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PATHOGEN X
An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-15.
“For 10 bucks solid game; I am very happy with what's here. Buy it if you like shooting freaks as a classic "action movie" badass with classic FPS mechanics in the classic "lab overrunning by horrors beyond human comprehension" setting. Extremely well done. Easy 8/10. Guns feel…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Decent shooter, not a long game but paced just right. Good variety of weapons. A few gripes - the character moves like he's stuck in mud. Also, the weapons take forever to reload. This game does have some Half-Life vibes. Get this one on sale & you will enjoy it.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I bought this game because I saw very positive reviews on Steam so I thought "This must be a good shooter then!". Well I was wrong. The game is very laggy and clunky. The moment when I just started to shoot I was like "How the ♥♥♥♥ this game has such a good reviews??? It feels…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
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Pathogen X Update
With the release of Murmurs of Fear, I'll be dropping an update for Pathogen X! It will bring new features, improvements, and maybe even a surprise or two... 😉 In the meantime, a quick reminder: every
I need your Help...
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Simplifying communication — reach out via email!
Hey everyone! 🖐️ Let’s get straight to the point: it’s become really hard for me to keep up with all the comments, messages, and emails. So, I’ve decided to simplify things and make it easier for you
Fixing the bug of the left stick
Thanks to everyone who wrote to the mail and comments in steam I've added fixes and reconfigured management, everything should be working correctly now. Please update the game and check if everything
🎉 Happy New Year 2025, friends! 🎮
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Survival Horror · FPS · Horror · Zombies · Shooter · Singleplayer · First-Person · Action · Indie · Adventure · Gore · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Russian * , Japanese, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 49 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia geforce 1060 6gb DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space