Action · May 14, 2019

A Plague Tale: Innocence (2019)

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Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history. Hunted by Inquisition soldiers and surrounded by unstoppable swarms of rats, Amicia and Hugo will come to know and trust each other. As they struggle to survive against overwhelming odds, they will fight to find purpose in this brutal, unforgiving world. 1348. The plague ravages the Kingdom of France. Amicia and her younger brother Hugo are pursued by the Inquisition through villages devastated by the disease. On their way, they will have to join forces with other children, and evade swarms of rats using fire and light. Aided only by the link that binds their fates together, they will face untold horrors in their struggle to survive. As their adventure begins… the time of innocence ends.

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192 Action titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume63.0k Steam reviewsTop 10% in Action
Positive rating93% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 24%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 77 — top 36% of Action titles
Concurrent peak145 playersTop 29% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours13 h averageTop 39% for session depth among Action

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Story Rich · 851
  • Adventure · 716
  • Stealth · 580
  • Female Protagonist · 577
  • Medieval · 570
  • Atmospheric · 512
  • Singleplayer · 469
  • Third Person · 380
  • Action · 375
  • Dark · 321
  • Horror · 302
  • Great Soundtrack · 286
  • Historical · 284
  • Emotional · 246
  • Violent · 232

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French volume_up
  • Italian
  • German volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Czech
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Korean

Full audio (4)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

93%Very Positive · 63.0k reviews

58.6k positive · 4.4k negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.5/10

Curator recommendations

56.8k

Peak concurrent players

145

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Cinematic delights every step of the way” Rock Paper Shotgun “A Plague Tale’s story is immediately compelling” IGN “Gripping, heartbreaking” Telegraph

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

13h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

10h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

35

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMay 14, 2019
DeveloperAsobo Studio
PublisherFocus Entertainment
Base price$7.99 -80%
Required age17+
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

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