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PATHOGEN X

BraveCat'Studios · 2024-07-21

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 04, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

80%
positive of 301 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.19
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 15,203 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.0k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 301 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.19-68%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2026-09-14) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020242026Week of 2024-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$3.192024-07-212026-09-142024-07-21 — best price $10.792024-09-16 — best price $9.592024-10-04 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-16 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-01-27 — best price $9.992025-03-10 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-01 — best price $4.992025-06-09 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $4.492025-08-04 — best price $4.492025-09-15 — best price $4.492025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-27 — best price $3.892025-12-08 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $3.792026-02-02 — best price $4.492026-03-19 — best price $3.692026-04-27 — best price $3.592026-06-08 — best price $3.492026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-03 — best price $3.392026-09-14 — best price $3.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
99.1%
earned "Greetings!"
37.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-09-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1630%49

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSDarkGoreIndieActionCasualHorrorPhysicsShooterZombies

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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