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Mask of the Plague Doctor

Choice of Games · 2020-04-23

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Apr 23, 2020 (Mac), Apr 23, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 23, 2020 (iOS), Apr 16, 2020 (Android), Apr 23, 2020 (Linux)

Stop a deadly plague in a medieval fantasy tale of swords and surgery! Unearth medical knowledge, prevent the town’s purge, or plot your own escape.

86%
positive of 64 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Cure foul disease in a medieval fantasy tale of swords and surgery! Wield poultice and potion against a sleeping sickness that threatens the realm. Mask of the Plague Doctor is a 409,000-word interactive novel by Peter Parrish, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. The town of Thornback Hollow is under quarantine. Its people are unable to sleep, tormented by a disease known as the Waking Death, and the infection is spreading. At the orders of the Crown, Baron Osbert Mor(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 28,023 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320202026Week of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$4.792020-04-232026-10-082020-04-23 — best price $4.892020-06-25 — best price $4.892020-12-22 — best price $4.892021-02-11 — best price $4.892021-06-24 — best price $4.892021-11-25 — best price $4.892021-12-23 — best price $4.892022-06-23 — best price $4.892022-11-22 — best price $4.892022-12-22 — best price $4.892023-03-16 — best price $4.792023-06-29 — best price $4.792023-11-21 — best price $4.792023-12-22 — best price $4.792024-03-14 — best price $4.792024-06-28 — best price $4.792024-11-27 — best price $4.872024-12-19 — best price $4.872025-03-13 — best price $5.192025-06-26 — best price $4.792025-10-01 — best price $4.792025-12-18 — best price $4.792026-03-19 — best price $4.792026-04-20 — best price $4.792026-06-25 — best price $4.792026-10-01 — best price $4.792026-10-08 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieHorrorMedievalAdventureText-BasedMedical SimSingleplayerInteractive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

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