14) Pathologic 2

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Unlike many of the survival horror games of the past, this is an open world survival game. Instead of fighting monsters, you’re fighting a disease. Your job is to save as many people as possible in a series of no-win situations.

This is a brand new breed of game. You’re not here to kick monster butt or hide from zombies and the undead. You’re in this town to find a cure. But, you only have 12 days. In those 12 days the government sends in a doctor, an inquisitor, and eventually the military. Once the situation gets bad enough a strike will be executed on the entire village to “contain the virus.” There isn’t enough time to save everyone.

Pathologic is about survival. In addition to solving the mystery of a dying village, you must take care of your own health. Sleeping and tracking down food, water, and medical supplies is first and  foremost. You must keep vigilant. The town is full of strange rules and even stranger customs. "It's a place where the main factory is ruled by a five-year-old girl, where districts are named after body parts, where bulls can only be slaughtered by the initiated, and where ideas and projects banned from the Capital somehow thrive," the developer explained in an interview with eurogamer.

Pathologic 2 isn’t about you, the player, on the stage that is the village. The village itself is the main character with all of its twists and turns and secrets. It tells a story in the way a play or cinema does. The goal isn’t to win; the goal is to just survive.

The atmosphere of the game is dark and hazy. Your job is to blend in with the locals in order to try and save them from the coming plague. 

The game takes place over 12 days. During that time the government comes in to assess instill their rule of law.