History VideoGame / Pathway

* LimitedLoadout: Each character can only carry three items in the same time: a main weapon, a tool (can be a secondary weapon like a knife or grenades), and an outfit (serves as armour).

* ShoutOut: In one of the random events, the adventurers unearth something which looks like a [[Film/{{Stargate}} stargate]].

* ActionGirl: 7 of the 16 adventurers are female. Only one (the scientist Natalya Shushokova) is available since the start of the game, though.

* AmazonBrigade: Creating a all-women party is possible. Completing one adventure with one is the prerequisite to unlock the adventuress Rose Sheffield.

* BadassPreacher: Monsignor Carlo Veduti, Italian Vatican legate. His weapon of choice is an assault rifle and he has a bonus against undead enemies.

* HyperspaceArsenal: Mostly averted. Adventurers can only carry their gear (a weapon, a tool / secondary weapon, and an outfit) without having their own personal stash. The Jeep's inventory contains 10 slots, though some usable tools can stack. On the other hand, the valuable bag is bottomless.

* VendorTrash: The inventory screen has an bottomless "valuable bag", in which loot which aren't equipment, money, or usable supply are immediately stored in; you can sell its whole content to the merchants on the worldmap (the same is done automatically when you're back on the main menu at the completion of an adventure). What count as vendor trash includes precious artifacts, like statues, sarcophageous, ancient necklaces, etc., as well as random trash (wallet, worn gloves...), though the former ones are of course much more valuable than the latter.

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: From 2 to 4 party members, depending on the adventure.

* ContinuingIsPainful: If all party members of the current adventure are downed, the player is taken back to the start menu. To start again, you keep the loot and experience levels, but the downed party members are temporarily unavailable unless you can afford their medical bill. If you didn't do well, you have to start over with even less resources than what you have at the first try.

* ContinuingIsPainful: If all party members of the current adventure are downed, the player is taken back to the start menu. To start again, you keep the loot and experience levels, but have to start with the supplies and money you had when the game over triggered, and the downed party members are temporarily unavailable. If you didn't do well, you have to start over with even less resources than what you have at the first try.

* ResourcesManagementGameplay: You start with a limited pool of fuel and ammo[[note]]10 fuel and 50 bullets in default difficulty, 20 fuel and 60 bullets in the easiest setting, and 8 fuel and 40 bullets in the hardest setting[[/note]], which represents the maximum quantity you can carry on the same time (it's possible to buy increased cap). Travelling between two nodes on the worldmap consumes 1 fuel, and using guns consumes bullets. You can resupply by finding merchants if you're lucky enough (their stock is random, so they don't necessarily carry fuel and bullets), as result of random worldmap events, or as loot earned for winning a tactical encounter.

* MultinationalTeam: 16 player characters available from 14 different countries (3 American, 2 British, a Russian, a German, a Brasilian, a Spanish, an Arab, an Italian, an Icelandic, a Belgian, an Indian, an African[[note]]actual country not specified; she would be a subject of an European country unless she is Liberian or Ethiopian[[/note]], a Caribbean, and a French)[[note]]That's ''17''. The Indian character, Dr. Gopal Chandraputra, is described as "Anglo-Indian"[[/note]].

The story is split in 5 campaigns ("adventures"); finishing one for the first time unlocks the next one. Experience levels, money, and loot are kept between campaigns.

* NoSwastikas: When encountering Nazis, there are banners and insigna painted on their vehicles, but it looks like a skull instead of a swastika.

''Pathway'' is a TurnBasedTactics {{Roguelike}} released on April 11, 2019 on PC, Mac, and Linux, developed by Robotality and published by Chucklefish. The game consists in leading a team of adventurers in 1936's North Africa and Middle East, competing against Nazi Germany to prevent them to gain treasures.

The game has sixteen player characters available, though only six are playable at the start. The rest must be unlock by completing challenges (kill 100 Nazi, kill 5 enemies with a bleeding effect...). Party size ranges from 2 to 4.

* BadassPreacher: Monsignor Carlo Veduti, Italian Vatican legate. His weapon of choice is an asault rifle and he has bonus against undead enemies.
* ContinuingIsPainful: If all party members of the current adventure are downed, the player is taken back to the start menu. You keep the loot and experience levels, but have to start with the supplies and money you had when the game over triggered, and the downed party members are temporarily unavailable. If you didn't do well, you have to start over with even less resources than what you have at the first try.