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Superliminal
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“one of my favorite games. this games puzzles are fun and enjoyable and this game contains nice easter eggs to stuff. 10/10 i love kids”
“Incredible, blew my mind. I don’t even know what reality is anymore STEAM RATING ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ✅ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }---…”
“I played this game a while ago, but I still remember it as a fascinating puzzle game that really surprised me with its creativity.”
29 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This was a rather quick adventure but astonishing nonetheless. Medium difficulty puzzles, rational pacing and wonderful narrative which makes you rethink your life choices once you finish the game. Game has some minor…”
“Amazing experience. The puzzles are super creative (even if a few get pretty tough, I needed to look up some solutions), and the game is full of many a-ha moments. The voice acting and atmosphere are outstanding. The…”
“I enjoyed this game! I played it over the course of two days, and it only took me three hours in total to complete. The level progression was balanced; as soon as I felt comfortable with one mechanic/usage, a new…”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Incredible, blew my mind. I don’t even know what reality is anymore STEAM RATING ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ✅ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }---…”
“the puzzles were fun and i really liked the message, the music voice acting and visuals were really good too”
“one of my favourite games of all time! There's something so unique about it aesthetically and the mindbending puzzles are so much fun.”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“one of my favorite games. this games puzzles are fun and enjoyable and this game contains nice easter eggs to stuff. 10/10 i love kids”
“This was a rather quick adventure but astonishing nonetheless. Medium difficulty puzzles, rational pacing and wonderful narrative which makes you rethink your life choices once you finish the game. Game has some minor…”
“Very fun game. My daughter and I play all the time, she can beat the game in under an hour and a half, and she has, many many times.”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Incredible, blew my mind. I don’t even know what reality is anymore STEAM RATING ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ✅ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }---…”
“Amazing experience. The puzzles are super creative (even if a few get pretty tough, I needed to look up some solutions), and the game is full of many a-ha moments. The voice acting and atmosphere are outstanding. The…”
“Very short (I beat it in 113 minutes on my first playthrough), but very high quality. If you like surreal spaces and perspective tricks, I'd say this is a must play. The music and sound design really add to the overall…”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“This was a rather quick adventure but astonishing nonetheless. Medium difficulty puzzles, rational pacing and wonderful narrative which makes you rethink your life choices once you finish the game. Game has some minor…”
“Amazing experience. The puzzles are super creative (even if a few get pretty tough, I needed to look up some solutions), and the game is full of many a-ha moments. The voice acting and atmosphere are outstanding. The…”
“I enjoyed this game! I played it over the course of two days, and it only took me three hours in total to complete. The level progression was balanced; as soon as I felt comfortable with one mechanic/usage, a new…”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I think the concept of this game is cool and unique but i think executed poorly. Its a little hard to explain but i think if you have played the game you will understand what im tryna say. Trying to make the objects go…”
“Sorry, but if you're looking for a worthwhile experience, you're out of luck here. This game takes one or two gimmicks which are interesting for at best 2 minutes and then recycles them for the next 90. The puzzles are…”
“Extremely disappointing experience. After seeing the cool gimmick of perception being reality in the trailer and positive reviews, I expected a lot more from Superliminal. Once you have seen the trailer you can…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I think the concept of this game is cool and unique but i think executed poorly. Its a little hard to explain but i think if you have played the game you will understand what im tryna say. Trying to make the objects go…”
“Sorry, but if you're looking for a worthwhile experience, you're out of luck here. This game takes one or two gimmicks which are interesting for at best 2 minutes and then recycles them for the next 90. The puzzles are…”
“Extremely disappointing experience. After seeing the cool gimmick of perception being reality in the trailer and positive reviews, I expected a lot more from Superliminal. Once you have seen the trailer you can…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“2/10 My Husband and i decided to play this game as we were looking for something that could scratch the same itch as Portal 2 and were suggested to try out Superliminal. It started out pretty interesting, with the first…”
“This was a rather quick adventure but astonishing nonetheless. Medium difficulty puzzles, rational pacing and wonderful narrative which makes you rethink your life choices once you finish the game. Game has some minor…”
“Perspective is reality. I really enjoyed the game, but it was more of an experience rather than a game. Sure, there are some glitches and funny interactions, but I still have the positive perspective for this game:…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Very short (I beat it in 113 minutes on my first playthrough), but very high quality. If you like surreal spaces and perspective tricks, I'd say this is a must play. The music and sound design really add to the overall…”
“Superliminal was exciting during its first few minutes. However, it quickly loses its lustre with boring environments and puzzles that don't require that much fun thinking to solve. There's not much to do other than…”
“Possibly my favorite puzzle game ever, the price is steep but please play this through as its one of the best puzzles ive played. Perception is reality.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Original first-person puzzler relying a lot on perspective and angles, but not just that. Incredibly smart and mindbending. What an experience! It was frustrating by moments, I was stuck quite a few times, but the journey was worth it. There was stuff I never saw in any other…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“And… oh, I got to tell you, it was perfect. Perfect. Everything, down to the last minute details”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“interesting and fun game, very unlike most other games I play. The developer commentary was very cute and refreshing, very humanizing.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:13 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Happy holidays! We got you some presents to celebrate. Announcing Co-Op Mode We are proud to announce the launch of co-operative mode! You can now play through the entire game, end to end, with up to
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Puzzle · First-Person · Surreal · Psychological · Narration · Physics · Singleplayer · Thriller · Story Rich · Adventure · Psychedelic · Funny (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Arabic * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.pillowcastlegames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.0GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GTX 750 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 12 GB available space Additional Notes: Minimum: 3GB VRAM