Plague Road
Rescue survivors, fight monsters and explore a once great city fallen to plague in a dark fantasy game combining turn-based tactical strategy and roguelike elements.
Plague Road is an adventure developed by Arcade Distillery, released 23 May 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One.
What Plague Road is
Plague Road is an adventure game developed by Arcade Distillery and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Set around a city being consumed from within by disease, Plague Road tells a story of a lone doctor who once abandoned their home and now returns to learn the fate of those they left behind. Travel from the safe refuge of your farm through a series of regions progressively more affected by the infernal plague, rescue survivors and use their talents to fight horrific monsters."
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Plague Road launched on 23 May 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Injustice 2, Tekken 7 and RiME. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Prey, Injustice 2, Tekken 7, RiME.
Official trailer
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