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Pentiment

by Obsidian Entertainment

  • Released Nov 15, 2022
  • $19.99
  • 15 h to beat
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X|S

95%positive reviews

9,454 positive490 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Stunning medieval setting and detail

  • Thoughtful, engaging murder mystery

Cons

  • Slow pacing and tedious reading

  • Choices feel less meaningful

Mixed

  • Some call it a medievalist masterpiece, others say it is overly slow

Media

Dev Diary (YouTube)Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

OS *: Windows 7 (SP1) 64bit

Processor: Intel Core i3-3225

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics: Nvidia GTX 650 Ti

Storage: 12 GB available space

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A 16th-century narrative adventure set in Upper Bavaria, following Andreas Maler, a journeyman artist working in the bygone scriptorium of Kiersau Abbey during a time of great social unrest. While finishing his masterpiece, Andreas inadvertently becomes entangled in a series of murders that take…

Ratings

  • 87IGDB players103 ratings
  • 85Critics6 reviews
  • 86Overall109 scores

Time to beat

  • 15 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 16.5 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 30 hCompletionist100%

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Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Chinese (Simplified)
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)

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