Frictional Games
Penumbra: Overture
Penumbra:Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore. Played from a first person perspective and powered by a 3D engine utilising cutting edge technology, Penumbra is a substantial advancement of the genre.
- Released
- 30 March 2007
- Developer
- Frictional Games
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Engine
- HPL
- Perspective
- First person
- Age rating
- ESRB M
- Metacritic
- 73/100
- Steam recommendations
- 3,766
- Platforms
- Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac
- Genres
- Puzzle · Adventure · Indie
- Also known as
- Penumbra: Overture Episode One
- Estimated owners
- 200,000–500,000 (est.)
- 75
- Player rating
- 74
- Critic rating
- 97
- Ratings counted
- 90.5%
- Steam reviews
Penumbra: Overture
Quick answers
Penumbra: Overture
The story
Set in the year 2001, Penumbra: Overture follows the story of Philip, a thirty-year-old physicist whose mother has recently died. After receiving a mysterious letter from his supposedly dead father, Philip follows a series of clues that lead him to a mysterious location in uninhabited northern Greenland.
Penumbra: Overture
How long to beat
- Main story
- 3 h
- Main + extras
- 11 h
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Key facts
Platforms
Game modes
- Single player
Themes
- Action
- Horror
- Survival
- Stealth
Penumbra: Overture
Trailer
Penumbra: Overture
Screenshots
Penumbra: Overture
Reviews and languages
90.5% of 4,148 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Very Positive”.
1 languages in the interface, 1 of them with full voice acting. English is supported, with full voice acting.
Publisher's content notice
This game contains gore (such as corpses) and depictions of violence.
Penumbra: Overture
Platform releases
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- 30 March 2007
- Linux
- 25 May 2007
- Mac
- 10 January 2008
Penumbra: Overture
Official pages
Penumbra: Overture
