Penumbra: Overture (2007)

Frictional Games

Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.51 from 270 ratings

1885 members have it in their collection · 16 playing now · 1123 backlogged · 63 wish listed

How long? Main story 6h · with extras 8h · 100% 6h (from 4 logged playthroughs)

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.
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Details

Developers
Frictional Games
Publishers
Paradox Interactive
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Puzzle
Themes
Action, Horror, Stealth, Survival
Series
Penumbra
Steam
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Release dates

  • Mar 30, 2007 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • May 08, 2007 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • May 25, 2007 (Worldwide) Linux
  • Jan 10, 2008 (Worldwide) Mac

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Rating distribution

5 stars
40
4 stars
102
3 stars
90
2 stars
31
1 star
7
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GigaDeathNullGolem

Review GigaDeathNullGolem 3/5 · Jul 9, 2022

An Early Frictional Games Title that used the HPL engine

Somewhat moody (but not really that scary) first person adventure-exporation with light puzzle elements. I found most of these puzzles enjoyable and a lot of the game was very straight forward and required little hand holding (only 1-2 puzzles had me going for a guide)

Like Amnesia, you interact with objects in a similar way: swinging open doorknobs and …

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Somewhat moody (but not really that scary) first person adventure-exporation with light puzzle elements. I found most of these puzzles enjoyable and a lot of the game was very straight forward and required little hand holding (only 1-2 puzzles had me going for a guide)

Like Amnesia, you interact with objects in a similar way: swinging open doorknobs and drawers, but also swinging melee weapons! What is unfortunate is you cannot rotate or examine objects the same way you later could.

All in all its an old game that has a ceiling on enjoyment but i did stream this for some folks and we all had a good time. It's not that long and it was fun to see early ideas for the HPL engine and how things went from there to Amnesia tDD (and beyond)

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MyChaos

Status MyChaos Jan 14, 2020

A game with an interesting story and puzzles that help the brain to think a little. I found interesting the feature in which the player can interact with the environment around him. The game however could have had more vocal interaction in the documents and protagonist's thoughts, in my opinion. The downside of this game is undoubtedly the controls in …

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A game with an interesting story and puzzles that help the brain to think a little. I found interesting the feature in which the player can interact with the environment around him. The game however could have had more vocal interaction in the documents and protagonist's thoughts, in my opinion. The downside of this game is undoubtedly the controls in combat to kill the enemy found them a bit frustrating.

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