Penumbra: Overture for Windows

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By Frictional Games

Enter the horror of Philip's nightmare with an early part of the first-person adventure.

Like all good nightmares, Philip's begins with something all too real--his mother's death. The days following the funeral are characterized by nothing, save for an incessant feeling of abandonment. Until, that is, he receives a letter from a dead man. Philip's father left before he was born, taking his reasons with him. That door leads to more questions, and those questions lead to Greenland. Philip follows the clues--they're all he has left. On leaving the final signs of human civilization behind him, in search of the location mentioned in his father's ambiguous notes, Philip wonders if he's left some part of his humanity behind as well. Soon, that will be the least of his fears.

The Penumbra: Overture demo gives you a short taste of the horrors from the full game. Penumbra is a first person horror game, with emphasize on puzzles and atmosphere. Version 1.0.3 corrects graphics errors with new ATI cards & drivers.

Penumbra: Overture for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: March 31, 2008

Latest update: April 18, 2011

Version: 1.0.3

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 2000
Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows Vista

Additional Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista

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Total Downloads: 81,270

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

2.8/5

8 User Votes

DO NOT INSTALL
nolongertrustMarch 31, 2013
Pros
NONE at all
Cons
ALL & everything
Summary
I have used CNET for a long time & never a problem till now. I chose custom for installation & chose not to install extra toolbars & such yet it still installed things I did not want & it did'nt even tell me about. They are viruses & malware. Took me 1.5 hours to remove from my computer. You will get "Pricepeep" "Strongvault" "Googlechrome" Toolbars,Etc. & addons to Mozilla You do not want! "WARNING' BEWARE" "VIRUS"!
Wish I could play it
Forgotten32May 11, 2012
Pros
It looks like a great game
Cons
Game freezes after the intro.
Summary
I wish I was able to play this game but it freezes every time after the intro finishes. If anyone can help comment back please!!!
Is it a game?
ZxBradMarch 2, 2011
Pros
Great, scary, mysterious, creepy, and claustrophobic. It takes on a new role of survival horrors, causing weapons to be very very very limited. Weapons in the game, wont kill but knock out your opponent for a short time. Story and puzzles are GREAT!
Cons
nothing, this is the type of survival horror, true horror fans are looking for,
Summary
I Like Bagels
Great game... needs a killer graphics card to run well!
machinegoblinDecember 26, 2009
Pros
This is an awesome game, very atmospheric and spooky...Think of a cross between Silent Hill and Half Life (sorta). A thinking man's FPS Survival Horror, it has heaps of clever environmental and situational puzzles to overcome and plenty of chills...
Cons
Unfortunately you need a killer graphics card to play this game, as it has a butt load of graphical errors and issues (texture and shading issues as well as system lock ups and freezes!) if you don't...
Summary
Very well done, atmospheric, spooky... plenty of clever puzzles and challenges to get the brain ticking. Well set up inventory interface to select and use inventory plus a pretty much pick up and play control method which slightly changes the existing wsad and mouse control method. Well done though... Plenty of tension and suspense (lights going out, strange noises, vision blurr from fear when attacked!) everything about it works really well if you can get it to run smoothly on your PC (forget it on your Laptop unless its set up specifically for games). A great game once you get it rolling... Definately worth downloading.
Disappointed
kklamanApril 30, 2008
Pros
Graphics were very good
Cons
program locks up everytime you move around. This requires a restart. Program goes no where.
Summary
Problems
Maximum AddictionSeptember 9, 2007
Pros
To be honest, I can only write something good if I've played it.
Cons
It doesnt work. Only the intro works. I've got an HP Compaq nx7300, with a Centrio Core2Duo Processor. I even set it to minimum settings and it gets stuck. Don't know what to do.
Summary
Frictional Games Never Dissapoints!
DtDApril 27, 2007
Pros
That other guy must have a graphics card without shaders or something, the graphics are awesome! <p>Very realistic!
Cons
If you forget to pickup something you could really mess up the game. (EG: The lead pipe)
Summary
Below Average
Legnumvr4March 15, 2007
Pros
Seems okay at first sample,graphics are reasonable "but"!
Cons
Although my PC exceeds the minimum system requirements this game just continually crashes. <p>Probably not ready for release yet,far to many bugs
Summary