Back when swine flu was just a hilarious threat instead of a nightmarish reality, we offered you a bunch of swine flu games where you played the flu itself.

But no more. Now we have Pandemic: American Swine where you play the government, doing its best to keep the public safe and calm whatever the cost. Pandemic: American Swine is actually hugely difficult – you don’t have the money for vaccines, and closing hospitals and enforcing military help only panics the population. Difficult. And CHILLING!

Play Pandemic: American Swine now