Pathos is a turn-based fantasy adventure inspired by retro dungeon crawlers. Experience deep, emergent gameplay with modern graphics, sound and a touch-first interface. Extensively customise your character and embark on epic procedurally generated campaigns.
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Full audio · Listed languages are supported in the interface, subtitles, or audio (at least one).
Pathos brings the depth and freedom of traditional roguelikes to a modern audience.
Over a decade of development has shaped Pathos into a deeply immersive fantasy roleplaying adventure. Choose from an extensive range of characters, master intricate systems and discover unexpected ways to overcome the challenges ahead. Explore vast, procedurally generated campaigns filled with strange creatures, powerful items and unexpected encounters. Experiment freely, embrace the consequences and watch out for Yet Another Stupid Death.
Turn-based, top-down and grid-based.
Permadeath, with the option to resurrect and continue your adventure.
Choose from 30 classes, 21 races, 18 specials and 9 companions.
Single-player adventures with one character or a party of up to six.
Split-screen local co-op.
Import custom sprites for your character and pet.
Real-time toggle to run time forward.
Global Hall of Fame.
Comprehensive contextual help.
Community translations into 18 languages.
Steam Deck including controller support.
Steam Cloud sync for settings, custom heroes, save files and bones files.
Four inbuilt tilesets:
Sonyvanda - modern outlined pixel art.
Absurd - semi-realistic photo art.
Classic - retro pixel art.
Geoduck - ASCII-inspired vector art.
Four campaign modules:
NetHack Codex - a procedurally generated 40-level dungeon with hand-crafted branches.
Kaloi Opus - a large procedurally generated overland world with side dungeons.
Pixel Sojourn - a procedurally generated tribute to Shattered Pixel Dungeon.
Dhak Legacy - a hand-crafted overland map.
Modding support:
Easy replacement for tiles, music and sound effects.
Quest/level editor studio and integration with Steam Workshop.
Complex open source variants in C# with custom content and world generation APIs.
Pathos is made possible by an amazing community, whose contributions include level design, tile art and translations into numerous languages.
Pathos costs $19.99 right now.
Based on Wish9's price records and IsThereAnyDeal history, the lowest price is $17.99.
The lowest recorded price is $17.99. It's 11% higher right now. It has gone on sale 1 time in the past year. The next big Steam sale, the Steam Winter Sale, starts in 34 days. This is for reference, based on past price records, and doesn't guarantee future prices.
Recommended: Graphics card NVIDIA GTX 1060 (6GB), AMD Radeon RX 580 (8GB), Processor Intel Core i5-10400, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Memory 8 GB RAM. Minimum: Graphics card NVIDIA GTX 1050 (2GB) or AMD Radeon RX 560 (4GB), Processor Intel Core i3-9100F or AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (4 physical cores), Memory 4 GB RAM. Save your PC specs on Wish9 to compare them with this game instantly.
