Superliminal

About

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.

Read more
8
Based on
14069 reviews
Country Compatibility:
Languages:
Developer:
Pillow Castle Games
Publisher:
Noodlecake Studios
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
05 November 2020
Recent Steam reviews:
Overwhelmingly Positive (183)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (14069)

Game features

Similar offers

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

SaintFils
Recommended | 27 May 2026
8.2h played

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just

Helpful: 11
Rёbra
Recommended | 02 Jun 2026
4.0h played

This game is pearfect. The puzzles are not too hard to solve, the mechanics this game uses to make you question what you are doing but still going with it and the message this game delivers to the player. Play this

Helpful: 2
Sean
Recommended | 02 Jun 2026
8.4h played

my brain hurts. I loved playing this game on my switch and had to get it for my PC instead to 100% and it's amazing... when you're playing it normally, playing it and trying to get all of the achievements isn't too bad

Helpful: 0
KawaMizu
Not recommended | 30 May 2026
37 min played

I have tried to play this game in the past, now I tried again. it is so extremely frustrating. I feel like, this should be a relaxing game due to the music choice? It's not for me, it's the opposite.

Helpful: 0
Ol'mate
Recommended | 03 Jun 2026
4.8h played

Probably the best purchase I've spent on a game for quite awhile. Usually indie games are ranked in there catagory, but this game to me holds up against the all time greats. I remember getting the same feeling of

Helpful: 0
dziadek1990
Recommended | 02 Jun 2026
3.7h played

Enjoyable playing with perspective, and exploring locations from various POVs -- both as a giant and as a microbe. Fun puzzles too. Though the narrator is neither funny nor witty, nor his speech makes me care about his

Helpful: 0