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Pneuma: Breath of Life

Pneuma: Breath of Life is an enthralling first person puzzler putting gamers' minds to the test in a visually stunning world using Unreal Engine 4 and Physically Based Rendering. Pneuma provides players with…

65 1 February 2015 ESRB E

Pneuma: Breath of Life is an adventure developed by Bulkhead, released 1 February 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Pneuma: Breath of Life is

Pneuma: Breath of Life is an adventure game developed by Bulkhead and released in 2015. It was published by Bevel Studios. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pneuma: Breath of Life is an enthralling first person puzzler putting gamers' minds to the test in a visually stunning world using Unreal Engine 4 and Physically Based Rendering. Pneuma provides players with an unrivalled sense of adventure and a relentless determination to solve each puzzle and progress through a story of self-discovery, exploring the fundamental nature of being. Play as Pneuma and hear his comical self-obsessed inner monologue whilst he takes you on a journey exploring and traversing his world. Progress through a series of challenging puzzles that require perception, observation, and lateral thinking skills to succeed. This game isn't about your skill with a controller…
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How it plays

It is played from a virtual reality perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Pneuma: Breath of Life holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo E6600 / Athlon 64 X2 6400, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / ATI Radeon HD 5770. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 12GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Pneuma: Breath of Life launched on 1 February 2015, within three weeks of Life Is Strange, Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition, Dying Light and Resident Evil HD Remaster. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Life Is Strange, Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition, Dying Light, Resident Evil HD Remaster.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Pneuma: Breath of Life — frequently asked questions

When did Pneuma: Breath of Life come out?
Pneuma: Breath of Life was released on 1 February 2015 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Pneuma: Breath of Life?
At minimum, Pneuma: Breath of Life needs Core 2 Duo E6600 / Athlon 64 X2 6400, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics, 12 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Pneuma: Breath of Life?
The PC version needs about 12 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("12 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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