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Sensory Overload

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.

Released Aug 20, 2026 Developer Pancake Studios Platforms Windows · Linux ActionRunnerSingleplayerPrecision PlatformerArcade
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

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

94.3%positive174 reviews
Recommended · 30 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 39 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“world most intense staring contest and memory puzzle”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

99all-time peak
0 50 100 48 avg · 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.

35achievements
11.2%median completion
0.1%rarest: Sensory Overload
94.9% of players 93.7% of players 86.8% of players 68.0% of players 58.9% of players 50.0% of players 46.1% of players 44.0% of players 41.7% of players 41.0% of players 37.5% of players 32.5% of players 32.1% of players 29.9% of players 26.9% of players 26.6% of players 23.4% of players 11.2% of players 9.0% of players 8.2% of players 6.6% of players 4.5% of players 3.7% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.3% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.4% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 94.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
94.9%Welcome to the Game — This will continue to happen.
93.7%Death Wish — Your first DEATH WISH graze.
86.8%First Descent — You beat your first stage!
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Sensory Overload — You finished the one the game is named after.
0.1%Did Not Throw Up — Your stomach held.
0.2%Flash Survivor — You were warned. You did it anyway.

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 25, 2026
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,

Aug 20, 2026
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

Jun 14, 2026
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

Jun 03, 2026
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

Jun 01, 2026
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.

GenresAction, Casual, Indie
Player tagsAction · Runner · Singleplayer · Precision Platformer · Arcade · Voxel · 3D · Casual · Pixel Graphics · Stylized · Colorful · Abstract (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America
Achievements35
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.