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The Next Penelope

The Next Penelope

Set in a futuristic Odyssey, "The Next Penelope" is a fast paced action racing game with loud colors, an original story and a challenging risk-reward system. Weapons can be mixed and used at any time, but all these abilities cost vital energy!

Released May 29, 2015 Developer Aurelien Regard Publisher Plug In Digital Platforms Windows · Mac RacingActionIndie4 Player LocalFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

71.7%positive283 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“How many Penelopes are there”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

23achievements
3.3%median completion
1.9%rarest: LIGHSPEED
92.2% of players 67.9% of players 38.5% of players 31.0% of players 18.1% of players 16.7% of players 13.4% of players 12.8% of players 12.2% of players 10.9% of players 5.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 92.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.2%EARLY SUPPORTER — Thanks for being on board!
67.9%WELCOME — Explore in any order.
38.5%MODE 7 — Tutorial completed with perspective shader on.
Rarest badges of honor
1.9%LIGHSPEED — Time Trial (LAVA) Under 55s.
1.9%MACH 2 — Keep on casino track for +10.000 points
2.0%SPEEDSTER — Time Trial (DESERT) Under 55s.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$12.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$1.29lowest since tracking began2026-08-27
US12.99 USD
EU12.99 EUR
UK9.99 GBP
Australia18.50 AUD
Canada13.99 CAD
Japan1,280 JPY
Brazil25.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.0 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-31 09-09 09-19 09-28

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 31, 2015
The Next Penelope - PC Update 1.07a (Windows build)

- Tutorial race (first track) modified to be a bit easier. - "Invisible lap triggers" shifted or modified to get rid of side effects on specific hardware. - Minor tweakings. Thanks for playing!

Aug 31, 2015
The Next Penelope - PC Update 1.07a (Windows build)

- Tutorial race (first track) modified to be a bit easier. - "Invisible lap triggers" shifted or modified to get rid of side effects on specific hardware. - Minor tweakings. Thanks for playing!

May 29, 2015
AT LAST! Here comes the FULL RELEASE BUILD! (update 1.07)

I can't describe how happy I am to write this changelog. After 2 years and a half, it's here, the full, freaking final release build! It comes with around a hundred changes, so I can't list'em all, bu

May 29, 2015
AT LAST! Here comes the FULL RELEASE BUILD! (update 1.07)

I can't describe how happy I am to write this changelog. After 2 years and a half, it's here, the full, freaking final release build! It comes with around a hundred changes, so I can't list'em all, bu

May 17, 2015
The Next Penelope - PC Update 1.06 (MULTIPLAYER BETA)

(The update is only live for PC right now, Mac+Linux coming this week as I got to doublecheck some things first for these versions) New this buid: ------------------------------------------------- - L

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, Indie, Racing
Player tagsRacing · Action · Indie · 4 Player Local · Female Protagonist · Local Multiplayer · Shoot 'Em Up · Top-Down · Difficult · Futuristic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements23
Official sitehttp://thenextpenelope.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8 Processor: 1.8 GHZ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GT/s 4xx or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space