Underplayed Gems

Pathologic 3 (2026)

Pathologic 3 cover
Developer
Ice-Pick Lodge
Publisher
HypeTrain Digital
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Rating
4.0 of 5, 2,679 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 42 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

You have twelve days to unravel a plague in a dying town, every step weighed by dread and dwindling time.

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What players say

Players are deeply split. Many praise the writing and atmosphere but warn it abandons the survival systems of Pathologic 2, replacing them with dialogue and time loops that some find aimless or boring. Others report softlock bugs and say development updates stopped half a year after release, with several Russian-language reviews tying disappointment to the narrative director's influence.

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