Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit

Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit

Steam Deck Playable

Default Cube Games · Adventure · Nov 19, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $24.99. It has been as low as $19.99.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
561 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 230 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 561 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
86% of themes are praise14% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The characters were interesting and compelling and the story was well written.
230 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The voice acting was overall very good, especially for Penelope.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics and character models were good for this type of game.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It's easy to pick up the gameplay and jump straight into the story.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
I recommend for players ages 12+ (given the difficulty level and presence of more mature themes *see content warnings below for details*)
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Occasionally the next step didn’t feel logical and some inventory items are easy to miss, but that’s really the only downside and it’s so minor.
17 of 300 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 love6 themes
Story and characters230 reviews
Audio67 reviews
Graphics47 reviews
Gameplay44 reviews
Difficulty29 reviews
Interface17 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Bugs14 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $24.99. The lowest we've tracked is $19.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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