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Pentiment

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

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AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

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.

46
playing now
95%
positive of 9.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (100 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 30h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

46 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 46 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 8% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 195k–439k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,753 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-50%
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 29 observed days · at its all-time low (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

128312026-08-07 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 59 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 41 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 42 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 77 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 70 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 88 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 71 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 55 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 80 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 52 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 79 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 66 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 53 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 128 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 70 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 67 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 97 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 94 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 105 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 62 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 46 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 46 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992022-08-242026-08-282022-08-24 — 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 $9.992026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.8k2812026-05-30 — 357 pageviews2026-06-02 — 365 pageviews2026-06-05 — 318 pageviews2026-06-08 — 389 pageviews2026-06-11 — 378 pageviews2026-06-14 — 428 pageviews2026-06-17 — 458 pageviews2026-06-20 — 445 pageviews2026-06-23 — 378 pageviews2026-06-26 — 427 pageviews2026-06-29 — 529 pageviews2026-07-02 — 797 pageviews2026-07-05 — 395 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2,958 pageviews2026-07-11 — 948 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1,068 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1,064 pageviews2026-07-20 — 785 pageviews2026-07-23 — 521 pageviews2026-07-26 — 523 pageviews2026-07-29 — 407 pageviews2026-08-01 — 365 pageviews2026-08-04 — 342 pageviews2026-08-07 — 380 pageviews2026-08-10 — 412 pageviews2026-08-13 — 294 pageviews2026-08-16 — 391 pageviews2026-08-19 — 304 pageviews2026-08-22 — 322 pageviews2026-08-25 — 300 pageviews2026-08-27 — 281 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

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.

Player tags

2DMysteryMedievalStylizedAdventureDetectiveHand-drawnHistoricalStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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