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Penrose

80% positive of 31 Steam reviews

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Released
2023
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by doublespeak games.

About the game

Penrose is a non-linear interactive novella unlike anything you've played before. Scroll forwards and backwards through an ever-changing story. Manipulate the environment, explore every possibility, and unravel the mystery at the heart of everything.

Tagged by players

  • Text-Based
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Emotional
  • Surreal
  • Psychological
  • Visual Novel
  • Atmospheric
  • Puzzle
  • Psychological Horror
  • Story Rich
  • Adventure

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    This is a game with a very compelling alternate-timelines mechanic and an interesting hook and setting, but the ending didn't deliver on the abstract, intriguing elements the story set up. I enjoyed the writing style and would be genuinely interested in a second game with a more tangible, concrete story or one that delivers a more complete conclusion. I can't recommend this game's story, though, despite the…

    1.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I had first come in contact with doublespeak games' work several years ago through their previous game, A Dark Room (on Android at the time). I was immediately interested in the novelty of its (at first glance) seemingly minimalist approach, but at the same time I was captivated by Michael Townsend's writing style. I mention this because my first experience with this game was much the same: immaculate mystical…

    5.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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