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Superliminal

Pillow Castle

Quick read

Superliminal is a first-person puzzle about scale: objects lie depending on the camera. A cheese becomes a doorstop when you set it down after a wrong glance.

What kind of game is it?

Authored chambers with no combat. You pick up a die, step back, and place a building. Perspective is the only move that matters. Portal still hands you a gun that opens holes; this hotel hands you a lie about size.

Who is it for?

For players who chase a die they pick up, step back from, and make huge.

How it plays

Loop: Exploring a map
Sessions: Short sessions
Progression: Campaign
Players: Single-player
Structure: Linear
Tone: Deadpan · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression80
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Story58
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Social18
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Aug 2026.

Release

released

2020-11-05

Review score

94.6%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

33,906

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Store price

€18.99

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Single-player

How many people play Superliminal?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

850k – 1.9M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

1,255

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

Peak that month: 175.

Median playtime

3.9 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 2.7–6.8 h. 9% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English43%
Simplified Chinese21%
Russian12%
Spanish (Spain)6%
Korean4%
Turkish3%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

Perspective is the whole kit. Action roguelites still want a weapon; this hotel wants a camera angle. The Stanley Parable shares the deadpan room.

Core mechanics

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Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: puzzle.

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Sources

Store price checked 17 Aug 2026.

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