down to this."
A story rich series worth checking out! Play the rest of the Captial State Insurgency Series.


The Missing Heaven by MisterCinnabar
"Yharon Rivers has always been considered to be 'easy to stabilize', according to many world leaders. However, a massive threat looms beyond their ignorance: The Missing Heaven."

An inventive collection of new initiatives and another interesting series! See also The Missing Heaven 2 and The Missing Heaven 3.

Coalition Intervention by Chiko
"Years of war have ravaged this region. By the time the invasion is over, there's barely any resources left for a national army, left alone anyone willing to work with the remnants of the government."

Take control of the situation as a super charged Coalition operation!

Road Commander by transportowiec96
"The Road Commander is very good at constructing infrastructure at almost no cost, but this causes him to inflate things a bit too much...

Can you handle the inflation?"

Want a nice change of pace from the military focus? Try roads instead.

Zombie AP: The "Cure" by johnqu41

"December, 2100. After a mysterious virus have striked Hope city. John and his team "Hopeful Dawns" are nearly done with rebuilding the city and regenerating human civilization; however, another horde of zombies are about to strike the city."

Play as a Zombie trying to save the world!

Thanks to all the creators! Got a favourite scenario we missed? Leave it in the comments!

Be sure to join some of the creators on Discord to chat about scenario creation and we'll see you next time!

The Ndemic Creations Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1088790/Rebel_Inc_Escalation/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/246620/Plague_Inc_Evolved/

Hi everyone,

The Rebel Inc: Scenario Creator is now fully localised in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

• Added Localisations for Scenario Creator
  
• Added new Custom Commands based on some of the mechanics from Official Scenarios 'Corporate Development', 'Evolving Insurgency' and 'Embassy Evacuation'
  
• Potential fix for Mac M1 Crashes, try booting the Scenario Creator and let us know if it crashes!

Enjoy!

The Ndemic Creations Team

Players have been making all kinds of fascinating, challenging, unique and amazing Custom Scenarios for a while now and we wanted to feature some of the most popular ones!

"The insurgents are attacking once again. However, all the other governors went on vacation, leaving only the Garrison Commander left to fend them off."

A fun and inventive scenario where you really can use Garrisons to solve every problem!

"The Coalition supported the war as much as they could. The opposing forces were destroyed, their support base collapsed, until the Guerrilla forces rose up and took power for themselves. Now, it seems the government is left to fend for itself, all its foreign allies have abandoned it--but its foreign enemies, have not."

An interesting narrative and tricky to complete, with limited options at your disposal!

"The war has lasted for 3 years now, the enemy isn't backing down and so aren't you. However, the battle has evolved into a war of attrition and many people aren't happy with this. You need to convince people that the war will end soon. Are you up for the job?"

Not one, but eight scenarios! In this series, break the stalemate between the Operation and the Insurgents with advanced military tactics.

"Does causal feel like mega brutal to you? Does it feel impossible? Well this scenario fixes everything! corruption is removed, inflation is removed, you gain $60 per month, etc. I playtested this and got 5 out of 5 stars very easy. I bet a baby could win this!"

Sometimes, we all need an easy win and this gives us a chance.

A good scenario if you want a starting point!


"Deep in the arid flats lies the treasure of the modern world, petroleum. Oil derricks litter the outskirts of the region and are heavily contested for their valuable resources."

Can't wait for the new Golden Sands region? Why not try out Sands of Wealth to get used to securing Oil Derricks and the money they provide.


Thanks to all the creators! Got a favourite scenario we missed? Leave it in the comments!

Be sure to join some of the creators on Discord to chat about scenario creation and we'll see you next time!

The Ndemic Creations Team

Face your greatest challenge yet in a new collection of Rebel Inc. Official Scenarios, featuring murderous turrets, mountain fortresses and the ultra brutal insurgency!


The Insurgents are using advanced cell tactics and splintering whenever defeated in combat.

