Emotional story and sibling bond
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Amicia and Hugo’s relationship is the real star — watching her protect her little brother in this brutal, plague-ridden world hits hard.”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Asobo Studio2019Stealth · Adventure · Action
The verdict
A short, linear, cinematic story adventure with a moving sibling bond, gorgeous visuals and music, but simple repetitive stealth and long-unfixed bugs. Skip it if you want deep gameplay.
Great for
Players who want a short, emotional, linear story with great atmosphere and don't need challenging gameplay
Main risk
Repetitive, hand-holding gameplay plus game-breaking bugs (tent, rotating lights) and a frustrating late game
What players love
Beautiful visuals that hold up
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Even after 7 years, this game still looks beautiful.”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗
Dark, immersive atmosphere and terrifying rats
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the atmosphere is so damn grim and immersive that you completely overlook it.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack and sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“What music does in this game heavily outnumbers the other great factors in the game such as graphics or story”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
Good voice acting and localization
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The voice acting is incredible. I've probably found a rival to The Last of Us.”
Steam review · 64.6 h played ↗
Short, accessible and well optimized
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“I'm happy my crappy laptop managed to run it very smooth”
Steam review · 17.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Game-breaking bugs and softlocks
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“there is a bug in chapter 6 where you can stuck in the tent.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
Repetitive, simplistic gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The gameplay gets boring pretty quickly, very repetitive and the enemies are way too limited to present a challange.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Annoying Hugo and dumb companion AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Every chapter was the same: Hugo gets in trouble. Rats. Light a torch. Hide. Rats again.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
Too linear and hand-holding, like a movie
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The game is too guided, there's no freedom. And too many cut scenes, long cut scenes.”
Steam review · 11.9 h played ↗
Frustrating boss fights and late game
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“A stealth-puzzle game suddenly turns into a trial-and-error boss battle with unclear mechanics, inconsistent feedback and frustrating failure states.”
Steam review · 18 h played ↗
Poor checkpoints and clunky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“terrible TERRIBLE checkpoint placement.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support50 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7/8/10 (64 bits)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2120 (3.3 GHz)/AMD FX-4100 X4 (3.6 GHz)
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB, GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870
Storage50 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7/8/10 (64 bits)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4690 (3.5 GHz)/AMD FX-8300 (3.3 GHz)
Memory16 GB RAM
Graphics4 GB, GeForce GTX 970/Radeon RX 480
Storage50 GB available space
OSWindows 7/8/10 (64 bits)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2120 (3.3 GHz)/AMD FX-4100 X4 (3.6 GHz)
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB, GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870
Storage50 GB available space
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