Pathologic 3 Gets Surprise Announcement, Is Coming To Console And PC In 2025
Russian development studio Ice-Pick Lodge has announced the latest entry in the Pathologic series: a follow-up to 2019’s Pathologic 2 that is aptly titled Pathologic 3. The studio has also confirmed that fans of the franchise who backed Pathologic 2 via its initial 2014 KickStarter campaign will gain access to Pathologic 3 for free.
The announcement was released alongside a trailer and a link to the upcoming game’s Steam page, where players can add the game to their wishlist. Although Ice-Pick Lodge has yet to announce a specific release date, it has confirmed that the next chapter in Pathologic’s story will arrive on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC sometime in 2025. The trailer’s contents reveal that Pathologic 3 will see players experience the same events that took place in Pathologic 2, but this time they’ll be seeing things through the eyes of Danil Dankovsky, also known as “The Bachelor.”
Set in a small town located in Russia’s remote steppes in the early 1900’s, Pathologic follows the story of three main characters: Artemy Burakh (“The Haruspex”), a local healer returning to his hometown to address a recent tragedy; Danil Dankovsky (“The Bachelor”), a certified doctor visiting from the city in the hopes of uncovering a scientific breakthrough; and Clara (“The Changeling”), a mysterious young girl who has the ability to save (or end) lives with a single touch of her hands, but has no idea how or why she arrived in the town. There’s no word yet regarding when players might get their hands on Clara’s version of events, but after the announcement of Pathologic 3, it stands to reason that Clara’s playthrough is also in the works.