10 Best Open-World Video Games You Didn't Play

8. Pathologic 2

There’s a few reasons this one might have passed you by. It’s a sequel, it’s brutally unforgiving, we’re dealing with a heavy dose of weird, and it’s more than a little bit spooky. If you can deal with all that, though, Pathologic 2 is a heck of a game you don’t want to miss. The 2019 adventure-survival game casts you as a man who once left the strange town and has now returned to find it plague-ridden and strewn with bodies.

You need to manage your time as you’ll be playing on a clock and there’s a nuanced decision-making system which can have dire consequences.

NPCs will give you quests, you’ll need to balance your resources, manage your hunger and health, and unravel the story to get to a satisfying end point. Pathologic 2 might be extremely difficult as survival games go, but it’s rewarding when you discover a path forward and its mysteries are incredibly enticing.

Some players were put off by its bugs and difficulty, but what’s underneath is so good it’s worth wading through the negatives.