Game update

Hotfix #8

Pathologic 3 · published 28 Jan 2026, 17:10 UTC · build 21683395

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Hi, friends!

Hotfix #8 is here! This time we tackled a few important things — from the Stamatins’ performance state on Day 11 and one of the endings, to making sure Eva appears where she was always supposed to. And, of course: Thoughts, markers, “Mind Palaces,” dialogues, and highlights.

Patch Notes:

(Important!) Fixed logic issues with the Stamatins’ performance on Day 11. Their state should now be counted correctly.
(Important!) Fixed an infinite loading screen in the escape ending if the player had never been to Day 12.
(Important!) In the right situation, Eva now appears in the Stillwater — as she always should have (but didn’t).
Added a reaction for Sticky on Day 5 if you’ve met him before!
Improved several different “Mind Palaces.”
Replaced the heart icon in the profile/save selection window <3.
Also fixed images for a number of locations there.
Fixed an additional dialogue for the dancer on Day 3.
Fixed Thoughts related to Isidor’s funeral (Day 2) and Thoughts related to rivers of blood (Day 9).
Fixed map markers and Thoughts in the steppe sacrifice quest on Day 8.
Removed forced dialogue with the water carrier and Lara.
Fixed Sticky's fate on Day 12 — he could die when he wasn’t supposed to.
Added highlights to boxes in the Warehouses.
Removed a grave on the Cemetery on Day 1 — one that shouldn’t exist yet.
Variables now reset correctly when discussing plague mold on Day 2.
Fixed transitioning into dialogue in the chess flashback (it wouldn’t trigger if you didn’t clear the “Mind Palace” on the first try).
The cursed street quest (Day 7) now resets properly if you didn’t finish it. (This doesn’t mean something that’s meant to be non-cancelable is now cancelable!)

If after the update you still run into bugs or odd behavior, please report them in the appropriate Steam Community thread or the relevant Discord channel/topic.

Email reports are also extremely helpful: write to us at [email protected] and send the following files from your PC:

Player and Player-prev logs located here:
C:\\Users\\%Username%\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Ice-Pick Lodge\\Pathologic 3
The problematic save file, located here:
C:\\Users\\%Username%\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Ice-Pick Lodge\\Pathologic 3\\Saves — open the save profile folder. There are three of them: Default (slot 1), 1 (slot 2), and 2 (slot 3).

This helps us find the issue faster and fix it sooner!

Tuning reality until it matches the intent,
Ice-Pick Lodge

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