Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition is a horror, adventure and first-person game developed and published by Frictional Games.
Released on January 23rd 2009 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 2,666 reviews of which 2,506 were positive and 160 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.92€ on Steam and has a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition into these genres:

Horror Adventure First-Person Psychological Horror Stealth Atmospheric Story Rich Indie Singleplayer Survival Horror Puzzle Lovecraftian Dark Action Survival Great Soundtrack Classic Gore Multiplayer

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 2000/XP
Processor: 1Ghz
Memory: 256MB
Graphics: Radeon 8500/GeForce 3 (GeForce4MX not supported)

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.7.5 - 10.15.0 This product is not compatiable with macOS 10.15 Catalina or later.
Processor: 2.0Ghz
Memory: 1024MB
Graphics: Radeon 9600/GeForce 4 (GeForce4MX not supported, Integrated graphics might not work.)
Hard Drive: 2.0GB

Linux

OS: Linux Ubuntu 12.04 or newer, 32-bit libraries must be installed
Processor: 2.0Ghz
Memory: 1024MB
Graphics: Radeon 9600/GeForce 4 (GeForce4MX not supported, Integrated graphics might not work.)
Hard Drive: 2.0GB

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

This was beyond amazing, the story was captivating and it really blend in with the first episode. Everything was answered in the final scene and it was really good, I am glad I decided to play this series for October 2024, I might try the next one too since now I am curious what happened and why it isn't that good. 9/10

Aug. 2024

Penumbra: No combat edition. A continuation of the storyline that started in Penumbra improved greatly in comparison to its predecessor by removing the awkward combat, while simultaneously deepening the creepy atmosphere that was later distilled to near perfection in Amnesia. Instead of fighting, running away and cowering in closets is the new modus operandi to get past the few horrible things separating us from the sometimes obtuse puzzles that make up the second half of the Penumbra formula. Don't get me wrong, I love me some good stealth sections, but in this game they hardly bring anything to the table. The puzzles worked fine, although a few of them felt a bit clunky in their problem solving and in this case I have a good friend who absolutely hated them, so be wary and know that your mileage may vary. The rest of the package is basically more of Penumbra with a pretty decent storyline and many nooks and crannies to explore. Slight recommendation, get it on sale, and since they are all bundled most of the time nowadays I assume that is one way of getting them all real cheap..

May 2024

It starts off on the right foot: no more awkward combat, and instead, the only way the player can get rid of danger is by simply hiding: we can't defend ourselves anymore. Great! Penumbra: Black Plague is a more refined horror adventure, while a bit less grounded than its predecessor, Overture. The plot thickens, we see completely new environments, the creepiness factor is turned up to eleven, what's not to love here? Some puzzles also require some thinking, and directions also need to be followed, but unlike in Penumbra: Overture, the threat is permanent, so the player can't think straight, out of fear. Despite a couple of flaws, Penumbra: Black Plague is a terrifying horror game. And honestly? It's a better game than Penumbra: Overture was. WARNING: Without spoiling the events that transpire, at the ending section of the game, the screen will flash in white many times, which is an eyesore if one is playing the game at night, in the dark. Definitely brings the whole experience down, due to its trial and error nature, and the flashing of the screen each time the player fails the task.

March 2024

A continuation of Overture, Black Plague is pretty much the same experience barring some much needed improvements like removing combat which made the original game pretty trivial. The game is also much scarier than the first with some great setpieces and enemy design along with a pretty neat story. Clarence may be a Walmart version of the Joker sometimes but he is still a respectable meme machine.

Jan. 2024

Not bad, there are some puzzles that you might need a guide, like the one for the barrels, but I think is an enjoyable game, second game I finish of the year I think

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-70% 9.75€ 2.92€

9.0

2,506

160

Online players

Developer

Frictional Games

Publisher

Frictional Games

Release 23 Jan 2009

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