Superliminal

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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.

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Developer:
Pillow Castle Games
Publisher:
Noodlecake Studios
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
05 November 2020
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (296)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (14258)

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Description


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.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
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

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10
Processor:
2.4GHz
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia GTX 1070
DirectX:
Version 10
Storage:
12 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Recommended: 4GB VRAM

User reviews

Zekko
Recommended | 09 Jul 2026
2.2h played

Great fun! Lots of clever tricks and gags. I'm amazed at how unexpected some solutions were while obvious enough that I never got stuck for long. The ending sequence ran slightly little long for my taste, but the meat

Helpful: 0
Ilovelucy24680
Recommended | 09 Jul 2026
4.6h played

This game truely shows you how to change perspective. I mean, before playing this game i thought chess pieces and inflatable castles were boring. And ive never made so many apples and exit doors. 8/10 mindbending.

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cibber
Recommended | 11 Jul 2026
1.9h played

A relatively short experience but a good one nonetheless. It is an excellent and fun puzzle game that relies on out-of-the-box thinking with a unique liminal space level design. Highly recommend you check this out if

Helpful: 2
Marsh
Recommended | 10 Jul 2026
9.7h played

My name is Dr. Glenn Pierce, and by now you may have realized that all of this has happened exactly the way it was supposed to. You see, everyone who comes to the Institute does so because they feel that they are no

Helpful: 1
Andorito
Recommended | 09 Jul 2026
2.5h played

I beat this game with 2.6 hours of gameplay, but there's lots of challenges i have to do still. This game feels like a spiritual sequel to Portal in that you are a test subject and have to escape the facility. There are

Helpful: 1
Capybaras863
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
4.8h played

This is a very weird, difficult to explain game. Though it has puzzles, many feel very simple, and most of it feels more like a surreal thing you experience than a puzzle you solve. The devs have mostly introduced a

Helpful: 2