Penumbra: Black Plague

Penumbra: Black Plague
Developer(s)Frictional Games
Publisher(s)Paradox Interactive
Designer(s)
  • Jens Nilsson
  • Thomas Grip
Programmer(s)Thomas Grip
Artist(s)Anton Adamse
Writer(s)Tom Jubert
Composer(s)Mikko Tarmia
EngineHPL Engine 1
Platform(s)Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
ReleaseWindows
  • NA: 12 February 2008[1]
  • NA: 13 February 2008 (Retail)
  • EU: 15 February 2008
OS X, Linux
12 May 2008
Genre(s)Survival horror
Mode(s)Single-player

Penumbra: Black Plague is the second installment of the Penumbra series of episodic video games developed by Frictional Games. The story continues from the previous episode, Penumbra: Overture, showing the protagonist Philip moving away from the abandoned mine setting of the original to explore an underground research base. Black Plague was released in February 2008 to generally favourable reviews from critics. Although originally intended to conclude the series, a further expansion called Penumbra: Requiem was released later that year.

  1. ^ Greeley, Melanie (13 September 2007). "Penumbra to spread to computers again next year". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2018.