A Plague Tale: Innocence

Linear medieval stealth adventure about siblings, soldiers, and swarming rats

Asobo Studio · Published by Focus Entertainment · Released May 14, 2019

Action Adventure

Reviews: Very Positive; 93% of 73K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 90% of 1,404 in 30 days
Playing now: 322; right now
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 81/100 (critic reviews)

What is A Plague Tale: Innocence?

A single-player, third-person action-adventure set in plague-stricken France in 1348. As Amicia, you guide her younger brother Hugo through devastated villages, avoiding Inquisition soldiers and using fire and light to cross areas filled with rat swarms.

For you if...

+you prefer linear, story-led single-player adventures
+you enjoy stealth, light puzzles, and tense chase sequences
+you want a dark medieval story centered on siblings

Not for you if...

−you want open-ended exploration and multiple solutions
−you need deep combat or demanding puzzles
−you dislike heavily guided, cinematic games

What players say

93% of 72,675 reviews are positive · 90% of 1,404 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the sibling story, medieval setting, art direction, and music. Common complaints call the gameplay repetitive and overly guided, with reused puzzles, limited freedom, and a frustrating final stretch.

Screenshots and trailer

A Plague Tale: Innocence system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bits)
Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 (3.3 GHz)/AMD FX-4100 X4 (3.6 GHz)
Graphics: 2 GB, GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 50 GB available space

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
Age rating: 17+

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

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