Games like PATHOGEN X
If PATHOGEN X is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eternal Evil, Left 4 Dead 2 and Dead Effect — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About PATHOGEN X: An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.
Players who liked PATHOGEN X also play
Steam players who put hours into PATHOGEN X also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Eternal Evil
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Top pick for PATHOGEN X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
A small town is being taken over by ghouls. Solve puzzles, carefully read notes and use various weapons against horrific and evolving enemies to uncover what is behind this gruesome event. Eternal Evil is an old-school survival-horror game.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with PATHOGEN X.
Second-strongest match for PATHOGEN X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with PATHOGEN X.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Dead Effect
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Third-strongest match for PATHOGEN X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
WHY THIS
Shares boss fight design, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Ranked #4 for PATHOGEN X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PATHOGEN X.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
Arizona Sunshine®
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Ranked #5 for PATHOGEN X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
Resident Evil Requiem
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights, resource management and atmospheric with PATHOGEN X.
Ranked #6 for PATHOGEN X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with PATHOGEN X.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
Nightmare of Decay
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving, resource management and an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Ranked #7 for PATHOGEN X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Dementium II HD
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Ranked #8 for PATHOGEN X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...
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Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving, resource management and an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Reviewers of PATHOGEN X cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with PATHOGEN X.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Reviewers of PATHOGEN X cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PATHOGEN X.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with PATHOGEN X.
Reviewers of PATHOGEN X cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PATHOGEN X.
Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
WHY THIS
Reviewers of PATHOGEN X cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PATHOGEN X.
Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!
Serious Sam 3: BFE
WHY THIS
Shares wave based combat and a stressful mood with PATHOGEN X.
Reviewers of PATHOGEN X cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and a stressful mood with PATHOGEN X.
Reviewers of PATHOGEN X cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with PATHOGEN X.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Resident Evil 2
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Reviewers of PATHOGEN X cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with PATHOGEN X.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
VLADiK BRUTAL
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with PATHOGEN X.
Reviewers of PATHOGEN X cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Fight under the onslaught of mutated monsters, obsessed soldiers and even darker bosses. Just try to survive and find out what to do next in this life, simultaneously tearing your enemies to pieces.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PATHOGEN X at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PATHOGEN X on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with PATHOGEN X.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PATHOGEN X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under PATHOGEN X on Steam right now. Shares Action with PATHOGEN X.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PATHOGEN X on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with PATHOGEN X.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PATHOGEN X on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with PATHOGEN X.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under PATHOGEN X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under PATHOGEN X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PATHOGEN X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with PATHOGEN X.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with PATHOGEN X.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with PATHOGEN X.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with PATHOGEN X.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with PATHOGEN X.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PATHOGEN X.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PATHOGEN X.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about PATHOGEN X
- Does PATHOGEN X run on Steam Deck?
- PATHOGEN X is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does PATHOGEN X cost?
- PATHOGEN X is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to PATHOGEN X?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PATHOGEN X are Eternal Evil, Left 4 Dead 2, Dead Effect.
- Who developed PATHOGEN X?
- PATHOGEN X was developed by BraveCat'Studios.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on PATHOGEN X.
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