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Pathway

Robotality · Chucklefish · 2019-04-11

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 11, 2019 (Mac), May 27, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 11, 2019 (Linux)

Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

Pathway is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $15.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 2263 reviews).

4
playing now
77%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (1.3k downloads)
8h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Pathway is tactical role playing video game developed by Robotality and published by Chucklefish in 2019. Players fight Nazis in tactical combat to recover occult artifacts in an Indiana Jones-style scenario.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (575 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 28,877 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 57k–136k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,263 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$15.99
Microsoft Store$15.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Humble Store (2022-01-14) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 46 of 87 observed days · $11.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
36536520192026Week of 2019-04-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1712026-09-15 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3964Apr 2019Aug 2026Apr 2019 — avg 396 · peak 1,863Jul 2019 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2019 — avg 52 · peak 283Jan 2020 — avg 24 · peak 70Apr 2020 — avg 17 · peak 41Jul 2020 — avg 22 · peak 56Oct 2020 — avg 9 · peak 37Jan 2021 — avg 18 · peak 70Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 23Jul 2021 — avg 12 · peak 36Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2022 — avg 18 · peak 49Apr 2022 — avg 29 · peak 65Jul 2022 — avg 19 · peak 44Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 20Jan 2023 — avg 12 · peak 29Apr 2023 — avg 15 · peak 43Jul 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 32Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 15 · peak 42Oct 2024 — avg 12 · peak 40Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 31Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 30Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$0.002019-04-112026-10-152019-04-11 — best price $15.992019-12-01 — best price $11.192020-01-10 — best price $9.592020-03-16 — best price $9.592020-08-06 — best price $15.992020-10-29 — best price $7.992020-12-17 — best price $7.992021-03-03 — best price $7.992021-08-05 — best price $15.992021-11-01 — best price $15.992021-12-01 — best price $15.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-04-07 — best price $15.992022-06-17 — best price $15.992022-10-27 — best price $6.392022-12-08 — best price $6.392023-03-20 — best price $15.992023-06-05 — best price $15.992023-08-28 — best price $6.392023-12-05 — best price $6.392024-03-21 — best price $15.992024-06-13 — best price $16.992024-08-01 — best price $16.992024-10-08 — best price $4.792024-12-04 — best price $15.992025-03-19 — best price $4.792025-06-18 — best price $4.792025-08-26 — best price $4.792025-10-16 — best price $15.992026-01-03 — best price $15.992026-03-19 — best price $4.792026-07-09 — best price $15.992026-08-30 — best price $4.792026-09-09 — best price $4.792026-09-19 — best price $15.992026-09-29 — best price $4.792026-10-09 — best price $15.992026-10-15 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1912026-05-30 — 12 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 11 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-10 — 14 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 10 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-07 — 9 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 9 pageviews2026-09-19 — 5 pageviews2026-09-23 — 5 pageviews2026-09-27 — 5 pageviews2026-10-01 — 2 pageviews2026-10-05 — 9 pageviews2026-10-08 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
78%
earned "First Blood"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-04-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,1971%75
Windows (Xbox)6492%75
Switch (Nintendo)270%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGStrategyRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedExplorationStrategy RPGTactical RPGPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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