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Pick up your magnifying glass as writer-turned-detective Penelope Pendrick in this first-person point and click mystery adventure! Three people have suddenly vanished from the sleepy town of Carlisle. Follow the clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to end this case - before it ends you.
Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is a adventure, mystery and point & click game
developed and published by Default Cube Games.
Released on November 19th 2025 is available on Windows and MacOS.
It has received 600 reviews of which 583 were positive and 17 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 21.99€ on Eneba.
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This game does what the Nancy Drew games haven't been able to for a decade. And instead of a team, it's one woman with an unwavering commitment to her art. Playing the game, I was constantly blown away by the attention to detail in every facet of the experience. In dialogue, voice acting, puzzles, environments, and just the general mood, which hit on the nostalgia of the point-and-clicks I know and love, while offering something totally new. To say this is a labour of love is an understatement. I watched the YouTube videos about Penelope's creation, and the developer self-taught herself every software necessary to make it. From being a newbie, to creating this is just INSANE to me. I loved the storyline, the writing, the puzzle integration. It took me a goodly amount of time to finish it, it was hard at parts without being unintuitive and frustrating, the puzzle design was fantastic, and at the end I felt the same way my 12 year old self did when finishing a Nancy game. Congratulations to its creator! I would recommend it a thousand times over!!
Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is a point and click adventure game by Default Cube Studios. Three people are missing in the town of Carlisle, Connecticut, and when the police find no leads, they call on amateur detective Penelope Pendrick to uncover the truth about the disappearances. To solve the mystery, you'll have to explore Carlisle, talk to persons of interest, and solve puzzles. I played on seasoned investigator mode, so the game didn't offer me notes or a checklist. I found the game to be somewhat difficult, in both good and bad ways. Some of the puzzles were pretty clever, and I enjoyed the many of the logic puzzles. You do have to take good notes or be willing to backtrack a lot. I ended up having to refer to a walkthrough a few times. There are a number of places where it isn't super clear what you're supposed to be doing next, and there's no way to repeat dialogue if you need to double check what someone said. Some of the rooms are tough to navigate through, and a few of the items were easily missable. Some of the puzzles are not very intuitive, and there were a couple where I understood how the puzzle was supposed to work but still ended up needing a guide to get it to actually work. I liked the general premise of the mystery. The game did a good job of making you feel like you were building up a more complete picture of what was going on, and there were enough twists and turns that I couldn't pick up on where the ending was going ahead of time. The characters all have their own motives and secrets to piece together. Some parts of the game felt very slow. You end up doing some in-depth investigating in places that don't really lead anywhere, and there are parts in the middle where you have to walk around somewhat aimlessly or do the rounds of talking to all the characters until somebody decides to give you new information. I wasn't totally satisfied with the ending, but I did like how it brought all the different threads together. A few different people are behind different things in the game and some aren't explained. The main culprit was pretty surprising, but their plan didn't make a lot of sense to me. The biggest red herring ended up actually being behind a few crimes but gets away with them pretty much scot-free. Despite its flaws, I enjoyed Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit. If you're a Nancy Drew fan looking for a more complex but still very nostalgic title, this is a solid pick, and if you're not, the mystery and puzzles are still enjoyable enough to be worth checking out. I'm looking forward to the sequel. 7/10
Without a doubt, the best game I have played since the Nancy Drew games fell off. The fact that such a small team was able to accomplish this level of detail, quality, and perfection just makes it even better! I seriously felt emotional at the end. From start to finish, I was impressed. They even teased us with a second game like her interactive did in the past and it seriously made me giddy. THANK YOU for making me feel like a kid again. You guys outdid yourselves. I will support and play whatever you release. Julia, you are an icon.
Excellent point and click game! All around, the vibe, the characters, the environments were hitting all the right notes. Clearly an immense amount of dedication was put into nailing those elements. I can't recommend enough for Nancy Drew fans in particular, but anyone looking to have a cozy point and click session with a wild unraveling mystery. There are a few issues I have with the game however. I think a lot of clues that are necessary to find to continue the game are really difficult to locate on-screen. The most egregious of these examples that comes to mind is a piece of paper stuck to a wall that is hardly visible on-screen when standing next to it in the book shop back room. On one hand I can forgive things like that for limitations of the medium, but it happens with uncomfortable frequency in the game and is a known issue of games this one is inspired from. Additionally you need to return to an area that you are led to believe will kill you beforehand, which is unfortunately just objectively bad game design. BUT! Aside from these issues, with a walkthrough / hint system nearby the game is thoroughly enjoyable. An in-game hint system would have been nice (ie, a Ned to call, or something like that). Very excited and hopeful to see more from this series! I know this game took quite a while to come to fruition and it feels like it really paid off. Easily got my money's worth out of it, and if you're reading this thinking you'd like to give it a play, you should really just pull the trigger and jump in!
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Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.
No, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.
Yes, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit received 583 positive votes out of a total of 600 achieving an impressive rating of 9.03.
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Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit was developed and published by Default Cube Games.
Yes, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
No, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is not playable on Linux.
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No, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit does not support VR.
Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit. Explore additional content available for Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit on Steam.
No, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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