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Playing History - The Plague

Serious Games Interactive · My Way Games · 2015-10-21

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: TBD (iOS), Oct 21, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 21, 2015 (Mac)

Go on an exciting journey in the 14th century of Florence, an amazing city struck by a mysterious disease. The story is brimming with fascinating characters, historical events and captivating locations. History is yours to explore.

Playing History - The Plague is a 2015 Adventure, Casual, and Indie title priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 152 reviews).

1
playing now
72%
positive of 152 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 28,889 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.8k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 152 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-06-07) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 14 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420152026Week of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$0.282015-01-012026-08-032015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $1.192016-11-29 — best price $3.992017-06-22 — best price $1.192017-11-01 — best price $3.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-04-27 — best price $3.992023-06-21 — best price $0.992023-07-21 — best price $0.282023-11-09 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-17 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-16 — best price $0.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-08-26 — best price $0.492024-10-26 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $0.492025-03-20 — best price $0.842025-05-18 — best price $16.992025-09-06 — best price $0.842025-10-06 — best price $16.992025-12-05 — best price $0.842026-01-31 — best price $16.992026-03-24 — best price $9.992026-06-06 — best price $0.892026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
1.2%
earned "Spotting the Plague"
0.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

AnimeIndieMemesCasualCold WarMedievalAdventureEducationHistoricalIlluminati

Census log

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

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