# Penny Black

Summer DB entity ID: 2c43f4cb\-a87d\-46e2\-868b\-f73deb0cd5e5

Steam App ID: 839240

After finally plucking up the courage, you – the nameless protagonist –   asked your school classmate out on a date\. Her name was Penny Black,   a girl slightly shorter than most girls her age, with short black hair   and bright blue eyes\.    To your surprise, she accepted your proposal\! The meeting point was just   outside the Soma Cinema Complex, Saturday at eleven o’clock\. This is where   your little adventure… or misadventure begins…      \-	Penny Black plays similar to a traditional text adventure; type in certain words in order to progress the game\.    \-	More than 25,000 words\.    \-	30 minutes – 2 hours game time\.    \-	Different endings that are determined throughout certain choices\.    \-	Hidden choices that could either spell success or disaster\.    \-	A massive 200kb to install\!      Keep in mind that there is no save function, but it is relatively straightforward enough to remember the choices you made and progress through the story quickly\.    Penny Black is just a simple game I made in my spare time using BBC Basic for Windows\. Though nothing special, I see it as a small step towards making better programs in the future\.    Hope you enjoy the game\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Bobby Zeal

- Publisher: Bobby Zeal

- Release date: May 17, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Free To Play, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/839240/ss\_41f026d5bd8a22f041aba1fbdd403abab04b5d68\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1526542810, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/839240/ss\_3f5d0e7cf720575d06f709f29c1191e4502d04d5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1526542810, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/839240/ss\_4626897fc77ed3c69805ec7d01850b08fab9bd8d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1526542810, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/839240/ss\_199924c316087937a4deb9211a7505d2f84ccc75\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1526542810, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/839240/ss\_b3ba827b997d98c6217d96c995cd0f72a2aebe9c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1526542810

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 103

- Steam positive reviews: 99

- Steam negative reviews: 4

- Steam positive percentage: 96.11650485436893%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/2c43f4cb-a87d-46e2-868b-f73deb0cd5e5/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/2c43f4cb-a87d-46e2-868b-f73deb0cd5e5/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T12:00:15\.34346\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T12:00:16\.750568\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T12:00:16\.432362\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/839240/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/2c43f4cb-a87d-46e2-868b-f73deb0cd5e5)