Penitence

Penitence

Violet Angel Interactive · June 15, 2022 · Escape Room, Horror, Atmospheric, Mystery, Demons

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Mixed68% · 47 📉 Recent reviews down 58%
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About Penitence

Return home and uncover the mystery of your daughter's death, and the demon that plagues you, in this escape room style atmospheric puzzler.

Key Features


  • Atmospheric Horror
A greater focus on atmosphere and building tension rather than cheap scares.
  • Discover the Mystery
Read notes and explore the house to uncover the dark history of our protagonist.
  • Engaging Puzzles
Simple yet satisfying environmental puzzles help to move the game along and engage the player without distracting from the horror.
  • Unique Mechanics
Interesting features such as a real time instant film camera, and usable VHS player contribute to making old ideas feel fresh.

Penitence — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 4, 2023
It's not bad. Genuinely seems like a lot more care went into this than some steam horror shovelware. The environments are well done and the frights are tastefully done. But it is super short. There is nothing really amounting to friction in this game and you will breeze through it in 20 minutes, so recommended on a deep sale only.
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Not recommended Mar 15, 2023
One of the worst games I've ever played.
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Recommended Feb 3, 2023
I finished this game in 15 minutes, it was pretty good, but i enjoy my indie horror games, wait till its on special if you can, here is my playthrough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORVF_w3YnQ4
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Recommended Aug 1, 2026
Penitence is a small indie horror adventure game that focuses on atmosphere, exploration, and creating an unsettling experience. Instead of being built around constant action, the game takes a slower approach where the main focus is discovering what happened, exploring the environment, and piecing together the story. The strongest part of Penitence is its atmosphere. The game does a good job creating a dark and uncomfortable mood through its locations, sound design, and overall presentation. The feeling that something is not right helps keep you interested as you explore further. The exploration works well for the type of game it is. You move through different areas, search for clues, interact with objects, and slowly uncover more information about the world. It rewards players who take their time and pay attention instead of rushing through. The story is one of the main reasons to keep playing. The game builds mystery by not explaining everything immediately, allowing you to slowly understand the situation. For players who enjoy psychological horror and games that leave you thinking about what happened, this can be one of the better parts of the experience. However, Penitence …
Recommended Jan 13, 2025
good scares and good plot twist at the end for how short it is but over all i would give it a 9/10
Not recommended Jan 28, 2023
Unusable - crashes repeatedly on launch despite all attempts to fix. The best I can say is that during one such crash, it played quite nice birdsong sounds.

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