Interview: PATHOLOGIC 2 Will Bring Horror Through Omnipresent Dread Instead Of Jump Scares. ... But one of the games to have broken this cycle is now getting a second title for players to experience the plague-ridden town in Pathologic 2!

Is pathologic 2 scary?

It isn't really a horror game in the traditional sense - it's more about dread, oppressive atmosphere, and implications than outright jump scares. It's tense, but in a constantly simmering way.

Is pathologic a scary game?

If Resident Evil and its ilk are "survival horror," Pathologic is "exploration disconcertment." ... You play as one of three characters drawn to a small town under siege from a disease known as the "sand plague." The illness is fatal and swift in its destruction of human life.