A Plague Tale: Requiem

Third-person action adventure with stealth and supernatural rat swarms

Asobo Studio · Published by Focus Entertainment · Released Oct 17, 2022

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 27K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 667 in 30 days
Playing now: 306; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 3 years ago; Jan 18, 2023

What is A Plague Tale: Requiem?

A single-player, third-person action-adventure set in a plague-ridden medieval world. As Amicia tries to protect her brother Hugo, you explore new regions, sneak past or fight enemies, and use weapons, tools, supernatural powers, and rat swarms while seeking a way to control his curse.

For you if...

+you like mixing stealth, combat, tools, and supernatural powers
+you prefer guided single-player adventures over open-world games
+you want to play as a protective female protagonist

Not for you if...

−you want cooperative or competitive multiplayer
−you avoid dark stories centered on death and survival

What players say

91% of 27,391 reviews are positive · 89% of 667 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the emotional story, detailed environments, soundtrack, and voice acting. Common complaints focus on long walking sections, uneven pacing, repetitive encounters, inconsistent enemy AI, and writing that some consider weaker than the first game.

Screenshots and trailer

A Plague Tale: Requiem system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (20H1 64 bits)
Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K (3.5 GHz)/AMD FX-8300 (3.3 GHz)
Graphics: 4 GB, GeForce GTX 970/Radeon RX 590
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 55 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12
Notes: 30 FPS, 1920x1080 in low. DirectX 12 Feature Level 12 and Shader Model 6.0 are needed.

OS: Windows 10 (20H1 64 bits)
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K (3.7 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 GHz)
Graphics: 8 GB, GeForce RTX 3070/Radeon RX 6800 XT
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 55 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12
Notes: 60 FPS, 1920x1080 in ultra. SSD storage is recommended.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 35
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese. Text only: Italian, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Czech, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Ukrainian.