Ice Pick Lodge has surprised us all with the reveal of Pathologic 3 – an entirely new game launching in 2025, in place of what was originally planned as an update to its underappreciated folk-survival-horror predecessor. This gives us plenty of time to un-shelve an opinion I've needed to air for years: Pathologic 2 is the greatest game you always meant to play.
Aside from a smattering of superfans, the remake of Pathologic (confusingly titled with a "2", despite being the same game) never found the wider respect it deserved. Mention the name to an assembled group of horror or survival fans and you'd be able to put decent money on someone piping up with an, "Oh, I keep meaning to play that!" As an illustration, the infamous Hbomberguy video 'Pathologic 2 is Genius, And Here's Why' has more than 11 million views, yet the monthly average player count for the game has only broken 100 eight times since its release.
