Pathologic
Sign in to savePathologic ( – a pun on Thomas More's Utopia and the Russian word for "plague, pestilence" (мор)) is a 2005 survival game developed by Russian studio Ice-Pick Lodge. The game was released in Russia by Buka Entertainment in June 2005, followed by a localised English release from G2 Games and GMX Games in 2006. An updated version, Pathologic Classic HD, was developed by General Arcade, published by Good Shepard Entertainment, and released in October 2015. A remake of the Haruspex route was developed by Ice-Pick Lodge in the Unity game engine and released as Pathologic 2 in May 2019 by tinyBuild.
Game data
Metacritic 69- Released
- 2019-05-22
- User rating
- 4.06 / 5
- Genres
- Indie, Adventure, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
Pathologic is a Russian survival-horror/RPG about a remote steppe town collapsing under a plague, with the story told through three playable outsiders: the Bachelor, the Haruspex, and the Changeling. Each route covers the same 12-day catastrophe from a different worldview, but rather than offering a clean mystery to unravel, the game forces you to survive inside a collapsing social order where resources are scarce, motives are unclear, and every explanation of the town feels partial or suspect.
- Released
- 2005
- Genres
- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Ice-Pick Lodge
- Publisher
- Meridian4, Buka Entertainment, Frogster Interactive Pictures
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Pathologic
- Video game.image
- Pathologic.jpg
- Video game.developer
- Ice-Pick Lodge
- Video game.platforms
- Microsoft Windows
- Video game.released
- Classic HD
- Video game.genre
- Survival, role-playing
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
- Video game.director
- Nikolai Dybowski
- Video game.artist
- Eli GorenIlya KalininEvgeniya Dashina
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.pathologic-game.com
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- publication date
- 2005-06-09
- title
- Мор (Утопия)
- review score
- 81/100
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8 sectionsContents
- Gameplay
- Plot
- Development and release
- Reception
- Remaster and remake
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pathologic ( – a pun on Thomas More's Utopia and the Russian word for "plague, pestilence" (мор)) is a 2005 survival game developed by Russian studio Ice-Pick Lodge. The game was released in Russia by Buka Entertainment in June 2005, followed by a localised English release from G2 Games and GMX Games in 2006. An updated version, Pathologic Classic HD, was developed by General Arcade, published by Good Shepard Entertainment, and released in October 2015. A remake of the Haruspex route was developed by Ice-Pick Lodge in the Unity game engine and released as Pathologic 2 in May 2019 by tinyBuild. A second remake reimagining the Bachelor route, Pathologic 3, was released on 9 January 2026 by HypeTrain Digital.
== Gameplay == left|thumb|A district in the Steppe The player can select one of the three playable healers listed by their honorifics: The Bachelor (Daniil Dankovsky), Haruspex (Artemy Burakh), and The Devotress, Klara (later re-translated as "The Changeling, Clara"). Only the former two may be played at the beginning of Pathologic, as Clara must be unlocked after completing the game with either the Bachelor or Haruspex. The questlines which are available will depend on the character that is being played. The other unselected characters are present in the town throughout each others' storylines, who at certain points in gameplay the player may encounter.