Penumbra: Overture

Penumbra: Overture

2007 Frictional Games

1 player

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About Penumbra: Overture

Penumbra: Overture is an action and adventure game developed by Frictional Games and published by Paradox Interactive, released on 30 March 2007.

Of the RAWG players who own Penumbra: Overture, 10% have finished it and 3% dropped it.

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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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.

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Gameplay

Specs

Genres

Action Adventure Indie Puzzle

How long to beat

Main story 11h Source: IGDB

Modes

Single player

Perspective

First person

Engine

HPL

Tags

Best single-player gamesBest horror gamesBest survival games

Rankings

Best Puzzle games on PCBest Puzzle games on MacBest PC gamesBest PC games of 2007Best games of 2007

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