Pneuma: Breath of Life
Skip · Narrative · 2015
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 22, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 2.4h 3.5h to 100%
- Value
- $8.33/hr
- Reviews
- 71% of 206 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 1491 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Pneuma: Breath of Life forces you to think outside the box through a narrated story of self-discovery, whilst exploring the ontological mystery of the breath of life. Features award winning voice actor 'Jay Britton' as Pneuma.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / ATI Radeon HD 5770, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 12 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 213 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 75 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Kona ($14.99, scores 49) beats it on value, while it beats Nephise Begins ($0.99, scores 11).
More about Pneuma: Breath of Life
63 from critics against 71 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Steam's global achievement data puts 25 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.
The drop-off
51% start to 25% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
It's not actually a puzzle game. It's sad story about self-discovery. About gods, humans, loniless, society, consciousness, self-awareness, love, life, self-esteem, metaphysics, phylosophy, video games and biblical allusions. All interconnected in such natural way as it really is. The thing is if you expect a puzzle game - you'd be dissappointed, it is very short and very primitive. A bit more existential than...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I came into this game expecting a good story walking sim along the lines of Dear Esther or The Old City: Leviathan with a few interesting The Talos Principle puzzles thrown in to give the player something to do apart from experiencing the story. After playing through it, it is probably more along the lines of Mind: Path To Thalamus but I found that game to be a lot more impenetrable in terms of the solution to the...
This is a less than two hour game. Puzzles are pretty easy; don't expect a challenge or feeling like there's a clever solution. If this was a first game or a senior project, then kudos! Way to go! I would not recommend for $20. Perhaps wait until a sale.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Pneuma: Breath of Life scores 22/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/347440/pneuma-breath-of-lifeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.