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PATHOGEN X

81% positive of 260 Steam reviews

Released: 2024
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by BraveCat'Studios.

About the game

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.

Tagged by players

Survival Horror
Zombies
FPS
Horror
Shooter
Dark
First-Person
Physics
Atmospheric
Local Multiplayer
Linear
Action

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Very Positive

What players say

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The game was fun to play. I would describe the game as a darker and shorter version of Serious Sam. It is maybe a little inspired by games like F.E.A.R. or Trepang2 but fighting zombies instead of armed enemies. It is NOT a horror survival first-person shooter where you have to count every shot fired and try to save every piece of ammunition you find. You instead fire many rounds at hordes of enemies approaching. No…
2.4 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 1 found it helpful.
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Recommended
> Premise & Story: 4/10 Another laboratory base where experiments have gone wrong. You're a lone mercenary sent to retrieve an important sample of Pathogen X. There are no real twists, and the story gets a little boring, but it provides enough of a reason to keep moving forward and killing zombies. Character dialogue feels stiff, but it clearly explains what you're doing and serves its purpose. > Gunplay: 3/10 The…
3 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
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 fuck this game has such a good reviews??? It feels like Euro Junk from the early 2000's". Don't recommend.
29 min played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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