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The Next Penelope cover art

The Next Penelope

Aurelien Regard · Plug In Digital · 2015-05-29

Steam

ActionIndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 21, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), May 29, 2015 (Mac), May 29, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Wii U), May 29, 2015 (Linux)

Set in a futuristic Odyssey, "The Next Penelope" is a fast paced action racing game with loud colors, an original story and a challenging risk-reward system. Weapons can be mixed and used at any time, but all these abilities cost vital energy!

0
playing now
72%
positive of 282 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.0k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 282 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.29-90%
IndieGala$1.29-90%
Steam$1.29-90%
DreamGame$1.30-90%
GamersGate$1.30-90%
GreenManGaming$1.30-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.42-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.97 at GameBillet (2025-06-03) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 114 of 144 observed days · $0.32 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220152026Week of 2015-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.36$0.882015-01-162026-08-302015-01-16 — best price $9.992015-09-12 — best price $12.992016-02-23 — best price $6.492016-09-03 — best price $3.252017-07-03 — best price $3.262017-12-25 — best price $3.332018-07-17 — best price $10.392019-01-25 — best price $3.252019-06-28 — best price $12.992019-12-19 — best price $2.592020-02-10 — best price $12.542020-05-28 — best price $12.992020-07-25 — best price $10.992020-10-03 — best price $12.992020-11-28 — best price $2.592021-02-02 — best price $12.992021-03-30 — best price $12.992021-05-29 — best price $12.992021-09-01 — best price $12.992022-01-31 — best price $2.502022-07-19 — best price $10.512023-01-06 — best price $12.992023-05-01 — best price $2.122023-08-08 — best price $10.992023-12-04 — best price $12.992024-03-14 — best price $2.592024-07-15 — best price $1.462024-11-04 — best price $12.992025-03-28 — best price $12.992025-08-11 — best price $1.112025-11-29 — best price $10.222026-03-10 — best price $1.302026-07-01 — best price $1.302026-08-24 — best price $1.292026-08-30 — best price $1.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
92.3%
earned "EARLY SUPPORTER"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8231%23
Switch (Nintendo)220%0

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

Player tags

IndieActionRacingTop-DownDifficultFuturisticShoot 'Em Up4 Player LocalLocal MultiplayerFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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