The creators of the surreal "Pathologic. Utopia" have announced a sequel to the game

Ice-Pick Lodge studio has officially announced the development of a new part of the famous role-playing game Pathologic. The third part, called Pathologic 3, will include unique mechanics, including the key innovation - time travel. The publication was accompanied by the first trailer, in which the developers showed a world where players will once again plunge into the atmosphere of the gloomy City-on-Gorkhon, where a mysterious plague is rampant.

The main character of this story will be a bachelor Daniil Dankovsky, a young doctor from the capital. His search for the secret of immortality leads him to a remote provincial town, which finds itself in the center of an epidemic of a deadly disease. Players will have to explore its streets, communicate with local residents and victims, trying to uncover the secrets of the city, and at the same time fight the spread of the disease.

Pathologic 3 will offer players a wide range of tasks: examining patients, making diagnoses, introducing quarantines and curfews, vaccinating the population and confiscating medicines - this is only part of what will be encountered in the game. In addition, special attention will be paid to clearing infected areas and coordinating patrols. Such complex mechanics immerse players in an atmosphere of survival and strategy, where every action has its consequences.

The game's innovation is the hero's ability to travel in time. Dankovsky will be able to go back in time to rewrite the outcomes of key events, which will make it possible to influence the fate of the City and its inhabitants. However, there is only twelve days to save him, and every decision will be critical.

Pathologic 3 will be an autonomous project, a stand-alone game, comparable in scale to the previous parts. It is important to note that Bachelor Dankovsky is fundamentally different from the haruspex Burakh, the hero of the previous games: he has a different approach, a different philosophy and status, which opens up other opportunities and tasks for him. His key abilities include the ability to anticipate the development of events and competently analyze what is happening, which will allow him to make decisions and give orders more effectively.

Pathologic 3 is scheduled for release in 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. You can already add the game to your wishlist on the Steam platform. It is noteworthy that everyone who supported the studio on Kickstarter during the 2014 campaign will receive the game completely free of charge. Ice-Pick Lodge thanks its long-time fans for their support and promises that the new project will retain the atmosphere of the previous parts, while adding unique mechanics that will further immerse players in the dark and mysterious reality of the City-on-Gorkhon.