Pentiment

14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.

14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask

The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Aug 23: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.

Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.

Hours played at review time, across 842 reviews with recorded playtime.

positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up

Pentiment Review I want to be clear that this is an experience offered in a way that is wholly original and novel in how it delivers player interaction and story, but I don't consider it a game the way I would an action game or even a detective game for that matter. It's a multi-branching visual novel if you had to try to pin a description on it, but even then I find that it doesn't fit it so well, so instead I'll try to describe it by what I feel it tries to do. I feel that Pentiment's goal is to engage the player as one would be engaged in something akin to a zoned-in history book about a specific place during a specific time period. You can breeze through the game without really doing anything related to skill or care and enjoy a good contained story (Or be bored by it like a school history book); but the best parts of Pentiment are spent putting your nose into every nook and cranny of conversation and situations you can get yourself into in order to find clues (No spoilers here) or to learn about the context of the game's setting. When you give it the attention it deserves, you'll find that Pentiment brings a dusty old tale about a dustier old village with the dustiest old peasants to life when you look at every head note or subparagraph about the narrative. Indeed, it's incredibly rewarding when you treat it with passionate attention, I'm sure it's more so a great experience for history nuts (Though I feel the obscure setting was chosen deliberately in part to introduce any player to something new.). I'm split between saying it's not for everyone and that it's something you need to play regardless of if you'd enjoy it; I get that reading isn't our collective hobby as a community of gamers, but equally I feel that if you're competent enough to boot up a game and learn how to master it, then you need to work towards being the kind of person Pentiment is for. Like any book, Pentiment isn't perfect, you'll see those cracks or worldviews that oppose your own and make you uncomfortable, I promise, but I absolutely recommend it for anyone under any context or situation for it to challenge you in those imperfections.