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- $3.99 (Price checked Oct 5)
- Deck Playable
- 2015
Games like The Black Death
- 14 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to The Black Death: Life is Feudal: Your Own, Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG, Miscreated, Citadel: Forged with Fire, and Reign Of Kings. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Reign Of Kings
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Also Open World Survival Craft and MMORPG, like The Black Death.
- 59% of 4,271 reviews
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Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like The Black Death.
- 53% of 7,814 reviews
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Syrin Studios, Small Impact Games
- 53% of 806 reviews
- Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Medieval setting feels authentic
- Plague management is tense
- Rags to riches progression matters
- Atmospheric
- Bleak
- Dark
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About The Black Death
The closest matches to The Black Death: Life is Feudal: Your Own, Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG, Miscreated, Citadel: Forged with Fire, and Reign Of Kings. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Black Death is your kind of game, the closest matches are Life is Feudal: Your Own, Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG and Miscreated — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, bleak and dark, and single out its estate building and npc hiring. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About 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’.
Is The Black Death worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 53% of 806 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Medieval setting feels authentic
- Plague management is tense
- Rags to riches progression matters
- Roguelike respawn forces constant rebuilding
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Nice game, but it's a shame dev's simply abandoned the game. I trusted them and they took my money and left. DO NOT WASTE MONEY UNLESS YOU SEE ANY UPDATES.”
“Death. the one game i regret buying it. dont even bother with it. move on. really hope steam will remove this game.”
People who play it also play: Life is Feudal: Your Own, Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG, Miscreated
Frequently asked about The Black Death
Can I run it?
Does The Black Death have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Black Death supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to The Black Death?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Black Death are Life is Feudal: Your Own, Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG, Miscreated.
Who developed The Black Death?
The Black Death was developed by Syrin Studios, Small Impact Games and published by Syrin Studios.