Penarium

Penarium

Steam Deck Playable

Self Made Miracle · Platformer · Sep 22, 2015

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

On sale at $1.99, but it has been as low as $1.49.

83%
Very Positive
420 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 420 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 188 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise22% are divided22% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This keeps the gameplay a challenge and means you can't learn the patterns to make it too easy.
29 of 188 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
In the Campaign, you complete levels to get money to unlock new features and to play locally or online with friends and other players.
18 of 188 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics style is designed in a striking pixel art fashion which I absolutely adore.
17 of 188 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
A wonderful circus soundtrack also helps to build this atmosphere.
9 of 188 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
The second one kept recurring, which was that my character kept moving to the left, I tried it with both my controller and keyboard (controller disconnected as well), and it kept happening.
9 of 188 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay29 reviews
Multiplayer18 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Controls9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters57 reviews
86%
Co-op13 reviews
92%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty24 reviews
75%
Combat5 reviews
20%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $1.99 (−80%). The lowest we've tracked is $1.49.

5 points recordedtoday · $1.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.