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Penarium cover art

Penarium

Self Made Miracle · Team17 Digital Ltd · 2015-09-22

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 22, 2015 (Linux), Sep 22, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Sep 23, 2015 (Xbox One), Sep 22, 2015 (Mac)

Penarium is a frantic 2D arena arcade game where you take on the role of Willy, trapped in a sinister circus show. Run, jump and avoid an array of killer death-traps while being cheered on by a sadistic crowd that’s out for blood.

Penarium is a 2015 Action, Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 420 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 420 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
4.00★
PlayStation Store rating (298 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 120% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 420 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.72-83%
Humble Store$1.99-80%
IndieGala$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.05 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 133 of 182 observed days · $0.67 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
180May 2015Nov 2021May 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2016 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2016 — avg 8 · peak 36Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 13Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Nov 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.202015-09-112026-10-112015-09-11 — best price $9.992016-01-06 — best price $5.492016-07-05 — best price $5.792017-05-16 — best price $2.492017-10-30 — best price $9.992018-03-23 — best price $2.502018-08-30 — best price $2.492018-12-14 — best price $2.492019-04-01 — best price $2.292019-08-16 — best price $2.492019-11-22 — best price $1.702020-02-11 — best price $9.992020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-08-03 — best price $8.232020-10-27 — best price $1.492021-01-18 — best price $1.392021-04-10 — best price $8.382021-06-19 — best price $9.992021-09-29 — best price $9.992021-12-24 — best price $2.062022-03-12 — best price $1.342022-06-20 — best price $1.292022-10-15 — best price $8.692023-01-20 — best price $1.492023-06-12 — best price $1.292023-11-01 — best price $1.792024-03-07 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-27 — best price $1.832025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-05-02 — best price $1.652025-08-24 — best price $1.952025-11-20 — best price $1.742026-02-27 — best price $1.792026-05-15 — best price $1.942026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $1.722026-10-11 — best price $1.72
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
48.8%
earned "You have seen nothing yet..."
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play Together

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1188%24
Xbox One (Xbox)1,44525%24
PS4 (PlayStation)41613%21

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndieRetroActionColorfulAdventureDifficultControllerFast-Paced

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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