A Plague Tale: Innocence
- Developer
- Asobo Studio
- Publisher
- Focus Entertainment
- Released
- 14 May 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £34.99
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 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- 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 | Not stated | Not stated |
Verified 23 August 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, look at the tier picks above.