Pentiment
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…
Pentiment is an adventure developed by Obsidian Entertainment, released 15 November 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 16.5 hrs to finish.
What Pentiment is
Pentiment is an adventure game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and released in 2022. It was published by Xbox Game Studios. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 41 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Pentiment holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 107 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 16.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 30 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-3225, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 650 Ti. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 12GB.
What it launched against
Pentiment launched on 15 November 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Bayonetta 3 and Signalis. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Bayonetta 3, Signalis.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pentiment yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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