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Pentiment

Obsidian Entertainment · Xbox Game Studios · 2022-11-14

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AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 15, 2022 (Xbox One), Feb 22, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 22, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Nov 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 22, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Pentiment is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 9805 reviews).

43
playing now
95%
positive of 9.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (100 ratings)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (1,321 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 30h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

43 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Pentiment is a 2022 adventure role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. The player is tasked with investigating the murders of prominent individuals for which other townsfolk have been accused for various reasons. The game was released for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 15, 2022. The Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 versions were released on February 22, 2024. It received positive reviews from critics and won a Peabody Award in 2023.

Trailer

Pentiment trailer thumbnail

Pentiment – Official Launch Trailer

≈210,805 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 43 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,016 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~127/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 196k–441k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,805 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2024-03-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 16 of 32 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
96296220222026Week of 2022-11-01: 962 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

140312026-09-15 13:00 — 61 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 54 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 33 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 66 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 78 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 40 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 34 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 48 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 40 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 87 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 84 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 38 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 59 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 74 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 64 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 52 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 83 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 61 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 31 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 84 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 88 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 40 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 55 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 43 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
55641Nov 2022Aug 2026Nov 2022 — avg 556 · peak 1,250Jan 2023 — avg 299 · peak 992Mar 2023 — avg 111 · peak 332May 2023 — avg 99 · peak 274Jul 2023 — avg 147 · peak 339Sep 2023 — avg 59 · peak 163Nov 2023 — avg 59 · peak 183Jan 2024 — avg 91 · peak 264Mar 2024 — avg 88 · peak 240May 2024 — avg 66 · peak 171Jul 2024 — avg 98 · peak 237Sep 2024 — avg 67 · peak 193Nov 2024 — avg 69 · peak 244Jan 2025 — avg 87 · peak 219Mar 2025 — avg 67 · peak 184May 2025 — avg 66 · peak 169Jul 2025 — avg 75 · peak 178Sep 2025 — avg 41 · peak 90Nov 2025 — avg 64 · peak 183Jan 2026 — avg 72 · peak 177Mar 2026 — avg 48 · peak 133May 2026 — avg 66 · peak 162Jul 2026 — avg 74 · peak 154Aug 2026 — avg 67 · peak 149
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992022-08-242026-10-092022-08-24 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-02-20 — best price $14.992023-04-21 — best price $19.992023-06-19 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $13.392023-09-19 — best price $19.992023-11-16 — best price $13.392023-12-01 — best price $19.992024-01-03 — best price $19.992024-02-13 — best price $19.992024-04-18 — best price $11.992024-05-07 — best price $11.992024-06-09 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-08-01 — best price $19.992024-11-14 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-12 — best price $9.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-04-16 — best price $9.992025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-06-07 — best price $9.992025-06-24 — best price $19.992025-07-16 — best price $9.992025-09-02 — best price $19.992025-11-19 — best price $9.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-04-01 — best price $9.992026-05-09 — best price $19.992026-06-14 — best price $9.992026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-08-25 — best price $9.992026-09-11 — best price $19.992026-10-02 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.8k2592026-05-30 — 357 pageviews2026-06-03 — 330 pageviews2026-06-07 — 358 pageviews2026-06-11 — 378 pageviews2026-06-15 — 523 pageviews2026-06-19 — 430 pageviews2026-06-23 — 378 pageviews2026-06-27 — 336 pageviews2026-07-01 — 338 pageviews2026-07-05 — 395 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3,761 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,429 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1,064 pageviews2026-07-21 — 646 pageviews2026-07-25 — 559 pageviews2026-07-29 — 407 pageviews2026-08-02 — 389 pageviews2026-08-06 — 341 pageviews2026-08-10 — 412 pageviews2026-08-14 — 341 pageviews2026-08-18 — 347 pageviews2026-08-22 — 322 pageviews2026-08-26 — 308 pageviews2026-08-30 — 306 pageviews2026-09-03 — 290 pageviews2026-09-07 — 360 pageviews2026-09-11 — 306 pageviews2026-09-15 — 310 pageviews2026-09-19 — 278 pageviews2026-09-23 — 666 pageviews2026-09-27 — 442 pageviews2026-10-01 — 275 pageviews2026-10-05 — 317 pageviews2026-10-08 — 283 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
56.2%
earned "Cryptic Solutions"
20.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-11-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)8,1867%41
Steam (Steam)3,7385%41
PS5 (PlayStation)1,06337%42
Switch (Nintendo)2810%0
PS4 (PlayStation)11851%42

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DMysteryMedievalStylizedAdventureDetectiveHand-drawnHistoricalStory RichExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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