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Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit

Default Cube Games · 2025-11-19

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 19, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2025 (Mac)

Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.

97%
positive of 574 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 574 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2026-05-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 4 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620252026Week of 2025-11-19: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$19.992025-11-192026-08-232025-11-19 — best price $24.992026-01-12 — best price $22.492026-01-19 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $21.242026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-14 — best price $19.992026-05-21 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-16 — best price $19.992026-08-23 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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Census log

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

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