Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD

Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD

Actors Theatre of Louisville · October 15, 2021 · Adventure, Walking Simulator, Atmospheric, Short, Story Rich

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Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD costs £2.09 in the United Kingdom, €2.39 in Europe (EUR), $2.99 in the United States, $2.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$3.39 in Canada, NZ$3.69 in New Zealand, A$4.50 in Australia, R$6.49 in Brazil and zł10.99 in Poland right now.

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Canada CA$3.39 CA$3.39 — 1
New Zealand NZ$3.69 NZ$3.69 — 1
Australia A$4.50 A$4.50 — 1
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About Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD


Set during four pivotal epidemics that changed history, Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD is a single-player, first-person narrative adventure about greed, compassion, and courage in times of crisis.

Explore four cities—each battling a deadly outbreak—and make choices that will save or cost the lives of countless people.

Roam the streets of Athens, recording the effects of a mysterious virus so that future generations might recognize and treat it. Inspect the merchant ship Grand-Saint-Antoine for signs of the plague as an official of the Marseille sanitation authority. Bring an exploding influenza outbreak under control in Philadelphia, mere weeks after the super-spreader Liberty Loan parade. Experience the disorienting reality of quarantine in Louisville, while protests against racial injustice rock the city.

The tone of each chapter is as unique as the disease outbreaks themselves. The only constant is that you are in the center of it all, doing your part to prevent a growing pandemic by controlling the contagion.



A Compact Narrative Game:



Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD was made with care by a very small team to be a short but impactful experience—the full game is estimated to take around one hour to complete. Its linear narrative is driven by player exploration and immersive storytelling rather than combat or puzzles. Dive into the four chapters one by one, or all in one sitting—it’s up to you.



The video game debut of Actors Theatre of Louisville



Actors Theatre of Louisville brings together groundbreaking artists to tell exhilarating multi-platform stories onstage, online, and beyond. This video game was made in collaboration with a solo indie game developer from Two Scoop Games (also of Louisville).



Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD is a video game about adults having adult conversations about adult things. If you plan on playing with a younger gamer, that might be good to know going in.

Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD — game info

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Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Oct 17, 2021
picked this up cuz Two Scoop Games is awesome (I'm really looking forward to Kick Bot once it leaves beta), and wasn't disappointed. obviously, it uses that asset pack that lots of indie devs are using, but it's not an asset flip and the only real problem that comes of it (aside from me feeling that its assets are visually serviceable; your mileage of course may vary) is when the writing tells you that a character has bloodshot eyes or something like that which is not conveyed in the character model--which didn't bother me too much. all in all, it's timely, reasonably priced, well written, doesn't overstay its welcome, and the promise of extra stories next year has me interested to check this out again in 2022. takes about 20 minutes for a playthrough of both stories that are included now, but you can replay for different choices, so the developer's estimate of ~1 hour is probably apt. with the promise of 2 more stories, there will presumably be around ~2 hours of good story in here, which is more than fair for $3 imo.
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Recommended Oct 20, 2021
Plague Doctor Contagion, was a short and sweet retelling of different pandemics through time. I greatly enjoyed the music in the game, the graphics are nothing special but still stylized in a unique way I wont forget soon, and the game play could do with more interactivity (examples could be, puzzles, finding objects to help people, or having your decisions affect your outcomes in a more prominent sense.). For $3 this game is not bad, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the descriptions of the diseases and what they were doing to people, and I liked seeing history played out in front of me like they did. Small nitpick, adding an options menu for basic things like resolution and volume would be nice!
3 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 16, 2021
A series of interactive short stories that explore pandemics throughout history. There are dancing skeletons 👍🦴
3 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 19, 2021
This is a short one, but cute, with well-written text and surprisingly educational. Even a few little jokes and secrets. I look forward to the upcoming DLC.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 17, 2021
You can pet the dog 10/10 Game Of The Year
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Nov 21, 2024
It is too short! Half hour gameplay tops! In my opionon, not worth $3!

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