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A Plague Tale: Requiem

Third-person action adventure with stealth and supernatural rat swarms

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

ActionAdventure

Reviews
Very Positive
90% of 22K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
86% of 354 in 30 days
Players
204
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
3 years ago
Jun 29, 2023
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 970
16 GB RAM · 55 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)

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

90% of 22,297 reviews are positive · 86% of 354 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.

Players over time

▼ -13% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 556 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026204
Nov 6, 2026131
Nov 5, 2026160
Nov 4, 2026154
Nov 3, 2026128
Nov 2, 2026158
Nov 1, 2026258
Oct 31, 2026200
Oct 30, 2026124
Oct 29, 2026124
Oct 28, 2026159
Oct 27, 2026182
Oct 26, 2026161
Oct 25, 2026200
Oct 24, 2026192
Oct 23, 2026150
Oct 22, 2026165
Oct 21, 2026171
Oct 20, 2026160
Oct 18, 2026211
Oct 17, 2026198
Oct 16, 2026173
Oct 15, 2026161
Oct 14, 2026139
Oct 13, 2026178
Oct 11, 2026208
Oct 10, 2026180
Oct 9, 2026168
Oct 8, 2026160
Oct 7, 2026187
Oct 6, 2026188
Oct 4, 2026267
Oct 3, 2026207
Oct 2, 2026169
Oct 1, 2026190
Sep 30, 2026164
Sep 29, 2026186
Sep 27, 2026251
Sep 26, 2026241
Sep 25, 2026195
Sep 24, 2026221
Sep 23, 2026306
Sep 23, 2026244
Sep 22, 2026275
Sep 21, 2026556

How many players finish A Plague Tale: Requiem?

48% of Steam players have unlocked «Knights!», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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A Plague Tale: Requiem system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 970, 16 GB RAM, 55 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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.

Recommended

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.

Does A Plague Tale: Requiem have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does A Plague Tale: Requiem run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • 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

PC version details

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

Does A Plague Tale: Requiem use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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