Pathologic 2
- Developer
- Ice-Pick Lodge
- Publisher
- tinyBuild
- Released
- 23 May 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £29.50
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One
Genres: role playing rpg , adventure , indie
Pathologic 2 is a reimagining of the original, focused on the Haruspex, Artemy Burakh. You return to your plague-stricken hometown as a surgeon-healer caught between local kinship traditions, colonial urban power, impossible medicine, hunger, exhaustion, and a clock that never stops. Compared with the 2005 game, it is more mechanically coherent and cinematic, but still intentionally punishing: you are meant to triage, fail, compromise, and live with irreversible consequences.
Best gaming PC for Pathologic 2 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Pathologic 2 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by tinyBuild on Steam. They tend to be conservative, usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64-bit) | Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64-bit) |
| CPU | i3 (8/9 Generation) ~3 Ghz / Ryzen 5 | i7 ~3 Ghz / Ryzen 7 |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
| Storage | 25 GB | 25 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Pathologic 2?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to i7 ~3 Ghz / Ryzen 7 and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.