Upgrade a swarm of rats, lead them to freedom, conquest through 200+ dungeon levels
NICOSIA, Cyprus – 6 Oct 2026 – Publisher Digital Vortex (DREADMOOR, Tiny Eden) and developer Greedy Games today reveal I Am Plague, a dark, incremental roguelite about leading a mischief of rats through a treacherous dungeon, and announce the start of an open playtest that runs 6 – 20 October.
One rat alone is low-level adventure fodder. A mutated swarm of gnashing teeth and beady eyes? A nightmarish, extinction-level threat. Become the hivemind of thousands of rats, who for centuries have eked out a meager existence in the darkness far below humanity’s grand capital. Unnoticed by the people above, guide the horde up through more than 200 levels of the underground fortress, devouring every enemy crossing its path.
Combine destructive mutations to create powerful pestilential synergies. Reappropriate the remnants of fallen foes defeated in auto-combat. Add status effects to their claw swipes, gain more health from consuming foes, and grow protective bone armor. Explore and unlock the secrets of the fortress, including discovering new Visages: place enemy skulls atop the skittering mass of death to switch character classes and gain new abilities.
The pack starts out weak, and its initial ventures through the fortress will likely end in death. Return to the rats’ lair and make offerings to the Tree of Flesh and the Tree of Bones to permanently upgrade the colony’s base stats and unlock new mutations. The further the rats push toward the surface, the more options open up to specialize the swarm’s build on the next run. Rise as a feared Rat King in I Am Plague.
- Venture into 200+ dungeon floors
- Upgrade with 50+ mutations across multiple rarity tiers
- Unlock permanent upgrades to your horde’s base stats
- Harvest flesh and bones from new enemy types as you ascend, including new character classes
- Explore Shops, text-based events, and branching routes
- Defeat increasingly dangerous bosses
The I Am Plague playtest is available now on PC via Steam, with the store page available in English, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean, German, Portuguese (Portugal), Polish, and Russian, and runs through 20 October. For more information, be sure to follow the game on X/Twitter and join the official Discord server.
About Digital Vortex
Digital Vortex Entertainment is a new publisher made up of game industry veterans who have worked on titles such as Atomic Heart, Lost Ark, PUBG Battlegrounds, and more, not limiting themselves to specific genres or game formats, and always striving to create games they themselves would like to play.
