Choose Not Your Eyes
Choose Not Your Eyes if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2027) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Not Your Eyes launched in 2027.
Not Your Eyes vs Layers of Fear
Not Your Eyes and Layers of Fear both land in Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Adventure games on Steam. Layers of Fear (2023) is 4 years older than Not Your Eyes (2027). Layers of Fear is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Not Your Eyes has no Deck rating yet. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Layers of Fear
Choose Layers of Fear if it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. Layers of Fear launched in 2023.
Both Not Your Eyes and Layers of Fear sit in Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Not Your Eyes |  Layers of Fear | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2027 | 2023 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure | Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | Price unknown | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | — | 75.6% positive (590 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Yai Gameworks | Anshar Studios, Bloober Team |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Layers of Fear (2023) is 4 years older than Not Your Eyes (2027).
- Layers of Fear is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Not Your Eyes has no Deck rating yet.
Not Your Eyes vs Layers of Fear — FAQ
- Should I play Not Your Eyes or Layers of Fear first?
- If you want chronology, Layers of Fear (2023) came out before Not Your Eyes (2027). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Not Your Eyes and Layers of Fear similar?
- They overlap on Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.