Review · Adventure · PC · Xbox One · PlayStation 4
Pathologic 2
Reviewed: 16 May 2026
PC · Xbox One · PlayStation 4
Ice-Pick Lodge · 2019
Ludograph rating
Growth (BDS)
67
Risk (RIS)
3
Daily limit
–
Age guidance
17+
Developmental benefits
| B1 | Cognitive | 0.84 | |
| B2 | Social-emotional | 0.60 | |
| B3 | Motor | 0.35 | |
Pathologic 2 offers a deep, challenging experience that fosters critical thinking, strategic planning, and ethical reasoning in a complex narrative. Players must manage resources, make difficult moral choices, and adapt to a constantly deteriorating environment, promoting problem-solving and learning transfer skills.
Design risks
| R1 | Compulsion-loop pressure | 0.07 | |
| R2 | Monetization | 0.00 | |
| R3 | Social risk | 0.00 | |
The game presents significant content risks due to its mature themes, including high levels of violence, strong language, and pervasive fear and horror elements. While it avoids manipulative compulsion loops or monetization pressures, the bleak setting and difficult choices may be emotionally intense for some players.
Content (not in risk score)
| R4.1 | Violence Level | 1.00 | |
| R4.2 | Sexual Content | 0.00 | |
| R4.3 | Language | 0.67 | |
| R4.4 | Substance References | 0.33 | |
| R4.5 | Fear / Horror | 1.00 | |
Content risk is displayed separately and does not affect the time recommendation.
Regulatory design checks · DSA — Assessed: meets criteria·GDPR-K — Assessed: meets criteria·ODDS — Assessed: meets criteria
- DSA:What Ludograph checks: whether the game's design gives minors the transparency the EU Digital Services Act expects: plain terms, honest defaults, and clear reporting routes.: Estimated from review data. No dark pattern or child-targeting concerns found.
- GDPR-K:What Ludograph checks: whether age assurance and consent flows are designed for under-16s, in the spirit of GDPR Article 8.: Estimated from review data. No privacy or child-targeting concerns found.
- ODDS:What Ludograph checks: whether paid random-reward drop rates are disclosed, as required in China, Japan and South Korea.: Estimated from review data. No paid random-reward mechanics found, so drop-rate disclosure requirements do not apply.
These reflect Ludograph's assessment of the game's design practices against each framework's criteria, not a legal compliance determination.