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Pathogenic

Pathogenic

You are a disease. Infect the human body as a lone pathogen in this cellular roguelike shooter. Collect organelles to evolve your parasite in a microscopic arms race against your host's immune system. Conquer a beautiful, procedurally generated world of tiny proportions.

Released Jul 16, 2026 Developer Aberrant Labs Publisher Slug Disco Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux RoguelikeBullet HellTop-Down ShooterLocal Co-OpBullet Heaven
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

93.0%positive4,377 reviews
Recommended · 27 found this helpful

“The setting are the insides of a human body. Innerspace style, only evil. Let's put the obvious aside for now and examine why Pathogenic is loved. A great roguelite doesn't just demoralise when it kills you. Sure, death seldom feels good, but this game swiftly replaces the…”

— a player, Steam review · 45 hrs played
Recommended · 31 found this helpful

“We both know why you're here. "Is this like the spore cell stage?" Nah, it isn't, it's even better! (coming from a spore fan, collector's edition owner) Pathogenic is a top down cell stage rogue-lite with tons of replayability. In order to achieve this there's multiple organisms…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“Weirdly polished in some areas and completely raw in others. The core loop is excellent and the variety feels incredible, but then there are a ton of weird hangups, like the area transition being a somewhat overly compressed image, key rebinds not showing the correct key, such…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

5,840all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 3.5k avg · Jul 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

41achievements
1.7%median completion
0.4%rarest: Necrosis
93.8% of players 83.0% of players 68.5% of players 53.5% of players 40.2% of players 27.5% of players 17.6% of players 10.3% of players 8.1% of players 7.9% of players 7.4% of players 6.2% of players 5.7% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 93.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.8%Skin — Defeat the Skin boss
83.0%Intestine — Defeat the Intestine boss
68.5%Stomach — Defeat the Stomach boss
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Necrosis — Complete the Necrosis experiment
0.5%Tachycardia — Complete the Tachycardia experiment
0.5%Metamorphosis — Complete the Metamorphosis experiment

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK9.99 GBP
Australia13.95 AUD
Canada11.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil37.49 BRL
China39.99 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.0 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$13

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 25, 2026
A Quick Guide to Infuser Chains

Hi everyone! Thanks for playing Pathogenic! It’s always a delight to see everyone coming up with all kinds of crazy combos with their parasites. Since launch, we’ve received quite a few questions abou

Aug 07, 2026
New Patch: Balancing Adjustments

Hi Parasites! We're back with a new update! This time the focus is mostly on balancing. We've been combing through all your feedback here on Steam and on our Discord reporting channels, and we noticed

Aug 02, 2026
More Updates + The Demo Returns!

Hey Parasites! Thursday July 30 marked the second week since Pathogenic launched and the end of our launch sale. Thanks to all of your support, these two weeks couldn’t have gone any better. We are tr

Jul 22, 2026
Post-Launch Update: Addressing Player Feedback

Hey Parasites! Pathogenic just passed 100k copies sold! Thank you so much for your support that helped us reach this massive milestone in less than a week after launch. Now for the more important thin

Jul 20, 2026
SICK NEWS: 75k Copies, Overwhelmingly Positive, and Steam Deck Verified!

A MASSIVE thanks to all of you for such an incredible launch weekend! Seeing everyone playing our microscopic shooter and giving us so many kind comments and feedback these last few days really felt l

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Player tagsRoguelike · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Local Co-Op · Bullet Heaven · Action Roguelike · Difficult · Dungeon Crawler · Shooter · Character Customization · 2D · Co-op (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop
LanguagesEnglish, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish
ControllerFull support
Achievements41
Official sitehttps://pathogenicgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 / Radeon RX 560 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 2 GB available space