After a mysterious disease ravaged Earth, leaving it desolate and reclaimed by the wild, players are humanity’s last hope. Having barely escaped the Blight’s devastating effects themselves, the protagonist finds themselves alone, exhausted, but ready to risk it all to fight back against this disease.

Escaping into the wilderness is seemingly the safest choice, but how long until the Blight reaches the final haven? When hiding may very well lead to an inevitable demise, taking action is a necessity. The Last Plague: Blight tasks players to seek the root of the Blight and put an end to the disease once and for all. Humanity’s salvation is on the horizon, but reaching it is a daunting burden.

Players will face an unforgiving and uncompromising open world filled with threats of all kinds. Use the abundance of natural resources to craft rudimentary tools and weapons to fend off foes such as hostile wildlife and build impressive base structures as a new “home.” Keep an eye out on the protagonist’s vitals, as players will need to forage and hunt for food, gather water, and stay rested. The Blight poses a threat, too, and clouds of its diseased smog are to be avoided. The protagonist may have survived the disease once, but they’d be wise not to chance fate a second time.

Surviving in this deeply punishing environment won’t be as easy as punching rocks or chopping down endless trees. The Last Plague: Blight's approach to realism includes complex systems. Water must be boiled before drinking, raw materials must be treated before turning into tools, and each survival task eats up precious time, further depleting hunger, hydration, and exhaustion levels. The Blight is far from the only threat in this world.

There is, however, the option to call for backup. Become humanity’s last few hopes with online co-op multiplayer allowing up to four players to fend off the threats together. While the perils may not let up, fighting a world-threatening disease certainly feels more manageable with friends.

Are you willing to risk your life to see the Blight eradicated, or will you allow the disease to consume you?

Solo developer Original Studios announce that The Last Plague: Blight is now available via Steam Early Access and will remain so for at least a year.

“Right now there is about 5-7 hours worth of unique content in the game to experience, including buildings and craftable items. The experience itself is fairly solid. The procedural world generation creates unique and decently balanced worlds every new game, and the game so far gives a good sense of the gameplay, level of depth and realism that is being aimed for.”

“A good goal of the full version is to either have a story mode that lasts at least 50 hours of intense, challenging and interesting gameplay, or enough unique content and discoverability for that amount of time in non-story endless mode. The procedural world generation is decent right now but we definitely want it to eventually generate the most beautiful, realistic and varied worlds seen in a game like this ever. Lastly, depending on community feedback, local or networked multiplayer co-op functionality would potentially be a goal as well.”

Key Features:

• Authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion
• Procedurally generated open world and inhabitants
• Spatial awareness through a refreshing top down perspective
• Severely grounded cooking, crafting, and healing mechanics
• Co-op multiplayer
• Detailed character customization
• In-depth injury and wound system
• Farming, fishing, and animal taming
• Building mechanics; floors, walls, roof, etc

The Last Plague: Blight is in development for PC (Steam), scheduled for full launch in 2025.