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Pathos

Pathos is a turn-based fantasy adventure inspired by retro dungeon crawlers. Experience deep, emergent gameplay with modern graphics, sound and a touch-first interface. Extensively customise your character and embark on epic procedurally generated campaigns.

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Contrary Games
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Contrary Games
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About the Game

Pathos brings the depth and freedom of traditional roguelikes to a modern audience.

Over a decade of development has shaped Pathos into a deeply immersive fantasy roleplaying adventure. Choose from an extensive range of characters, master intricate systems and discover unexpected ways to overcome the challenges ahead. Explore vast, procedurally generated campaigns filled with strange creatures, powerful items and unexpected encounters. Experiment freely, embrace the consequences and watch out for Yet Another Stupid Death.

FEATURES

  • Turn-based, top-down and grid-based.

  • Permadeath, with the option to resurrect and continue your adventure.

  • Choose from 30 classes, 21 races, 18 specials and 9 companions.

  • Single-player adventures with one character or a party of up to six.

  • Split-screen local co-op.

  • Import custom sprites for your character and pet.

  • Real-time toggle to run time forward.

  • Global Hall of Fame.

  • Comprehensive contextual help.

  • Community translations into 18 languages.

  • Four inbuilt tilesets:

    • Sonyvanda - modern outlined pixel art.

    • Absurd - semi-realistic photo art.

    • Classic - retro pixel art.

    • Geoduck - ASCII-inspired vector art.

  • Four campaign modules:

    • NetHack Codex - a procedurally generated 40-level dungeon with hand-crafted branches.

    • Kaloi Opus - a large procedurally generated overland world with side dungeons.

    • Pixel Sojourn - a procedurally generated tribute to Shattered Pixel Dungeon.

    • Dhak Legacy - a hand-crafted overland map.

  • Modding support:

    • Simple replacement for sprites, music and sound effects.

    • Quest/level editor studio and integration with Steam Workshop.

    • Complex open source variants in C# with custom content and world generation APIs.

Pathos is made possible by an amazing community, whose contributions include level design, tile art and translations into numerous languages.

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