Choose Close Your Eyes
Choose Close Your Eyes if you want an Early Access experience. Close Your Eyes launched in 2018.
Close Your Eyes vs velvet clouds
Close Your Eyes and velvet clouds both land in Indie, 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 share Indie, Adventure on Steam. Close Your Eyes (2018) is 3 years older than velvet clouds (2021). Close Your Eyes is currently ~10% cheaper on Steam than velvet clouds (8.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD). 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 velvet clouds
Choose velvet clouds if you want an Action experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2021) and ships with the modern feature baseline. velvet clouds launched in 2021.
Both Close Your Eyes and velvet clouds sit in Indie and 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
 Close Your Eyes |  velvet clouds | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2021 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Early Access | Action, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 8.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 84% positive (25 reviews) | 2 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Yai Gameworks | Danicy |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Close Your Eyes (2018) is 3 years older than velvet clouds (2021).
- Close Your Eyes is currently ~10% cheaper on Steam than velvet clouds (8.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
Close Your Eyes vs velvet clouds — FAQ
- Should I play Close Your Eyes or velvet clouds first?
- If you want chronology, Close Your Eyes (2018) came out before velvet clouds (2021). 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 Close Your Eyes and velvet clouds similar?
- They overlap on Indie, 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.