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Subliminal

74% positive of 3,589 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Accidental Studios. Published by Gone Shootin, Infini Fun.

About the game

Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.

Tagged by players

Thriller
Dungeon Crawler
Investigation
Surreal
Immersive Sim
Psychological Horror
Realistic
Mystery
Multiple Endings
Horror
Action-Adventure
First-Person

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What players say

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I went into Subliminal completely blind. Didn’t read the description, didn’t watch a guide and basically expected another decent liminal-space horror game. I got a lot more than that. I played the entire thing alone, at night, in one session. And while the horror genuinely got me several times, what surprised me most wasn’t the monster. It was the story. Pretty early on I started wondering if this was about…
3.5 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Honestly, this game was a let down for me after following it delay after delay. i went into it expecting a visually stunning game that maybe had one or two chase scenes from the entity in the previews and i was hyped. what i wasnt ready for was constant puzzles every few steps in the game, or such hidden pathways you spend to much time getting frustrated with trying to complete a puzzle your thrown into right after…
3.5 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.
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