Pathway

Players control a band of mercenaries in the mid-1930s who attempt to defeat Nazis before they can recover powerful occult artifacts. Missions are based on modern pulp adventure stories, such as Indiana Jones and The Mummy. In each session, players explore a procedurally generated map in a vehicle with a random amount of fuel. Players expend can expend fuel finding merchants, recruiting mercenaries, and interacting with various non-player characters, which can result in missions.

Choices made in these missions can lead to skill checks or fighting enemies, such as Nazis. Combat is turn-based and tactical. Each character is given two actions per turn, which can be used moving, attacking, or using a special ability. Cover provides limited protection from attacks.

Robotality is a German studio. Pathway is a followup to their previous tactical RPG, Halfway. Chucklefish released it for Linux, macOS, and Windows on April 11, 2019, and on Nintendo Switch on May 27, 2021. Limited Run Games manufactured a physical edition in 2021.

Pathway received mixed reviews on Metacritic. PC Gamer described it as having "crisp combat let down by boring enemies, repetitive missions and a disconnected story". GameSpot said it is well-written and captures the tone of 1940s pulp adventures, but they criticized what they felt was a lack of depth in the tactical combat, lack of differentiation in characters, and a colonialist view of non-Europeans. Though they said it starts off well, IGN said its lack of depth inhibits its replayability.

Nintendo Life said it is a competent but overly repetitive game, which they felt limited its appeal on the Switch, which has many tactics games. RPGFan called it a "worthwhile excursion" with "unrealized potential" that could potentially be fixed post-release by adding more variety and depth.