Plague M.D.

Plague M.D. is a medieval medicine simulator set in a fictional 16th-century universe. You play a quack doctor in a remote village, diagnosing and treating patients with the tools, ingredients, recipes and books available to you. Time is limited, and misdiagnoses or delays can lead to the stake; every choice has consequences.

Treating patients

Your methods begin with bloodletting and amputating a rotten finger. As you progress, you learn therapeutic treatments and surgical skills. The game features real diseases and authentic treatments, including leeches and a blow to the head in place of anesthesia. Eventually, you face the Black Death and put on a plague doctor mask.

The village and its people

The characters include a parish priest in a deep depression, for whom St. John's wort is recommended. The game’s models are hand-drawn on paper.