Ice-Pick Lodge

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Ice-Pick Lodge
Company type Private
Industry Video games
Founded2002;22 years ago (2002)
FounderNikolay Dybowski
Headquarters
Moscow
,
Russia
Number of employees
16 (2016)
Website ice-pick.com

Ice-Pick Lodge is a Russian video game developer based in Moscow, founded in 2002 by Nikolay Dybowski. The studio became known in Russia after releasing its first project Pathologic . [1]

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Games

Released

TitleDetails
Pathologic

Original release date(s): [2]
  • RU: 9 June 2005
  • UK: 2006
Release years by system:
2005 – Microsoft Windows
Notes:
The Void

Original release date(s): [4] [5] [6]
  • RU: 17 April 2008
  • UK: 23 October 2009
  • WW: 16 December 2009
Release years by system:
2008 – Microsoft Windows
Notes:
  • A horror adventure game about soul trapped in "The Void"
  • While the original Russian version was published by ND Entertainment, the English version available on Steam is self-published. [6]
  • Won the "Most Non-Standard Game" award at the Russian Game Developers Conference in 2007. [7]
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity

Original release date: [8]
21 April 2011		Release years by system:
2011 – Microsoft Windows
Notes:
Knock-Knock

Original release date: [9]
4 October 2013		Release years by system:
2013 – Microsoft Windows [9]
2014 – iOS, [10] Android [11]
2015 – PlayStation 4 [12]
2016 – PlayStation Vita [13]
2017 – Xbox One [14]
Notes:
  • A side-scrolling horror adventure game in which the player explores a cabin in the woods.
  • Self-published by Ice-Pick Lodge [14]
  • Funded by a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, which raised $41,021 prior to the game's release. [15]
Pathologic Classic HD

Original release date: [16]
19 October 2015		Release years by system:
2015 – Microsoft Windows
Notes:
Pathologic 2

Original release date: [18]
23 May 2019		Release years by system:
2019 — Microsoft Windows, [18] Xbox One [19]
2020 — PlayStation 4 [20]
Notes:
  • A full-scale re-imagining of Pathologic
  • Initially planned to be released in three parts: "The Haruspex", "The Bachelor", and "The Changeling"
  • The final game only includes "The Haruspex" route while "The Bachelor" route evolved into Pathologic 3.
  • Published by tinyBuild [18]
  • Funded by a Kickstarter campaign, which raised $333,127 prior to the game's release. [21]
  • On 28 October 2019, a DLC entitled The Marble Nest was released [22]
Know By Heart

Original release date: [23]
10 February 2022 [24] 		Release years by system:
2022 — Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android [25]
Notes:
  • An adventure game about childhood friends reuniting in an old Russian town.
Franz

Original release date: [25]
16 October 2023 [26] 		Release years by system:
2023 — iOS, Android
Notes:
  • A mystery game by Nikolay Dybowski, using concepts that were considered for the bachelor route of Pathologic 2. [27]
  • Ice-Pick Lodge's first game developed with artist Nemo Soda, who recently joined the studio.

Upcoming

TitleDetails
Neuro Skazka

Original release date: [25]
TBA		Release years by system:
TBA — iOS, Android
Notes:
  • A game dealing with the evolution of a universe ruled by a sleeping god. A project by Nemo Soda, a new member of the company.
Pathologic 3

Original release date: [25]
2025		Release years by system:
2025 — Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 [28]
Notes:
  • A complete reimagining of the Bachelor's route from the original Pathologic with dramatically different mechanics. [29]
  • Published by HypeTrain Digital

Awards

In 2005, Pathologic won several awards in Russia. These being: "Game of the Year" by the Best Computer Games magazine, "Best Russian Game of the Year" by Gameslife And "Best Debut of the Year" by Playground. It was also listed in Ixbt as being one of their top 5 games of the year, and in Igromania as one of their top 3, alongside Half-Life 2 and GTA:San Andreas. [30] Both Pathologic and The Void won the "Most Non-Standard Game" award at the Russian Game Developers Conference in 2005 and 2007, respectively. [3] [7] Pathologic 2 won the "Excellence in Game Design", "Excellence in Game Narrative" and "Best Desktop Game" awards at DEVgamm 2019. It was also the conference’s Grand Prize winner. [31]

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  23. ↑ Know by heart - Announcement Trailer
  24. ↑ Know by heart - Steam Store
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  31. ↑ "DEVgamm 2019 award winners". DEVgamm. 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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