Pathway similar games & best alternatives

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Pathway

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

What works

  • Engaging indiana jones theme and pixel art
  • Tactical turn-based combat with character progression
  • Replayability through multiple campaigns and character builds
  • Immersive narrative events and atmosphere
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Some repetitive events and limited enemy variety
  • Combat depth considered shallow by some
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Ui and line-of-sight issues reported
  • Short overall campaign length

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Doom & Destiny

  • City of Chains

  • NecroAttack！

  • Seer's Gambit

  • Blightstone

  • Three Kingdoms Mushouden

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Pathway but with less leadership over others

  • Stoneshard

  • The Doors of Trithius

  • Backpack Hero

  • The Braves

  • Desktop Dungeons

  • ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Pathway. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Pathway. These titles are not in What to play next.

Pathway: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Creativity.

Last update: 21/08/2026