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Sensory Overload
A dropper game designed to overwhelm your senses. Twisting tunnels, psychedelic patterns, and breathing walls assault your sense of balance as the chaos escalates with every level.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“we don't get enough simple skill based arcade games these days, everyone trying to make movies, social experiences or simulators, kinda forgot what an actual game was”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“This has been a game I have been looking forward to ever since I saw it back in February, and played a lot of the playtest. It makes you feel sick in the best ways possible, but calming for ADHD people (like myself). If you love your senses being attacked constantly, or need a…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“world most intense staring contest and memory puzzle”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update 1.0.1 - 930,000 Deaths in Five Days
930,000 deaths in five days That is one death every 0.47 seconds, without pause, since launch. Five days in, here is where we are: 930,000 deaths in five days 110 days of combined in-level time 7,963,
SENSORY OVERLOAD IS OUT NOW
SENSORY OVERLOAD JUST LAUNCHED WHAT'S IN THE FULL GAME 7 Levels and 64 stages, including the ones I had to turn on god mode to record Over 24 visual effects with more than 16 million possible combinat
Minor Update and Patch
Minor Update A few fixes and a small quality-of-life addition. Fixes Obstacles no longer twitch during stage transitions on lower frame rates Autopilot no longer clips through obstacles mid-transition
15,000 PLAYERS, 200,000 RUNS, AND PATCH NOTES
Pancak3s here. Two things first... (1) Thank you to everyone who's already left a review on the demo page . I read every single one, and they directly decide whether new players ever see this game. If
Sensory Overload DEMO is LIVE
Pancak3s here. It's out! The Sensory Overload demo is live right now, and it's free. A few months ago, I told you June 1st. It is, somehow, June 1st. I don't really know how to process that, so I'm ju
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Runner · Singleplayer · Precision Platformer · Arcade · Voxel · 3D · Casual · Pixel Graphics · Stylized · Colorful · Abstract (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, French, German, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Achievements | 35 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Quad-core 64-bit CPU, 2.5 GHz (e.g. Intel Core i5-6500 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200) Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: GPU with Vulkan 1.0 support and 2 GB VRAM (e.g. NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti / AMD RX 460 / Intel Iris Xe) Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Any Additional Notes: 64-bit only. Vulkan required, older cards may use Compatibility mode.