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From Obsidian, this game is a historical mystery role-playing game that focuses on character development, heavily stylized art, and choice-driven storytelling in early 16th century Germany. The main character is a clever illustrator caught up a series of murders at Kiersau Abbey over twenty five years. This character alone possesses the wits and will to expose the killers, but each decision he makes has lasting consequences and inexorably draws him closer to the center of an underlying conspiracy.
System requirements for Nintendo Switch
System requirements for PlayStation 4
System requirements for PC
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
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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Last Modified: Mar 24, 2025
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Steam
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Pentiment reviews and comments
this game makes me see the lack of options in this website's rating system. i find it a bit hard to put my thoughts about pentiment into words. i don't know if i have ever played a game that made me feel so interested in a world that sounds kinda boring at first glance. i learned so much from this game. about history and religion and people and psychology. it's amazing how well-written these characters are. there is no right or wrong in this story and that makes such a huge difference.
quite a passive game, but there was so much thought put into it and you could feel it in every second of the game. it felt a tiny tint bit dragged out but i am sososo happy i stuck around for the end. it took me a long ass time to finish it but i will think about it for a long time to come !
quite a passive game, but there was so much thought put into it and you could feel it in every second of the game. it felt a tiny tint bit dragged out but i am sososo happy i stuck around for the end. it took me a long ass time to finish it but i will think about it for a long time to come !
+ Amazing visuals and sound design
+ Great historical quotes and tips
+ Good design of a game written in a book with various text typing, text removing etc
+ The game punishes you a lot. Great not to be able to score success all the time
+ Great concept with murder investigation: lacking time, unexpected wasting time, murderer decision and how it
affects story
+ Great story!
- at the end you understand that you choices made small impact
- last chapter is straightforward, just reading, no decisions at all
- for the painting would be great to show sketches to understand what will the painting looks like with your decision. It's hard to imagine the picture with a short text line
- no switch version
+ Great historical quotes and tips
+ Good design of a game written in a book with various text typing, text removing etc
+ The game punishes you a lot. Great not to be able to score success all the time
+ Great concept with murder investigation: lacking time, unexpected wasting time, murderer decision and how it
affects story
+ Great story!
- at the end you understand that you choices made small impact
- last chapter is straightforward, just reading, no decisions at all
- for the painting would be great to show sketches to understand what will the painting looks like with your decision. It's hard to imagine the picture with a short text line
- no switch version