Pathologic Classic HD
Worth it · RPG · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 90% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$12.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$1.2990% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.45/hr
- Reviews▼
- 88% of 4,665
- Critics
- 76 players 12 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 4% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.29 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 28.6h
- To 100%
- 80.4h 2.8x the story
- Achievements
- 42
Price and sales
- Sales
- 88 on record
- Typical cut
- 90% off
- Steam low
- $1.29 July 2018
- Sale every
- 32d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 37 now
- Cheaper than
- 31% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 91% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
17% start to 3% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
88 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 90 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.
Its score sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 69 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Pathologic 2 ($34.99, scores 78) beats it on value, while it beats Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition ($9.99, scores 74).
More about Pathologic Classic HD
76 from critics against 88 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Of the 628 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 7 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 589 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 28.6 hours. Doing everything runs 80, 2.8 times as long.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $1.29 (90% off). Predictions like this were right 91% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Last discount ended 5 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
My Life will forever be bound to Pathologic franchise. I played it all in order and it is has been the best experience I have ever had. It is ofc not a game for everyone, it has its flaws and requires a lot of analyze, attention and it can feel overwhelming. But it opens your perspective to knew and not so common philosophical ideas that apply to the real world. I completely recommend to play the game. Best phrase...
2 more reviews
no money. no food. no sleep. no health. no medicaments. no time, either. oh, ESPECIALLY no time. you're rushing to finish the main quest of the day, else your close friend gets sick with a plague. it's 22:53, you're at the opposite end of the town, and there's no way to get to your destination but walk, because you can't run even if you want to. you're chased by 2 muggers, 3 rats, and, if you're unlucky enough to...
the second i finally got my first bullet for my revolver i was ready that this game would have an option of ending it this game is not for the weak but you should still try it
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Radeon HD 4890 1024MB / GeForce 210 512MB, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Pathologic Classic HD scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/384110/pathologic-classic-hdReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.