- 77/100
- Players14 ratings
- 80/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic23 critic reviews
- 79/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 67/100
- Player reviews
- 80% positive2,559 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$32.65
Where to get it
2026 · Ice-Pick Lodge · Role-playing · Simulation
Pathologic 3
Pathologic 3 is a psychological horror game in which you play Daniil Dankovsky, a rationalist doctor trying to defeat death itself as the same doomed town collapses around him. It is a standalone follow-up to Pathologic 2 and a reimagining of the Bachelor route from the original Pathologic, rather than a direct sequel or prequel. Its major new distinction is time manipulation: the premise remains a 12-day plague crisis, but the Bachelor can revisit and alter key events, reflecting his obsession with control, causality, and conquering death.
- Released
- 9 January 2026
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X/SWindowsPlayStation 5
- Genres
- Role-playingSimulationAdventureIndie
- Developers
- Ice-Pick Lodge
- Publishers
- HypeTrain Digital
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- HorrorThrillerSurvivalDramaOpen worldMystery
- Engine
- Unity
- Age ratings
- ESRB MPEGI 18ACB R 18+USK 18CLASS_IND 18
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), English, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian
- Features
- Family SharingFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam CloudSteam achievementsSteam trading cards
- Time to beat
- 26hmain story33hwith extras41hcompletionist
›Story
Bachelor Daniil Dankovsky is a young doctor from the capital. His search for the secret of immortality brings him to a remote town, gripped by a mysterious plague that will destroy it in 12 days. Now it’s up to him to explore the town itself, its past, present, and future — to find answers to his numerous questions and try to stop the relentless epidemic.
(At least… that’s what he thinks this story is about. What it’s supposed to be about. What it’s always been about.)
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Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Standalone expansions
- Pathologic 3: Quarantine
- Built on it
- Pathologic 3: Quarantine
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