HypeTrain Digital and Ice-Pick Lodge revealed today that Pathologic 3 is in the works, and the developers are aiming for a 2025 launch window.
The game will let players embody The Bachelor, as they try to master time travel to change events and unlock new outcomes in a fight to rid the city of a relentless plague. The developers promise to continue the series’ penchant for chilling and immersive worlds, enhanced by new layers of narrative complexity and eerie, unsettling visuals.
Fans who backed the Pathologic Kickstarter project way back in 2014 will receive Pathologic 3 for free as a token of Ice-Pick Lodge‘s appreciation for them.
Key Features
- Step into the role of The Bachelor: A city doctor famous for his fight against death itself, tasked with unraveling a web of dark secrets while battling a relentless plague.
- Doctor, do no harm: Immerse yourself in the role of a physician. Diagnose and treat patients based on examinations. Use a microscope and research pathogens to develop treatments and save your patients. Fight the epidemic by implementing quarantines and deploying patrols to lock down the spread of disease.
- Master Time Travel: Manipulate time to change events and unlock new outcomes.
- A Dark, Surreal World: Explore a decaying town on the brink of collapse, where every choice carries weight, and trust is a luxury you can’t afford.
- Haunting Atmosphere: Experience the chilling, immersive world that made Pathologic a cult hit, enhanced with new layers of narrative complexity and eerie, unsettling visuals.
