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 3 is an adventure developed by Ice-Pick Lodge, released 9 January 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $21.63 at Gamesplanet. The main story takes about 32.5 hrs to finish.
What Pathologic 3 is
Pathologic 3 is an adventure game developed by Ice-Pick Lodge and released in 2026. It was published by HypeTrain Digital. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.)
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama, horror, mystery and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 72 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Pathologic 3 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 32.5 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $21.63, that works out to about $0.67 per hour of the main story, or $0.53 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for i3 / Ryzen 5, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $21.63 at Gamesplanet, 38% below its usual price. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Pakistan is the cheapest region we track at $11.99 (about $11.99), while United Kingdom pays £29.90 — 3.3 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 12 on Steam, which is about $11.99.
What it launched against
Pathologic 3 launched on 9 January 2026, within three weeks of Hytale, Cairn, Mio: Memories in Orbit and Project: Gorgon. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hytale, Cairn, Mio: Memories in Orbit, Project: Gorgon.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pathologic 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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