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Perspective

Widdershins · DigiPen Institute of Technology · 2019-10-09

Steam

Free To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 26, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.

1
playing now
98%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Perspective is an experimental puzzle video game that includes aspects of a 2-dimensional platform game. The player moves the avatar through a 2D screen that changes based on the player's camera angle in 3D space. This perspective-shifting mechanic is used to reach a goal at the end of each level. When the player takes control of the camera angle, the 2D avatar is locked in place until the player decides to return to 2D mode.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 23% of 2,970 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-11-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2D3DIndieShortPuzzleFree to PlaySingleplayerPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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