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Pathogenic

You are a disease. Infect the human body as a lone pathogen in this cellular roguelike shooter. Collect organelles to evolve your parasite in a microscopic arms race against your host's immune system. Conquer a beautiful, procedurally generated world of tiny proportions.

Developer: Aberrant Labs
Publisher: Slug Disco
Franchise: —
Release date: Jul 16, 2026
Store page updated: Sep 2, 2026
Price: $9.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

82.3/ 100

Based on 451 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 91% of 690

All time 😄 Very Positive 93% of 4,291

“fun and worth the money at $10 price point”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+1.35

Strategy +2.64 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices

“complex hidden mechanics with special symbols and key items” (77)

剧透一下，确实有大脑关卡和隐藏结局，具体进入方法有点复杂。。。首先你要知道每个关卡都有“？”标志的隐藏房间，对着偏远房间的墙壁攻击就有可能找到隐藏房间，进入隐藏房间后，有一段带有特殊符号的墙壁，重点来了：在隐藏房间的特殊墙壁旁，依次按下小键盘的→↑↓↑→←，会扣一滴血并开启一个新房间，拿到关键道具化学感受器天线，然后其他关卡中化学感受器天线会指引你找到隐藏房间，还是按照上述方法找到特殊道具，最后打败心脏boss后，在那段特殊符号的墙壁边，依次填入拿到的特殊道具，就会开启大脑关卡，大脑关卡中每个房间都是boss。。。另外说明下，致癌前缀的表示会随着时间会将所有武器或器官都变成同一种，长效前缀表示无法卸下，短生前缀表示经过几个房间后就会自动销毁

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Story & World

+3.08

World +3.33 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

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Content Volume

+2.23

Replayability +3.45 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+

“roguelike structure with varied builds creates replayability” (33)

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Visuals & Sound

+3.77

Visuals +3.76 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“graphics are nice, colored, vibrant” (60)

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Multiplayer

+2.29

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +2.23 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness

+0.07

Balance -2.83 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

“balance is poor, runs feel feast or famine” (42)

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Tech & Support

+0.77

Developer support +1.12 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

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