Arcade Game
You're patient zero. Choose the path. Race the cure.
Pathward is a viral path-racing game on a world map. You're patient zero: spend spread points to choose exactly which country falls next, unlock land, sea, air, and mutation vectors, and outrun a rising cure clock. One seeded daily world lands for every player — so the leaderboard is a fair race, and you always chose the path.
Free to start · $4.99 full unlock · Play Pass available
Gameplay screenshots coming soon. The world map, path selection, vector upgrades, and the cure race are being polished for launch.
Why you'll open it again
Built around the daily loop.
You choose the path
The spread genre makes you watch an algorithm. Pathward hands you the route — every country that falls is your decision. No Madagascar RNG: if a region falls late, that was your line, not a dice roll.
Bend the spread with vectors
Transmission speed, sea routes, and stealth against the cure are free. Pro adds air jumps to any country and mutation for spontaneous spread. Build the outbreak that fits your route.
Race the cure clock
The world fights back — detection accelerates the cure the more you spread. Win by covering the whole map before research hits 100%. Stealth buys you time; speed spends it.
One daily world, a real race
A seeded daily world lands for everyone, with a shared modifier that reshapes the run. The global leaderboard ranks by time, so a fast clear actually means something.
No forced ads. Ever.
Funded by a fair unlock, not interruptions. No ad breaks between runs, no energy timers, no loot boxes — just the path and the clock.
Why we built it
Pathward exists because the spread genre never let you steer. Every other plague game makes you watch the algorithm; Pathward gives you the path — the agency the genre has been missing for a decade.
Who it is for
Strategy and speed-run players who loved Plague Inc. but hated losing to a mutation they couldn't control — anyone who wants a fair daily race with a leaderboard that rewards the route, not luck.
The loop
Open the daily world → pick your starting country → choose the next country to infect → spend upgrades to bend the spread → outrun the cure → bank your time on the global board → come back tomorrow.
Free to win. Pro to dominate.
Pathward is free with the full daily world — land and sea spread are free, so you can cover the map and post a ranked time without paying a cent. Pro adds air and mutation vectors, the global leaderboard view, cloud sync, the full daily archive, and premium themes.
- Free: daily world, land + sea spread, streaks, ranked times
- Pathward Full Game Unlock: $4.99 one-time — air + mutation vectors, global leaderboard, cloud sync, full archive, premium themes
- StackForge Play Pass: unlocks supported StackForge games
Pathward is coming soon.
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