How many people are playing Penumbra: Black Plague right now?

Penumbra: Black Plague has 4 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 11 and an all-time peak of 121 on Feb 2013.

What is the all-time peak player count of Penumbra: Black Plague?

121 concurrent players on Feb 2013.

Penumbra: Black Plague was released on Steam on 23 Jan 2009.

GameApp ID 22,120by Frictional GamesReleased 23 Jan 2009

Steam user reviews · 2,975 written

Updated 6 Sep 2026, 23:56 UTC

SteamPeaks Rating

92.7

Very positive · recent 43.4

Positive share

93.7%Very Positive

Last 30 days

72.7%−21.0 pts

11 reviews written

Played before writing

5.7 h

Median of 200 sampled reviews

Reviews per day

Mean over the last 30 days

How sentiment moved · share of new reviews that were positive

189 months on record

Penumbra: Black Plague Reviews · SteamPeaks

5.7 h

Median before a positive review

4.4 h

Median before a negative review

96%

Bought the game on Steam

1% arrived with a free key

Played mostly on Steam Deck

Hours played	Positive	Negative	Positive share
Under 1 h	6	5	55%
1–5 h	45	6	88%
5–20 h	123	9	93%
20–50 h	4	1	80%
50–100 h	1	0	100%
Over 100 h	0	0	—

Steam’s own totals per language

Against the lifetime share

Language	Reviews	Positive	Against overall
English	1,637	93.5%	−0.2 pts
Russian	566	93.8%	+0.1 pts
Portuguese, Brazil	114	98.2%	+4.5 pts
Spanish	96	95.8%	+2.1 pts
Polish	87	96.6%	+2.8 pts
Turkish	60	80.0%	−13.7 pts

Milestone	Reached	Days taken
1,000 reviews	Jul 2017	2,434

Month	Reviews	Positive	Negative	Positive share
Sept 2026	3	3	0	100.0%
Aug 2026	12	9	3	75.0%
Jul 2026	14	13	1	92.9%
Jun 2026	22	20	2	90.9%
May 2026	20	19	1	95.0%
Apr 2026	18	17	1	94.4%
Mar 2026	19	17	2	89.5%
Feb 2026	12	10	2	83.3%
Jan 2026	35	32	3	91.4%
Dec 2025	32	29	3	90.6%
Nov 2025	9	7	2	77.8%
Oct 2025	22	20	2	90.9%
Sept 2025	15	15	0	100.0%
Aug 2025	12	10	2	83.3%
Jul 2025	18	15	3	83.3%
Jun 2025	12	12	0	100.0%
May 2025	21	20	1	95.2%
Apr 2025	11	9	2	81.8%
Mar 2025	22	21	1	95.5%
Feb 2025	13	12	1	92.3%
Jan 2025	26	26	0	100.0%
Dec 2024	23	22	1	95.7%
Nov 2024	14	13	1	92.9%
Oct 2024	19	16	3	84.2%
Sept 2024	12	11	1	91.7%
Aug 2024	18	18	0	100.0%
Jul 2024	27	24	3	88.9%
Jun 2024	18	17	1	94.4%
May 2024	14	14	0	100.0%
Apr 2024	17	15	2	88.2%
Mar 2024	14	13	1	92.9%
Feb 2024	19	19	0	100.0%
Jan 2024	13	13	0	100.0%
Dec 2023	16	14	2	87.5%
Nov 2023	26	23	3	88.5%
Oct 2023	18	16	2	88.9%