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The Plague Doctor of Wippra cover art

The Plague Doctor of Wippra

Electrocosmos · Application Systems Heidelberg · 2022-10-05

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 05, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The plague spreads agony and fear in the small town of Wippra. As a plague doctor, you bring healing and relief wherever you can. But ignorance, superstition, and religious zeal make for a deadly threat in this retro medieval medical adventure!

89%
positive of 394 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
2h
to beat · completionist 3h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 13,505 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.9k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 394 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2022-11-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 31 of 58 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220222026Week of 2022-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$7.992022-09-132026-08-262022-09-13 — best price $8.992022-11-22 — best price $7.992023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-05-18 — best price $7.992023-07-02 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $7.992023-10-05 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $7.992024-02-04 — best price $9.992024-03-07 — best price $7.992024-04-12 — best price $9.992024-05-23 — best price $7.992024-07-18 — best price $7.992024-08-31 — best price $9.992024-10-08 — best price $9.992024-11-14 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-04-17 — best price $7.992025-05-21 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-08-07 — best price $7.992025-10-07 — best price $7.992025-11-13 — best price $7.992026-01-12 — best price $7.992026-03-04 — best price $7.992026-04-09 — best price $9.992026-05-31 — best price $7.992026-07-17 — best price $7.992026-08-26 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
66.2%
earned "An attentive student"
32.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22051%10

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

Player tags

IndiePuzzleMedievalAdventureNarrationNarrativeHistoricalStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.