Pneuma: Breath of Life
{{Short description|2015 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Pneuma: Breath of Life
| image = Pneuma Breath of Life cover.jpg
| caption =
| developer = Deco Digital
Bevel Studios
| publisher = Deco Digital
Bevel Studios
| director =
| producer =
| writer =
| designer = David Jones
Joe Brammer
Kevin Chandler
Alex Korakitis
Howard Philpott
Kieron White
Adam Griffiths
| composer =
| series =
| engine = Unreal Engine 4{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/developers/articles/week02nov14/releasing-a-game-in-unreal-engine-4-via-id-at-xbox|title=Deco Digital: Releasing a game in Unreal Engine 4 via ID@Xbox|publisher=Microsoft|date=November 12, 2014|access-date=January 29, 2015|first=Chris|last=Walden|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215052539/http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/developers/articles/week02nov14/releasing-a-game-in-unreal-engine-4-via-id-at-Xbox|archive-date=February 15, 2015|df=mdy-all}}
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|Microsoft Windows|PlayStation 4|Xbox One}}
| released = {{Unbulleted list|Microsoft Windows, Xbox One|February 27, 2015|PlayStation 4|July 7, 2015}}
| genre = Graphic adventure, puzzle
| modes = Single-player
}}
Pneuma: Breath of Life is a first-person puzzle video game developed and published by Deco Digital and Bevel Studios. The game uses a narrated story focused on self-discovery and the fundamental nature of reality. The game was designed to test the Unreal Engine 4 and Physically Based Rendering. The game intends players to think outside of the box to solve a series of environmental challenges.{{cite web|title=Pneuma: Breath of Life on Steam|url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/347440/}}
Pneuma: Breath of Life uses the Unreal Engine 4 and was released on February 27, 2015 for the Xbox One and Windows. On Xbox One, it was released for free on Xbox Live to Gold members from November 1, 2015 to November 30, 2015.{{cite web|title=Games with Gold November 2015|url=http://majornelson.com/2015/10/28/xbox-live-games-with-gold-for-november-2015/|website=Xbox|date=October 28, 2015|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=September 29, 2016}}
Towards the end of 2015, Deco Digital and Bevel Studios merged to form Bulkhead Interactive, the developer of The Turing Test.{{cite web | url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-03-10-pneuma-breath-of-life-developer-reveals-first-person-puzzler-the-turing-test | title=Pneuma: Breath of Life developer reveals first-person puzzler The Turing Test | work=Eurogamer | publisher=Gamer Network | first=Tom | last=Phillips | date=10 March 2016 | accessdate=30 August 2016}}{{cite magazine | url=http://www.develop-online.net/news/deco-digital-and-bevel-studios-merge-to-form-bulkhead-interactive/0214829/ | title=Deco Digital and Bevel Studios merge to form Bulkhead Interactive | magazine=Develop | publisher=NewBay Media | first=James | last=Batchelor | date=15 December 2015 | accessdate=30 August 2016}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = XONE: 63/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pneuma-breath-of-life/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-one |title=Pneuma: Breath of Life for Xbox One Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=November 2, 2015}}
PC: 63/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pneuma-breath-of-life/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Pneuma: Breath of Life for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=August 21, 2018}}
PS4: 69/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/pneuma-breath-of-life/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 |title=Pneuma: Breath of Life for PlayStation 4 Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=August 21, 2018}}
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