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The Black Death

Plague has left a trail of destruction across 14th century Europe. Survivors confront sickness and scarce resources in a land rife with banditry. Fight for scarce resources and learn new crafting techniques. But at all times you MUST avoid the plague. This is the land of ‘The Black Death’.

All Reviews:

Mixed (2,230) - 52% of the 2,230 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Apr 19, 2016

Developer:

Syrin Studios, Small Impact Games

Publisher:

Syrin Studios

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔
French	✔
Russian	✔
German	✔
Spanish - Spain	✔
Polish	✔

Best Game by a Small Studio

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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“We have brought The Black Death to the Early Access community because we want players to join us in shaping this new medieval role-playing experience that offers a unique take on survival. As a multiplayer game, continuous community feedback is vital for us to enhance and evolve the strong foundations that we have built. This is your chance to get involved. Those who choose to take part in the Early Access scheme should expect bugs and potentially game-breaking issues, but can look forward to a dramatic and rapidly evolving simulation of medieval life.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Our release date is still being planned. We are enough time to allow us to act on invaluable community feedback, add and extend features, improve performance and fix bugs.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The full release version of The Black Death will include a whole host of features, many of which we have already begun work on. Server stability is a big focus for us, and testing through Early Access should allow us to incorporate an even more dense population and thriving world without sacrificing performance. The full release will have more playable professions and an increase in the size of the playable area and content included within the game.

We have a roadmap and are looking forward to working with the community with iterating and including their ideas.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Black Death currently has a strong foundation on which we can continue to build, with core mechanics such as combat, trading, hunger, crafting and plague systems already in place. We have a large Western European themed world, with a range of NPCs, animals, towns, mines, castle ruins and dramatic landscapes, providing an engaging sandbox experience.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes, the game price will increase after Early Access.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We have exciting plans for the future of The Black Death and will work actively with the community to gather issues, feedback and ideas to further enhance the game. We’ll continue to provide updates, keeping players informed of changes/improvements through Steam and social media and will work closely with the community to create a roadmap of future features.”

Reviews

“The game already looks amazing, I can’t see how they’ll improve the graphics any further. The combat is surprisingly effective, and comes complete with the horrific sound of bone connecting with flesh”
ggsgamer

“The Black Death is an excellent survival game that features base building, PVP & meaningful progression.”
gamebyte

“its clear creative vision provides the blueprint for a potentially amazing game to come.”
7/10 – The Digital Fix

About This Game

A catastrophic plague has left a trail of destruction across 14th century Europe. Survivors confront sickness and scarce resources in a land rife with banditry.

To survive you will need to fight for scarce resources including food and learning new crafting techniques will certainly improve your chances. But in the desperate times, you will need to defend yourself in a land full of bandits looking to profit at your expense and at all times you MUST avoid the plague

Conditions are harsh, times are dark - this is the land of ‘The Black Death’.

A GRITTY MEDIEVAL MULTIPLAYER WORLD

Embark on a journey through a dark and gritty open-world depiction of a plague-infested Medieval Europe. Team up with other players and work together to prosper and survive or enforce a world where the sly, the strongest, meanest take everything by force. But be careful who you trust…

A LAND RAVAGED BY PLAGUE

Was it God or was it the devil himself that despatched this evil plague on Europe’s population? No one knows for sure, but everyone knows that it will kill.
Watch as the plague slowly rolls across the towns and countryside with the world event system, do you avoid the plague or attempt to combat it and prevent it spreading? If you find yourself in a plague area too long or are in contact with a plague victim, it is only a matter of time until you will succumb.

FORGE YOUR OWN PATH

Take advantage of different realistic medieval professions: Crafting fine armors to protect yourself from deadly raiders as a Blacksmith, taming animals and farming the land as a Peasant, tricking players with counterfeit goods as a Bandit, and much, much more.

Try to rebuild society by building a homestead by yourself, or with friends. Develop your building skills and turn a rickety shack into a powerful estate, complete with an ultimate medieval research lab to help you perform your experiments and find a cure.

KEY EARLY ACCESS FEATURES

Large scale multiplayer, with up to 50 players per server

A huge open world (8km2) based in 14th century Western Europe. Explore thriving castles, bandit camps, busy ports and abandoned mines.

Avoid the plague sweeping across the land

A living world with hundreds of NPC’s and day / night cycle. Trade with merchants, hunt animals, talk to townsfolk and fight bandits.

Over 300 in game items. Craft over 40 different weapon and armour pieces, using medieval tools and utilities.

Buy deeds to houses, upgrade them, and hire staff to work on your estate.

Learn skills from a number of different professions to help you survive.

Learn more about the plague through physical examinations and autopsies of infected animals and humans.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit OS)
Processor: 2 GHz Dual-Core 64-bit CPU
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: Compatible GPU with 1 GB Video RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 10 GB available space

Recommended:

OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit OS)
Processor: 3 GHz Dual-Core 64-bit CPU
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: Compatible GPU with 2 GB Video RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 10 GB available space

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.