Action · November 5, 2020

Superliminal (2020)

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Superliminal is a first-person puzzle game based on forced perspective and optical illusions. Puzzles in this game give you a sense of the unexpected. Players need to change their perspective and think outside the box to wake up from the dream. WAKE UP As you fall asleep with the TV on at 3AM, you remember catching a glimpse of the commercial for Dr. Pierce’s Somnasculpt dream therapy program. By the time you open your eyes, you’re already dreaming - beginning the first stages of this experimental program. PERCEPTION IS REALITY Explore a dream world where everything is exactly as it seems. Tread carefully as the world slowly unravels around you and subverts your expectations. What you see isn’t always precisely what you get. MAN VS MACHINE In this fully-voiced adventure, Dr Glenn Pierce is doing his questionable best to guide you home and out of the dreamscape. His artificial intelligence assistant, however, is having trouble understanding exactly how you’re here at all, and has other plans for you. DEVELOPER COMMENTARY We’ve added an extensive developer commentary throughout the game, so you can learn the secrets and history behind the game’s development. CHALLENGE MODE The overwhelming response from the speedrunning community to Superliminal inspired us to add a new Challenge Mode, which will score you per-level on metrics such as time to finish, grabs, and jumps. EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOP SUPPORT Superliminal features Steam Workshop integration. Bring any 3D object into the game and play around with mind-bending perspective tricks.

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume30.2k Steam reviewsTop 18% in Action
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 14%
Metacritic80/100Genre average 77 — top 42% of Action titles
Engagement hours3 h averageTop 85% for session depth among Action

Peer Action titles

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Puzzle · 653
  • First-Person · 525
  • Surreal · 509
  • Psychological · 485
  • Narration · 479
  • Physics · 476
  • Singleplayer · 458
  • Thriller · 430
  • Story Rich · 413
  • Adventure · 382
  • Psychedelic · 377
  • Funny · 368
  • Exploration · 363
  • 3D Vision · 340
  • Puzzle-Platformer · 334

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Turkish

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Arabic

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 30.2k reviews

28.6k positive · 1.5k negative

Metacritic

80/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

7.2/10

Curator recommendations

26.5k

Press Quotes

“A puzzling masterclass with a heart as well as a brain.” Eurogamer Recommended “Perhaps the most innovative first-person puzzle game since Portal.” GameCritics “A novel mechanic that’s unlike anything I’ve seen in a game before.” Washington Post

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

3h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

27

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 5, 2020
DeveloperPillow Castle
Base price$6.79 -66%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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