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Penumbra: Requiem cover art

Penumbra: Requiem

Frictional Games

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 27, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 17, 2008 (Mac), Nov 17, 2008 (Linux)

Puzzle expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague. Requiem is part of Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition, included in the Penumbra Collection.

Penumbra: Requiem is an Adventure and Indie game with a Mixed sentiment based on 53% of 1153 reviews, estimated to have between 100,000 and 200,000 owners.

2
playing now
53%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Penumbra: Requiem is an expansion pack to the game Penumbra: Black Plague developed by Frictional Games.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 73 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,153 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.74$14.992015-04-132016-07-072015-04-13 — best price $14.992015-04-23 — best price $22.522015-04-30 — best price $23.122015-06-18 — best price $23.742015-07-08 — best price $23.142016-05-06 — best price $21.622016-06-24 — best price $20.052016-07-07 — best price $19.32
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

102192026-05-30 — 19 pageviews2026-06-03 — 25 pageviews2026-06-07 — 37 pageviews2026-06-11 — 27 pageviews2026-06-15 — 35 pageviews2026-06-19 — 75 pageviews2026-06-23 — 42 pageviews2026-06-27 — 50 pageviews2026-07-01 — 37 pageviews2026-07-05 — 42 pageviews2026-07-09 — 44 pageviews2026-07-13 — 37 pageviews2026-07-17 — 22 pageviews2026-07-21 — 32 pageviews2026-07-25 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 40 pageviews2026-08-02 — 43 pageviews2026-08-06 — 33 pageviews2026-08-10 — 37 pageviews2026-08-14 — 31 pageviews2026-08-18 — 25 pageviews2026-08-22 — 33 pageviews2026-08-26 — 102 pageviews2026-08-30 — 60 pageviews2026-09-03 — 58 pageviews2026-09-07 — 37 pageviews2026-09-11 — 47 pageviews2026-09-15 — 41 pageviews2026-09-19 — 25 pageviews2026-09-23 — 42 pageviews2026-09-27 — 55 pageviews2026-10-01 — 37 pageviews2026-10-05 — 53 pageviews2026-10-09 — 34 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerCaptions availableFamily Sharing

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorPuzzleAdventureAtmosphericFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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