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Penumbra Overture
Frictional Games · released Mar 6, 2009 · data updated Oct 24, 2026
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
Released Mar 6, 2009
Steam figures
| Value | As of | |
|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | Very Positive · 89% positive of 3,826 Steam reviews | Oct 24, 2026 |
| Followers on Steam | No followers data for this game yet | |
| Regular US price | $9.99 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Twitch peak viewers | 59 | Oct 23, 2026 |
New Steam reviews per month
| Month | New positive | New negative |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 24 | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 60 | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 43 | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 25 | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 23 | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 22 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 19 | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 25 | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 20 | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 14 | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 5 |
Sales estimate
| Copies sold on Steam | 130k – 360k | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross revenue on Steam | $610k – $2.1M before refunds, tax and Steam’s cut | |
| Steam reviews by buyers | 3,826 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| Copies per review | 35–93 |
Estimates are based on an aggregation of industry-accepted conversion formulas. This game was on Steam before reviews began in November 2013; many copies sold before then have no review, so the ranges may be low. How this is estimated
Tag DNA
| Tag | Share of Steam games |
|---|---|
| Lovecraftian | 1 in 94 games |
| Stealth | 1 in 33 games |
| Survival Horror | 1 in 23 games |
| Psychological Horror | 1 in 12 games |
| Dark | 1 in 12 games |
| Horror | 1 in 9 games |
| First-Person | 1 in 6 games |
| Story Rich | 1 in 6 games |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Outlast | Red Barrels | 92% | Overwhelmingly Positive · 105,216 |
| Amnesia: The Dark Descent | Frictional Games | 94% | Overwhelmingly Positive · 20,514 |
| Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition | Frictional Games | 98% | Very Positive · 2,786 |
| The Evil Within | Tango Gameworks | 87% | Very Positive · 21,630 |
| Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition | Krillbite Studio | 93% | Very Positive · 6,379 |
| Poppy Playtime | Mob Entertainment | 86% | Very Positive · 143,396 |
| Outlast 2 | Red Barrels | 86% | Very Positive · 54,620 |
| SOMA | Frictional Games | 86% | Overwhelmingly Positive · 47,177 |