Rank 01Why this
Also Narrative and Emotional, like Before Your Eyes.
- $11.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- 2025
Games like Before Your Eyes
- 24 games
- Updated Oct 23, 2026
Players who liked Before Your Eyes also play
The closest matches to Before Your Eyes: Goodnight Universe, To the Moon, The Beginner's Guide, That Dragon, Cancer, and Impostor Factory. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Psychological and Emotional, like Before Your Eyes.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2012
Rank 03Why this
Also Psychological and Surreal, like Before Your Eyes.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2015
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That Dragon, Cancer
Why this: Also Surreal and Walking Simulator, like Before Your Eyes.
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Closer the Distance
Why this: Also Narrative and Philosophical, like Before Your Eyes.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Why this: Same melancholic mood as Before Your Eyes.
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As Long As You're Here
Why this: Also Narrative and Walking Simulator, like Before Your Eyes.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Before Your Eyes
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Also Narrative and Walking Simulator, like Before Your Eyes.
- 100% of 317 reviews
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- Released: 2021
- Developer: GoodbyeWorld Games
- Price: $1.99−80%checked Nov 4
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 98% of 14,908 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Blinking controls time and memory
- Camera eye tracking immersion
- Forces players to confront mortality
- Emotional
- Immersive
- Melancholic
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Why this: Same melancholic mood as Before Your Eyes.
Outer Wilds
Why this: Same emotional mood as Before Your Eyes.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Why this: Same immersive mood as Before Your Eyes.
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
Why this: Same poignant mood as Before Your Eyes.
Free alternatives
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Why this: Also Philosophical and Emotional, like Before Your Eyes.
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Why this: Also Walking Simulator and Emotional, like Before Your Eyes.
When the Darkness comes
Why this: Also Psychological and Walking Simulator, like Before Your Eyes.
NaissanceE
Why this: Also Surreal and Walking Simulator, like Before Your Eyes.
Moral Dilemma: The Interview
Why this: Also Narrative and Philosophical, like Before Your Eyes.
Yume Nikki
Why this: Also Psychological and Surreal, like Before Your Eyes.
YIIK Nameless Psychosis
Why this: Also Philosophical and Psychological, like Before Your Eyes.
About Before Your Eyes
The closest matches to Before Your Eyes: Goodnight Universe, To the Moon, The Beginner's Guide, That Dragon, Cancer, and Impostor Factory. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Before Your Eyes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Goodnight Universe, To the Moon and The Beginner's Guide — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as emotional, immersive and melancholic, and single out its achievement driven replayability and blink based progression. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Before Your Eyes: Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
Is Before Your Eyes worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 98% of 14,908 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 97% positive across 226 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.2 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Blinking controls time and memory
- Camera eye tracking immersion
- Forces players to confront mortality
- Raw portrayal of parental pressure
People who play it also play: Goodnight Universe, To the Moon, The Beginner's Guide
Mobile version
Before Your Eyes is also on Google Play and App Store. What the store pages declare:
- No ads declared on Google Play (checked 2026-11-05, source)
- No in-app purchases declared on Google Play (checked 2026-11-05, source)
- App Store in-app purchases: (checked 2026-11-05, source)
- App Store privacy label: no "Data Used to Track You" (checked 2026-11-05, source)
- No ad SDK found in the Android app (Exodus Privacy scan) (checked 2026-10-09, source)
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Frequently asked about Before Your Eyes
Can I run it?
Does Before Your Eyes run on Steam Deck?
Before Your Eyes is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Before Your Eyes cost?
Before Your Eyes is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Before Your Eyes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Before Your Eyes are Goodnight Universe, To the Moon, The Beginner's Guide.
Who developed Before Your Eyes?
Before Your Eyes was developed by GoodbyeWorld Games and published by Skybound Games.