A Plague Tale: Innocence

A Plague Tale: Innocence

BANGER · Action · 2019

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

A BANGER at $3.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Feb 2019.

Cost per hourS
$0.37/hr
ReviewsS
93% of 73,913
Critics
81 players 12 higher
Genre rank
Top 1% Action

Score at full price

Fair$39.99

Score today

−90%SALE BANGERBANGER
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Time and effort

Main story
10.9h
To 100%
15.9h 1.5x the story
Achievements
35

Price and sales

Sales
76 on record
Typical cut
80% off
Steam low
$3.99 June 2026
Sale every
35d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $3.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
710 now
Recent reviews
91% 30 days
Cheaper than
1% of its genre
Better reviewed
98% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

82% start to 6% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $3.99. That was June 2026. 76 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart.

Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 98 percent. Among the games closest to it, Assassin's Creed Valhalla ($59.99, scores 22) and Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition ($39.99, scores 50) both come in lower.

$8.59 is where it would stop being a BANGER.

More about A Plague Tale: Innocence

Critics scored it 81. Players sit 12 points higher at 93 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

5 of the 799 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 76 percent of the 2,257 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (cosmetic, time-limited); the score docks it lightly for that.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.37/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set. That is today's sale price. Normally $3.67/hr
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Holding it back
MonetizationCosmetic, Time-limited
Paid extras, but no loot boxes or currency. A light touch
For context
Refunds5 of 799 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score
In-app purchasesCosmetic, Time-limitedPCGamingWiki

What players say

Beautiful graphic, beautiful music, the game is exactly like a tale - a good story that takes you back to 1348 when the Black Death was happening. Very optimized game, maximum graphic setting at 1440p takes only 4GB of VRAM Conclusion: Highly recommend P/s: There is a also a direct sequel game :)
TachyRecommendedafter 11h5 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Feeling so much guilt as I gleefully unleash some voracious rodents on some underpaid inquisition soldier while this teenager is going through the horrors. Like sorry Amicia, we're gonna have to kill this guy I need the loot.
mothmanstealoxygenRecommendedafter 6.7hOct 2026Read on Steam
The game is too guided, there's no freedom. And too many cut scenes, long cut scenes.
nikkytheyoNot recommendedafter 12h10 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 2 GB, GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870, 50 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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A Plague Tale: Innocence scores 86/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/752590/a-plague-tale-innocence
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+12
Critics81
Players93
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 73,913 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperAsobo Studio
PublisherFocus Entertainment
GenreAction
Released2019
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements35