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
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 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 18 May 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, see the tier picks above.