Pathogenic

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• Press Coverage·13 Aug 2026

  Cellular roguelike shooter 'Pathogenic' is a body-infecting good time

  Pathogenic is a top-down roguelike shooter where you control a customizable lone pathogen infecting a human host. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/cellular-roguelike-shooter-pathogenic-is-a-body-infecting-good-time/
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• Patch Notes·7 Aug 2026Official

  New Patch: Balancing Adjustments

  Hi Parasites!We're back with a new update! This time the focus is mostly on balancing. We've been combing through all your feedback here on Steam and on our Discord reporting channels, and we noticed a few organelles and mutations performing far better than intended due to how the buffs were stacked. This patch will turn them down a notch, while also buffing several other organelles to encourage more varied approaches to infecting the human body.At the same time, there are several adjustments to the hp of enemies in the Heart, as we hope to make this "final" level more fitting to its status.See below for the full changelog:Organelle BalanceBuffsSentry Nidus: turret damage 70 + 20 x rarity -> 80 + 50 x raritySwarm Nidus: minion damage 9 + 4 x rarity -> 9 + 5 x rarityGyrase Wheel: stamina cost 2.0 -> 1.4Conal Burst: time between shots in the spray 0.08s -> 0.04s (melee weapons 0.32s -> 0.16s). The burst now also re-reads your aim on every shot, so the cone follows the cursor instead of locking to the direction you were facing when you pressed itOpisthoblast: cones now also spawn on missed melee attacks, not just on hitsDehiscence Lobber: grenade damage 250 -> 280Blastocyst Mortar: rocket damage 280 -> 300NerfsOvercharge-strength bonuses (Conductive slot, plasmids, mutations) now stack additively with each other instead of multiplicativelyLateral Emitter: damage 1.0 + 0.4 x rarity -> 1.0 + 0.3 x rarity; overcharge bonus +0.5 -> +0.4 per charge. Also now scales off the attack's base damage instead of its fully-buffed damage, so it no longer double-dips on your global damage bonusesKatanosome: overcharge crit chance +20% -> +10% per charge (base 10% unchanged)Phagosome: overcharge damage gained per kill: 0.5% + 0.5% x rarity -> 0.25% + 0.25% x rarity per chargePeroxisome: its explosions were re-applying every global on-attack damage bonus a second time on top of the damage they already inherited. This is corrected now, so explosions hit for what they sayMucus Emitter: or...
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• Announcements·2 Aug 2026Official

  More Updates + The Demo Returns!

  Hey Parasites!Thursday July 30 marked the second week since Pathogenic launched and the end of our launch sale. Thanks to all of your support, these two weeks couldn’t have gone any better. We are truly grateful for everyone playing Pathogenic and sharing your thoughts on the game.We are getting plenty of feedback from the community every day, and will keep working on fixes and optimizations to address issues you bring to our attention. Here's a new batch of updates aiming to resolve various bugs and crashes, as well as improve your gameplay experience.*Please note that this update might make some mods incompatible with the new version. If you experience crashes after the update, try unsubscribing from your mods.New stuff!Visual polish of late game rooms, added more props.Added some heart rooms.Iridophore Membrane now shows a protective bubble while you're invulnerable.Demo version re-released.BalanceSmall balance adjustments to some lung rooms.Boss armor now activates at lower DPS but scales slower, so it's less punishing to huge damage builds.Slightly increased Amoeba starting speed.Increased Lil Collector DNA pickup range and interact range.Made Lil Collector dodge speed more consistent.FixesImproved performance at lowest graphics settings.Fixed combining bug for eternal organelles.Challenge achievements now unlock the moment you kill the final boss, dying afterwards no longer costs you the achievement. Older clears are retroactively granted.Modded games no longer crash on startup after a game update.Swapped A/B buttons no longer make organelle slotting impossible.Vortisome now correctly works with burn and freeze.Fixed the acid circle spawning on top of you in the Hyperplasia challenge.Many crash fixes across the board — music, cutscenes, run start, level transitions, and more.Switched default rendering engine for MacOS to Metal from Vulkan. Demo ReturnsYep, you've read it right, the demo’s coming back. Previously, we had to disable the demo to focus on finishin...
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• Patch Notes·22 Jul 2026Official

  Post-Launch Update: Addressing Player Feedback

  Hey Parasites!Pathogenic just passed 100k copies sold! Thank you so much for your support that helped us reach this massive milestone in less than a week after launch. Now for the more important thing of today: Pathogenic just got a new update with a series of rebalancing, optimizations and fixes!BalancingWe've heard your feedback about the Lungs difficulty scaling. While it will remain as a harder late-game level, we have adjusted some of the enemies to make them less unpredictable. Dash attacks are now more telegraphed for the pathogens to evade, and the alveolar macrophages are receiving fewer buffs from their T-cells support.Traits also received a couple changes to make your runs less chaotic. Cancerous trait now transfers to the newly cloned organelle, meaning that the original organelle will lose the trait and the stat boost. There will only be one cancerous organelle at a time, unless you decide to pick up another one from the wild. Also, Ephemeral organelles can now be recycled for resources if they are barely used.Solo DiatomWe know not everyone wants to team up for infection, and some prefer to fly solo. The Diatom can now be played as a single player by clicking X on the pathogen selection screen to start the game. After waiting a short time in-game with no input from a second set of controls, the Diatom will enter single-player mode where one player can control both halves of the pathogen.Secret Level PuzzleFor players who want to jump straight into action, you can choose to skip the puzzle and go directly into the Secret Level. We've heard a lot of feedback around getting to the secret level so we've added an option in the difficulty settings for those looking for more combat and less puzzle-solving. Though beware, only those who defeated the Secret Level boss can earn access to its domain.Before we go, just want to say a big thank you to everyone who shared their feedback on our Discord and on Steam. The dev team is hard at work on evolving Pathogenic ...
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• Announcements·20 Jul 2026Official

  SICK NEWS: 75k Copies, Overwhelmingly Positive, and Steam Deck Verified!

  Hey Parasites!A MASSIVE thanks to all of you for such an incredible launch weekend! Seeing everyone playing our microscopic shooter and giving us so many kind comments and feedback these last few days really felt like a fever dream (or maybe the pathogen solved the puzzle and got to my brain?).As of the time of this post, Pathogenic has reached 75,000k sales with Overwhelmingly Positive Steam reviews (95% positive and 1,000+ review count!), as well as a peak concurrent player count of almost six thousand!We are super grateful to every one of you, whether you just joined the war against the immune system or you are a veteran parasite since demo launch. Appreciate all of you checking out Pathogenic and helping us shape the pathogens into what they are today.And one more awesome piece of news: Pathogenic is officially Steam Deck Verified! Time to infect the host anytime, anywhere, and evolve the ultimate pathogen at the palm of your hand.If you haven’t played Pathogenic yet, you can still pick up our game with a 20% launch discount, or even a bigger discount from some awesome bundles with our friends like Brotato, Everything is Crab and Voidling Bound. For those who enjoy our sick (pun intended) beats and concept art, we have a supporter pack for you to download all the OSTs and the artbook!Once again, thank you, our dear community, for all your support along the way. The dev team is now hard at work fixing any issues that have popped up since launch. So if you have any feedback or suggestions, do let us know by commenting on Steam Discussions or on our Discord bug report channel!We hope you’re enjoying the pathogens’ adventures in the human body. And if you are, please consider leaving a review for Pathogenic if you can, because it really helps us spread the pathogen across Steam!Follow us on YouTube, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram!
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