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Eye of the Beholder

Reptoid Games · Fathom Film Group · 2020-11-30

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Nov 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 30, 2020 (SteamVR)

Step into war-torn enemy territory in this immersive VR game experience based on the Oscar-shortlisted documentary MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER (2015). EYE OF THE BEHOLDER is a 20 minute beta experience that subverts the war-game genre as players must choose to combat or collaborate with others.

Eye of the Beholder is an Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2020, free-to-play, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 17 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-02

71%
positive of 17 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

As a documentarian I am inspired by real life situations and stories and in 2014, I was lucky enough to meet two men whose story changed my life and that of many others. Zahed and Najah are former enemy soldiers who have become blood brothers for life. Zahed was an Iranian child soldier during the Iran-Iraq War when he found Najah, an enemy soldier, injured in a bunker. Zahed made a split-second decision in the heat of the battlefield and instead of shooting Najah, he risked his own life to save him. I was deeply inspired by Zahed's ability to recognize the humanity in his enemy. His act of br(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 83% of 29,444 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202025Week of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedFamily Sharing

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Similarity via IGDB.