Developer Ice-Pick Lodge and publisher HypeTrain Digital have announced Pathologic 3, a third installment in the relentlessly miserable and fascinating Pathologic series. It's targeting a 2025 release.
Unlike its predecessor, Pathologic 3 offers only one playable character: the Bachelor, a doctor "famous for his fight against death himself". As the Bachelor, you'll explore another disease-ridden town, uncovering its secrets and battling the plague that has the town in its grip.
Pathologic 3's unique twist on the formula that made its predecessors so unique is a time-loop mechanic with which you can "revisit key events and alter them to [your] advantage". You'll still have just twelve days to save the town, but this new time-loop system should make things a bit less punishing.
Ice-Pick Lodge and HypeTrain are promising the same "chilling, immersive world that made Pathologic a cult hit", now with more "layers of narrative complexity".
As a doctor, you'll be able to diagnose and treat your patients using medical procedures; you'll need to examine patients, use your microscope to identify pathogens, and develop treatments to help patients overcome their illnesses.
You can also battle the plague by "implementing quarantines and deploying patrols", so...
