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A Plague Tale: Innocence cover art

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Asobo Studio · Focus Entertainment · 2019-05-14

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 06, 2021 (PlayStation 5), May 14, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 14, 2019 (Xbox One), Jul 06, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), May 14, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

429
playing now
93%
positive of 71k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
134
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (793 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 8.5h · completionist 13h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

429 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

A Plague Tale: Innocence is an action-adventure stealth game developed by Asobo Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive. It is the first installment in the A Plague Tale series. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in May 2019. It was made available on the cloud-based service Amazon Luna in November 2020. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game were released in July 2021, alongside a cloud version for the Nintendo Switch.

Trailer

A Plague Tale: Innocence trailer thumbnail

A Plague Tale: Innocence - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 429 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,993 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~624/week).
  • · Review velocity up 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8M–4.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 71,101 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-90%
GOG$3.99-90%
GameBillet$7.55-81%
Humble Store$7.99-80%
WinGameStore$7.99-80%
GamersGate$8.00-80%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 120 of 168 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.7k2.7k20192026Week of 2019-05-01: 1,946 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 887 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,779 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,845 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,824 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,700 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,281 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,580 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,184 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,608 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 917 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,071 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 800 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 819 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,110 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 863 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,155 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,026 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7982062026-08-06 21:00 — 460 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 297 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 602 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 468 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 370 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 798 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 534 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 399 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 761 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 558 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 231 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 625 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 394 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 278 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 574 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 378 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 206 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 587 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 584 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 230 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 344 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 462 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 271 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 512 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 495 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 267 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 334 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 617 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 429 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.99$3.992019-01-312026-08-302019-01-31 — best price $39.142019-08-05 — best price $35.992019-12-03 — best price $44.992020-02-13 — best price $41.312020-05-22 — best price $39.492020-08-01 — best price $44.992020-10-06 — best price $44.992020-11-27 — best price $13.492021-01-21 — best price $44.992021-03-18 — best price $44.992021-05-20 — best price $44.992021-07-24 — best price $13.502021-10-19 — best price $34.382021-12-25 — best price $9.592022-03-25 — best price $39.022022-05-28 — best price $44.992022-08-24 — best price $8.992022-12-15 — best price $13.992023-03-03 — best price $11.692023-05-30 — best price $39.992023-08-25 — best price $7.992023-11-07 — best price $39.992024-02-11 — best price $31.492024-04-18 — best price $9.002024-07-18 — best price $7.992024-10-18 — best price $7.992025-01-23 — best price $7.992025-04-19 — best price $8.492025-07-25 — best price $7.872025-10-16 — best price $32.662026-01-11 — best price $39.992026-04-03 — best price $7.992026-07-03 — best price $6.142026-08-27 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.4k3852026-05-29 — 385 pageviews2026-06-01 — 513 pageviews2026-06-04 — 458 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,908 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,202 pageviews2026-06-13 — 773 pageviews2026-06-16 — 700 pageviews2026-06-19 — 567 pageviews2026-06-22 — 530 pageviews2026-06-25 — 959 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,017 pageviews2026-07-01 — 819 pageviews2026-07-04 — 776 pageviews2026-07-07 — 813 pageviews2026-07-10 — 626 pageviews2026-07-13 — 592 pageviews2026-07-16 — 571 pageviews2026-07-19 — 680 pageviews2026-07-22 — 548 pageviews2026-07-25 — 597 pageviews2026-07-28 — 644 pageviews2026-07-31 — 479 pageviews2026-08-03 — 577 pageviews2026-08-06 — 499 pageviews2026-08-09 — 640 pageviews2026-08-12 — 683 pageviews2026-08-15 — 798 pageviews2026-08-18 — 728 pageviews2026-08-21 — 996 pageviews2026-08-24 — 916 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2,372 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

32332026-08-26 19:15 — 100 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 130 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 173 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 183 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 119 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 135 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 99 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 134 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 73 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 134 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "The de Rune Legacy"
41.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)45,12715%35
PS5 (PlayStation)43,06344%36
Steam (Steam)28,76519%35
PS4 (PlayStation)27,80949%36
Windows (Xbox)7,38315%35

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkActionHorrorStealthViolentMedievalAdventureEmotionalHistoricalStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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