{"rewrite":{"id":"r_187c76b5d98b522a3ecda5af","clusterId":"c_a2ddb4193b82b93b2cce6b51","slug":"i-am-plague-announced-for-pc-as-playtest-runs-to-october-19","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"I Am Plague Announced For PC As Playtest Runs To October 19","summary":"Digital Vortex has announced I Am Plague, an incremental roguelite from Greedy Games, for PC via Steam in 2027. The player is a hive mind born from a rat swarm in a fantasy city's underground, aiming for the surface. Combat is automated, so the work is building a mutation build. A playtest runs until October 19 with 50 floors and 40 mutation types, and Japanese is supported.","whyItMatters":"The playtest doubles as a scope test: 50 floors and 40 mutations now against a full release planned at over 200 floors and more than 50 mutations across multiple rarities.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eA playtest is running on the Steam store page until October 19, offering 50 dungeon floors and 40 mutation types, with Japanese supported. Combat runs on its own once a run starts, so the player\u0026#39;s role is assembling mutations, chosen from three options on each floor or bought at shops, where certain combinations produce synergies. Death is not the end of progress: the Flesh Tree and Bone Tree carry permanent upgrades into later attempts, raising base stats and unlocking new mutations. The full release is planned for PC via Steam in 2027.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"I Am Plague opens playtesting with 50 floors, not the 200-plus the full dungeon will hold. The gap between the demo's ceiling and the finished descent is where Greedy Games tests whether the mutation loop stays readable.","twitterPost":"I Am Plague's playtest caps at 50 floors. The full dungeon runs past 200, so Greedy Games is testing the mutation loop on a fraction of the descent.","threadsPost":"I Am Plague's playtest hands players 50 floors and 40 mutation types, but the finished dungeon goes past 200 floors. That ratio is the design problem Greedy Games is stress-testing now: whether a hive-mind build stays legible across a far longer climb to the surface.","newsletterBlurb":"Digital Vortex has announced I Am Plague, a Greedy Games incremental roguelite for PC via Steam in 2027. Players control a hive mind born from a rat swarm in a fantasy city's underground and push toward the surface, with combat automated and mutations doing the work. A playtest runs until October 19 with 50 floors, 40 mutation types, and Japanese support.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/06/173217.html\",\"title\":\"Aim for the surface from the lowest floor of a dungeon over 200 levels deep! Auto-battle x incremental roguelite 'I Am Plague' announced, playtest underway\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4842,"outputTokens":604,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791272239,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T07:34:20.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T07:36:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:36:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_a2ddb4193b82b93b2cce6b51","canonicalTitle":"地下200階以上のダンジョンの最下層から地上を目指せ！オートバトル×インクリメンタル・ローグライト『I Am Plague』発表＆プレイテスト開催中","representativeArticleId":"a_9f717bf68f547149de7d8fac","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"I Am Plague\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-06T05:45:48.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-06T05:45:48.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T07:36:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/06/173217.html","title":"地下200階以上のダンジョンの最下層から地上を目指せ！オートバトル×インクリメンタル・ローグライト『I Am Plague』発表＆プレイテスト開催中"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["I Am Plague"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}