PATHOS

PATHOS

85% Very Positive
34 Positive
6 Negative
40 Total Reviews

In PATHOS, a resilient mind is strangled by tragedy and loses its order. Through 150+ deviously-designed sokoban-style puzzles, follow Ego as it works desperately to put back together a brain thatโ€™s losing the will to fight.

Free
Available on: ๐ŸชŸ ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿง
Release Date: (7 years ago)

Game Details

Achievements
41
Estimated Owners
0 - 20000
DLC Count
1 DLC

About This Game

The objective in PATHOS is simple - deceptively so. You've got just enough moves to get to the end. No more, no less. Use every last one mindfully. Think of PATHOS as a play on the ol' sokoban style games. But instead of getting objects to their intended spot, you've got to get yourself past all those complicating obstacles, whether those obstacles are blocks, keys, teleporters, chasms or some sly board manipulation tricks. And every puzzle only gives you the moves you need - not one step extra. There's a lot to muse about regarding PATHOS. Here's what intrepid puzzlers can expect: 150+ precisely crafted puzzles that wring every drop out of the developed mechanics. No procedural tricks, no shortcuts, no nothing. PATHOS features a carefully thought out curve that is meant to gently ratchet the difficulty up, and this requires considered puzzle design and arrangement. Every single level requires a novel slice of perception, attention, logic or working memory. There are no wasted moments in PATHOS. 41 achievements, most discovered through deciphering verbal and visual clues. Pictograms and riddles - you're going to need a pencil and paper, or an illuminated mind, to defeat most of these. Powerful OST by Tim Halbert, with a definite earworm or two in there. Halbert's a groove guru, and PATHOS' OST is something you can clean a house, paint a masterpiece or dance with your dog to. It also helps shake loose that latent mental acuity.
2 min read

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Categories

Full controller support Single-player Stats Steam Achievements Steam Cloud

User Tags

Sokoban (118) Puzzle (112) Difficult (109) 2D (106) Relaxing (103) Story Rich (97) Casual (93) Colorful (89) Pixel Graphics (87) Logic (83) Atmospheric (80) Singleplayer (77) Crowdfunded (65) Indie (52) Great Soundtrack (24)

Supported Languages

English