The use of AI Sentry Turrets has been authorised. Equipped with threat sensors, they can pin Insurgents down and inflict heavy casualties over time.

Use high-tech automated defences to fight a tenacious Insurgency.




The Insurgency is equipped with every Insurgent Tactic! The odds are against you and extreme strategic abilities will be needed to win.

WARNING - this is the most challenging Rebel Inc. scenario ever! The developers can just about manage to beat it on casual difficulty…



Vital convoys are headed towards the soon-to-be-completed Azure Dam carrying supplies and machinery. But first, they have to navigate Hell's Highway and the Insurgents know they are coming...

Defend convoys from those damned(!) Insurgent attacks as they travel through the region.


Insurgents have established a base of operations in an ancient mountain fortress. The structure offers a formidable defence against military intervention; the Insurgents will not let it fall easily.

Break through the Insurgent fortifications and gain control of the fortress to secure the Region.


After decades of civil war, the once tranquil Saffron Plains have fallen to the Insurgency. The thriving saffron trade has died out, and the population has turned to your Operation to save the Region from the brink of collapse.

A fast and effective response will be required to save this Region before it's too late.

That's it for this year! We'll be developing more scenarios in the future, what would you like to see? Fill out this form, post in the Steam Forums or join our Discord and tell us what you want to see!

Be sure to check out the custom scenarios made by the community in the Steam Workshop! Or even create your own in the Scenario Creator.



The Ndemic Creations team

• Added 5 new Official Scenarios
  
• Fixed issue in Omnigovernor and Private Contractor where region initiative would not appear
  
• Insurgent in a Tank scenario: The tank will no longer panic when repeatedly attacked in the same zone. Instead it will carefully consider its strategy and execute its plan accordingly (take that Pravus)

Take on a new set of deliciously dangerous Rebel Inc. Official Scenarios, featuring hopelessly besieged embassies, vicious helicopter gunships and expansive tunnel networks!


Bring death from above with the advanced Helicopter Gunship. Seek and destroy stolen weapons caches, training grounds and camps to force the Insurgents into submission.

Deploy a powerful helicopter to provide mobile offensive and defensive capabilities during this engagement.

Move fast; hit hard.



A mega-corporation has secured all construction contracts in the region. The Board of Directors refuses to allow the unsupervised roll out of civilian initiatives so multiple Experts must be deployed to roll out Initiatives directly.

Balance Experts, Hostility and Corruption to stabilise the Region zone by zone.



Insurgents are launching a huge attack to kidnap negotiators and disrupt the fragile peace process.
Strategically evacuate your embassies before the insurgents reach them and hold out against relentless assault waves until the peace deal can be signed.


A large and well-established network of interconnected Tunnels has been identified in this Region, allowing the Insurgency to attack or flee through Zones across the map. Bunker Buster missiles have been authorised to assist in stabilising the Region.

Careful strategic management of military resources will be required to suppress the insurgency here.


We hope you enjoy them!

However, prepare yourself, as more Rebel Inc. Official Scenarios will be dropping soon and they’re the most brutal yet...

If you can’t wait until then, be sure to check out the custom scenarios made by the community in the Steam Workshop! Or even create your own in the Scenario Creator.

Join our Discord to discuss your favourite scenarios and what you want to see in the future!

The Ndemic Creations team

• Added 4 New Official Scenarios
  
• Fixed issue where structure effects persisted after they were destroyed
  
• Fixed issue where jets would fly too close to the ground
  
• Fixed a localisation issue with "Weak Supply Chains" description
  
• Fixed original localisations not activating in Official Scenarios
  
• Fixed issues where saving and loading the game would cause issues with tactics in "Evolving Insurgency"

Hi,

We're happy to see people enjoying the Official Scenarios! We've got a patch with fixes and improvements.

• Fix for Mac missing content
• Fix for issue where all governors only had three coalition soldiers
• Added Official Scenarios flag

The Ndemic Creations Team