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Pathea Games
February 19, 2026 at 02:32 PM
Developer profile article
Pathea Games is a Chinese game development studio based in Chongqing, China. Founded by creative director Zifei Wu, the studio is best known for its cozy simulation RPGs — My Time at Portia, My Time at Sandrock, and Let's School — before pivoting to the action RPG genre with The God Slayer.
My Time at Portia (2019) — A farming and crafting simulation RPG that established Pathea's reputation for charming, community-driven gameplay
My Time at Sandrock (2023) — The sequel to Portia, expanding on the formula with a desert setting and deeper systems
Ever Forward — A puzzle-adventure game exploring themes of technology and nature
Let's School — A school management simulation game
The God Slayer represents a significant departure from Pathea's cozy roots. Announced at ChinaJoy in July 2023 as part of Sony's PlayStation China Hero Project, the game uses Unreal Engine 5 and features martial arts combat, a dark narrative centered on divine conflict, and an open-world steampunk setting inspired by Chongqing's own dramatic geography.
The studio built an in-house motion capture facility specifically for the project, hiring martial artists and actors to capture combat and cutscene performances. Creative director Zifei Wu has cited influences including Avatar: The Last Airbender, Shadow of the Colossus, Spider-Man, and 1980s Hong Kong martial arts cinema.
Pathea maintains a minimal AI usage policy for The God Slayer's art production. Zifei Wu has noted that AI is used primarily for reference image searching, as the game's unique Eastern steampunk aesthetic lacks existing reference material in AI training datasets. The studio prioritizes hand-crafted art and motion-captured animation.
Pathea's home city of Chongqing directly inspired the design of Zhou, the game's primary setting. Chongqing is renowned for its vertically layered urban landscape, built across dramatic hillsides where buildings stack above each other in ways that defy conventional city planning. This geography translates directly into Zhou's dense, multi-level architecture.
At launch, The God Slayer will support nine languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Russian. Voice acting is confirmed in English and Mandarin Chinese.
