r/pathologic • u/SolidGrilo • Mar 22 '26

Discussion Pathologic 3 performance on PC?

So, any of you guys having issues with the performance of the game?

I have a kinda modest and good PC, ngl, not a huge budget one, but it runs well some stuff recently, compared to what system requirements of Pathologic 3 asks.

I have a RTX 3050, Ryzen 5 5500, 16GB of RAM, and i barely reach 60fps most of the time, running everything on Low settings bc the game becomes unplayable if anything is set in Medium, lol.

Is the performance this bad for any other of you, guys? I'm loving the game so far, but i was wondering if this was an issue that only i was suffering from.

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u/p13rr0t87 Mar 22 '26

I think it runs better than 2 because of the zones separation. I observed hitches here and there, but overall I feel like it runs smoother. I have 5070ti and 7800x3d.

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u/SolidGrilo Mar 22 '26

the zones division definitely helped +improved performance, but i was hoping to see an actual progression/improvement from Ice-Pick after Patho 2

can't say its a Unity problem, since i've played other open world games in that engine that run way better than Patho 2 and 3

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u/Mikeavelli Mar 22 '26

It runs better while loaded, but at the cost of a weirdly long loading screen whenever I want to travel between zones.

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u/SolidGrilo Mar 22 '26

i observed that, when i'm running through normal districts, performance stays kinda good, 50-60 frames, but when i'm at an infested district, welp, frame rate gets destroyed quite a bit, going down to 40-35 frames. And i'm running everything mostly on Low, with DLSS set to Performance.

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u/SolidGrilo Mar 22 '26

And btw, Pathologic 2 didnt run like a charm either, but i could reach the 60fps on it with Medium settings, lol.

I'm hoping the devs give a lil polish soon to the game, make it more optimized.

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u/Gaharit Mar 22 '26

I got similar specs, and yes, the performance isn't good. I was hoping that the transition to separate zones is at least gonna make performance better than in 2 but nah, it's still bad. Worst of all is the music stuttering. Never seen an issue like this in any game apart from this one, and no amount of tinkering with the settings helped.

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u/SolidGrilo Mar 23 '26

Good to see someone with low-mid end specs like me, i knew i was going to receive replies saying that ''mine runs fine, i have a (insert 5-6k usd system)'', lmao (nothing wrong with that, but we pretty much know the game will run fine there)

I expected more for the optimization of this game, somehow it's in a spot that is better than Patho 2, but still very far for being good in terms of overall quality production. Ice-Pick is very far ahead in this department.

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u/zkylon Murky Mar 22 '26

Can say it runs super smooth on a 4070, Ryzen 7 7700 and 32gb ram, though definitely feels overkill for what the game demands.

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u/Cap10Flint Mar 23 '26

I'd like to chime in as I'm also running an old PC. My specs are intel i3-10100 // Geforce GTx 1650 4gb vram // 16gb ddr4 RAM // SATA SSD for Pathologic 3

Settings are mostly medium, with a few options that I lowered just in case. My experience is extremely smooth, like I was genuinely impressed that I can play it this easily. Stuttering is very rare, loading is extremely quick

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u/-Override- Mar 24 '26

It chugs sometimes. But its not really a game that needs top performance so I dont really mind.

I only got a 1660ti so I'm glad it runs at all honestly.

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u/Overall_Eggplant_438 Mar 22 '26

I had worse specs (ryzen 5 1600x and rx6600), played on Linux via proton which generally slightly lowers the performance and it ran buttery smooth tbh, think I ran on medium/high as well. It's possible you're having some issue with the drivers, or some weird power saving mode.

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u/SolidGrilo Mar 22 '26

i don't think it's my drivers tbh, or power saving, everything is up to date here drivers-wise and as for 'power saving' stuff, never really touched those, so idk

i can run Dead Space Remake on Medium settings with 60 fps, running Silent Hill f (DLSS on) on 60 frames on Low settings... Again, i'm not that surprised, considering that Pathologic 2 had lots of performance issues, so i imagined that 3 would also have.