Pathos: Nethack Codex

When will it be available on Steam or other platforms 🥹

Never played such a nice RPG! Please updates some times, love to have more fun.

All the modules except for the nethax codex or whatever are bugged. As soon as you try to play the whole game turns into a nightmare and you die 500 times before you can even do anything. I managed to get a few levels and all the combat spells just bounce off the walls and come right back at you. So now Im a mage who has perfect aim to always kill myself when I cast by bouncing my stream of acid off of 4 walls. So combat spells are less than reasonable. Best thing about this games is I didn’t have to pay for it.

I’m addicted to this game and it requires more update!!! more weapons, more enemy’s, more maps and my more!!!

it isn't work on macbook, when u open it, it will flash back!!!

Pathos is a must-have game for anyone who likes classic high-fantasy dungeon crawling gameplay. As its subtitle suggests, it’s fundamentally a remixed version of NetHack, a legend in the “Roguelike” genre of RPG dungeon-crawlers, though it’s become a very distinct experience from its kin. Like most of the genre, this game is skewed towards the hardcore side (though it tries to be a bit more FAIR with its difficulty than many, especially early game), and even experienced RL players can expect to die early and often until they familiarize themselves with its quirks (example: NEVER trust a mercenary you aren’t paying!). The late game is probably a little easier than mainstream Hacks, since you can eventually get every property, skill, or resistance you want on one character (most Hacks make you pick and choose), but good luck getting there! Overall, I’d describe Pathos as a Hack rebuilt from the ground up to take full advantage of GUIs and touch controls, and generally be more streamlined, intuitive, and user-friendly, while maintaining the borderline-sadistic difficulty level (albeit with less OTKs and similar cheap shots… though a few of the classics were only downgraded from “you have X turns to live” to “major issue, but can be survived if lucky or prepared”). Many mechanics have been removed or consolidated: wishing is gone, as are a number of mostly insignificant mechanics (shutting down certain shenanigans in the process), while most of the religion and alignment stuff was rolled into the karma score (which has the side effect of prayer being a more reliable panic button). The crafting system replaces most of the strategic functions of wishing, but artifacts may prove a bit more difficult to acquire (try regicide; most bosses own one). There’s more symmetry between players and foes, which can dramatically alter optimal choices for certain strategy archetypes (especially beast-masters or shapeshifters). And even better, if you get tired of trudging through ruins and caves only to get eaten by a dragon yet again, there are (as of 2024) three alternate campaigns: a huge hard-coded overworld, a shorter and more chaotic dungeon with three brutal boss fights, or a procedurally generated overworld with a bunch of mini-dungeons. Of course, none of them pull their punches either; Dhak Legacy’s early game in particular is incredibly rough, and most of the Kaloi Opus boss fights are pretty intense too. My one complaint is that it’s sometimes a bit harsh on batter

If you were playing nethack in the 80s, this is the top tier. No pay to play. Game is constantly developed and updated. Tile based, turn based, dungeon crawl. Easy to pick up, easy to put down, easy to get addicted

the update classic nethack rouge like needed. Tough, fun, challenging, a truly free ace-tier rogue like. Great work Callan!

So much customization and variety for every play-through. Excellent!

I love this game to bits, been playing for a while now, each run is always unique and fun. There’s so many character options for race and class, and then you have the chance to run into your old dead characters while playing and loot them? It’s really unique and fun! Would recommend this game highly if you’re looking for an ACTUALLY fun time waster.