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Superliminal cover art

Superliminal

Pillow Castle · 2020-11-05

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 12, 2019 (Mac), Nov 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 21, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Nov 21, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 07, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Nov 05, 2020 (Linux)

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

160
playing now
95%
positive of 34k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,551
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (278 ratings)
4.2h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

160 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Superliminal is a 2019 surreal puzzle video game released by Pillow Castle Games. The game, played from a first-person perspective, incorporates gameplay elements around optical illusions and forced perspective; notably, certain objects when picked up can be moved towards or away from the player, but when placed back down, scale to the size as the player had viewed them, enabling the player to solve otherwise impossible puzzles to complete the game.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 160 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,027 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~253/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 680k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,977 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.30-68%
GOG$7.99-60%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.52 at GamesPlanet FR (2024-09-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 127 of 166 observed days · $2.47 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.1k3.1k20202026Week of 2020-11-01: 3,115 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,437 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,288 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 703 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

160452026-08-06 21:00 — 79 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 89 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 66 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 60 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 93 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 83 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 72 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 90 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 84 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 66 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 59 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 53 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 71 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 57 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 81 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 84 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 52 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 76 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 62 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 63 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 66 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 65 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 95 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 100 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 120 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 112 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 160 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.602019-11-072026-08-302019-11-07 — best price $16.992020-11-05 — best price $15.992021-02-11 — best price $13.992021-06-17 — best price $19.992021-09-09 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-06-06 — best price $9.992022-10-08 — best price $19.992022-12-08 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $9.992023-04-25 — best price $19.992023-07-20 — best price $9.992023-10-10 — best price $9.992023-12-02 — best price $19.992024-02-09 — best price $9.992024-05-10 — best price $10.002024-07-20 — best price $16.642024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-11-02 — best price $19.992024-12-13 — best price $10.002025-01-23 — best price $6.692025-03-02 — best price $19.992025-04-05 — best price $6.992025-05-02 — best price $10.002025-06-09 — best price $14.242025-07-08 — best price $9.992025-08-07 — best price $7.992025-09-15 — best price $7.992025-10-16 — best price $5.802025-11-08 — best price $19.992025-12-04 — best price $7.802026-01-09 — best price $5.802026-02-10 — best price $19.992026-03-11 — best price $7.992026-04-22 — best price $7.992026-06-16 — best price $19.992026-07-25 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

372802026-05-30 — 372 pageviews2026-06-02 — 226 pageviews2026-06-05 — 168 pageviews2026-06-08 — 204 pageviews2026-06-11 — 133 pageviews2026-06-14 — 149 pageviews2026-06-17 — 113 pageviews2026-06-20 — 128 pageviews2026-06-23 — 128 pageviews2026-06-26 — 107 pageviews2026-06-29 — 97 pageviews2026-07-02 — 89 pageviews2026-07-05 — 132 pageviews2026-07-08 — 145 pageviews2026-07-11 — 112 pageviews2026-07-14 — 96 pageviews2026-07-17 — 117 pageviews2026-07-20 — 118 pageviews2026-07-23 — 122 pageviews2026-07-26 — 181 pageviews2026-07-29 — 214 pageviews2026-08-01 — 156 pageviews2026-08-04 — 105 pageviews2026-08-07 — 126 pageviews2026-08-10 — 116 pageviews2026-08-13 — 81 pageviews2026-08-16 — 127 pageviews2026-08-19 — 94 pageviews2026-08-22 — 86 pageviews2026-08-25 — 119 pageviews2026-08-27 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
82.9%
earned "Fire Alarmist"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions available1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)28,5833%23
Steam (Steam)26,4036%27
PS5 (PlayStation)12,80611%24
PS4 (PlayStation)6,2418%24
PS4 (PlayStation)4,23211%24
Switch (Nintendo)1990%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyPuzzlePhysicsSurrealThriller3D VisionAdventureNarrationStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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