A Plague Tale: Innocence
- Developer
- Asobo Studio
- Publisher
- Focus Entertainment
- Released
- 14 May 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £17.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Genres: adventure
A Plague Tale: Innocence is a third-person action-adventure game set in 14th-century France during the Black Death. Players control Amicia, a young girl protecting her little brother Hugo as they flee the Inquisition and navigate environments overrun by swarms of plague rats. Gameplay combines stealth, puzzle-solving, and light combat, with an emphasis on using fire and light to manage the rat hordes.
Best gaming PC for A Plague Tale: Innocence in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for A Plague Tale: Innocence today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Focus Entertainment on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64 bits) | Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64 bits) |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-2120 (3.3 GHz)/AMD FX-4100 X4 (3.6 GHz) | Intel Core i5-4690 (3.5 GHz)/AMD FX-8300 (3.3 GHz) |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | 2 GB, GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870 | 4 GB, GeForce GTX 970/Radeon RX 480 |
| Storage | 50 GB | 50 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run A Plague Tale: Innocence?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5-4690 (3.5 GHz)/AMD FX-8300 (3.3 GHz) and your GPU is at or above 4 GB, GeForce GTX 970/Radeon RX 480, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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