Superliminal Reviews

I absolutely love this game,it's basically a psychological version of Portal and Portal 2

I was extremely excited to play this game. Ultimately I'm very glad I played it but I can't help but feel disappointed a little. This feels like a mix between Portal and the Stanley Parable, both games which I love and probably anyone else who is playing this does. First of all I think it did a superb job at capturing the actual liminal space and feelings associated with it. I really enjoyed the art direction in that sense. I also feel like it captured the feeling of being trapped within a dream you can't escape multiple times. However in regards to the puzzles themselves, I feel like much of the art direction was set dressing. It made it sort of into a, look around rapidly to see which object you can pick up, and in the beginning half of the game almost all of the puzzles are some variant of just, make this bigger so you can reach a ledge/the exit. Some of the puzzles were also a little bit frustrating, because they just weren't intuitively designed- e.g the hallway with exit sign, the dark room you have to go left or right. I feel like it didn't really prime you to think of these sorts of solutions, the way that Portal would have. I feel bad saying this but throughout, I wished that they had given this game to the Portal creators who I feel would have done a splendid job on this. :( But I'm glad they tried. The last portion of the game feels also less like a puzzle game, but I quite enjoyed it. It just wasn't so cohesive as a whole. I think story wise it felt, again, Portal derivative, and landed a little bit flat. I think if they managed to integrate a really solid narrative this game could have become a lot stronger. I think I wouldn't recommend this to everyone, unless you really like these sorts of surreal, dreamlike environments to begin with. It's a shame because the concept is soooooo good, unique and interesting. Someone needs to take this further. But I will recommend it to those who love this sort of atmosphere, like me.

One of the best puzzle games I've played in years. I first tried this game with a friend from Xbox Game Pass and it checked off everything I wanted it to for my brain. Smooth difficulty curve, lovely classical music and soundtrack, decently engaging story, and plenty of achievements and collectibles. Good luck finding everything for 100%.(you'll need it)

A good way to describe this game is if a physicist, a psychiatrist, and a oneirologist (dream doctor) got really high together

This game was very fun and solving all the puzzle is very simulating! Seriously a very good game. 100% recommend!

Fun little game and not very difficult for the most part but kinda short . Not a bad value if you get on sale but wouldn't recommend for full price.

It was yet another interesting puzzle dream game I've played. Brilliantly with the perception of size and scale. The story and its narration were also excellent.

As one player commented: the problems are not too difficult. But I think the puzzle aspect in indivdual levels is entirely NOT the point of the game as a whole. There is a story here to be discovered and experianced, some may think a profound one – myself included. Overall, considering how well the main mechanic was implemented, how well the levels (especially the final ones) were designed and just how brilliantly the story was told, I can't give this short game anything less than: [u][b] 9.5/10 [/b][/u] Also the music and sound design are done really well. Definitely would recommend at least checking out. The whole game took me 11h, but I explore and backtrack a lot, so I'd say it could be easily completed in about 3-5h.

One of the best games I've played through in a while. The mix of perspective, point of view, and toying with physics and reality are so impressive. 10/10.

A great puzzle game with cool mechanics. It is a very short experience, but I guess that is a matter of perspective isn't it?