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Viewfinder

Viewfinder

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Released Jul 18, 2023 Developer Sad Owl Studios Publisher Thunderful Publishing Platforms Windows Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzleFirst-PersonSingleplayerAbstract
View on Steam ↗ $8.74 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

94.2%positive8,505 reviews
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“Absolute cinema. Out of hundreds of games I've played, this is in my top 5. P.S. you can pet the cat”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“This is easily the most impressive feat of programming I have ever seen. Truly a mind-blowing puzzle game. I love recommending it to folks.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 15 found this helpful

“I'll give this a positive score because the gameplay is clever and engaging, but this game did not need any voice over dialogue, especially not the one it went with. It absolutely destroys the vibe.”

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

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:19 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

91playing at last check
12824-hour peak
607all-time peak
0 250 500 2024 2025 2026 331 avg · Jul 2023

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.

46achievements
24.9%median completion
6.1%rarest: Hashtag all filters
89.8% of players 83.6% of players 76.4% of players 72.2% of players 71.2% of players 60.1% of players 58.0% of players 55.5% of players 50.9% of players 43.3% of players 41.8% of players 41.0% of players 40.4% of players 37.0% of players 36.2% of players 35.9% of players 35.7% of players 33.1% of players 30.7% of players 30.4% of players 30.3% of players 26.8% of players 25.9% of players 24.9% of players 23.6% of players 20.9% of players 19.3% of players 19.2% of players 18.9% of players 17.0% of players 14.3% of players 14.1% of players 14.1% of players 11.3% of players 9.4% of players 9.3% of players 8.8% of players 8.7% of players 8.4% of players 8.2% of players 8.0% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 6.6% of players 6.1% of players 89.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
89.8%Welcome Back! — Hidden achievement
83.6%No way out! — Break the only teleporter
76.4%I’ve trained for this. — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
6.1%Hashtag all filters — Collect all the camera filters
6.6%Nope bridge — Hidden achievement
7.1%Speed Demon — Beat a level in less than 10 seconds!

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.

$8.74−65% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99base price
$8.74lowest since tracking began2026-07-12
US8.74 USD−65%
EU8.74 EUR−65%
UK6.99 GBP−65%
Australia12.77 AUD−65%
Canada11.37 CAD−65%
Japan980 JPY−65%
Brazil25.89 BRL−65%
China32.20 CNY−65%

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

China≈$4.8 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$9.9

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Nov 26, 2025
Minor hotfix for v1.1.4

Fixed graphical issues that could occur when playing at exactly 50% render scale Tweaked collision handling when a held object intersected both the player & another surface

Nov 12, 2025
Patch Notes - V1.1.4

This is a small quality of life with a bunch of improvements to little details throughout the game! Technical: Updated unity version to 2022.3.62f2 - This update fixes a security vulnerability found i

Oct 07, 2024
Viewfinder - Thunderful Publisher Sale

Viewfinder is now live in the Thunderful Publishing Sale! Are you ready to reshape reality? The sale is live until 21 October and you can pick Viewfinder up for 45% off until then. https://store.steam

Apr 12, 2024
Viewfinder wins two BAFTAs at the BAFTA Games Awards!

Huge congratulations to Viewfinder and the whole team at Sad Owl Studios for last night's incredible win! It was truly surreal. Viewfinder took home TWO awards at this year's BAFTA Games Awards - Brit

Nov 14, 2023
The Game Awards - Viewfinder has been nominated twice!

Hey friends! Viewfinder has been nominated for two awards at The Game Awards this year. ✨ Best Independent Game ✨ Best Debut Indie Game We couldn’t be more proud of the team and with us announcing Vie

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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.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsPuzzle-Platformer · Puzzle · First-Person · Singleplayer · Abstract · Psychological · Surreal · Adventure · Physics · Action-Adventure · Dark Humor · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Arabic, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements46
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 GB available space