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Before Your Eyes

First-person narrative adventure where your blinks move memories forward

GoodbyeWorld Games, Nice Dream · Published by Skybound Games · Released Apr 8, 2021

AdventureIndie

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
98% of 23K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
96% of 226 in 30 days
Players
26
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
4 years ago
Oct 21, 2022
Minimum PC
HD 520
8 GB RAM · 5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Before Your Eyes?

In this first-person narrative adventure, you revisit moments from a life while a ferryman asks for its story before guiding a soul to the afterlife. Webcam-detected blinks move you through scenes of family, first love, and an artistic career.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy short, emotional single-player stories
  • +you want your blinks to control when scenes advance

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer action to a story told through memories
  • −you avoid stories about death, illness, and grief

What players say

98% of 22,923 reviews are positive · 96% of 226 in the last 30 days

Players praise the story's emotional impact and the way blinking controls its pace. Some find the story too short or its characters underdeveloped, while others report unreliable eye tracking and crashes.

Players over time

▲ +4% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 42 players on Sep 24, 2026.

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How many players finish Before Your Eyes?

63% of Steam players have unlocked «Before Your Eyes», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Before Your Eyes screenshot 1

Before Your Eyes system requirements

Minimum: HD 520, 8 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7 64-bit and above
Processor
AMD Athlon X4 880K 4Ghz or Intel Pentium G4500 3.5Ghz
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics 520 or AMD Radeon Vega Integrated Graphics
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
AMD Ryzen 1500X 3.5Ghz or equivalent
Graphics
AMD RX 480, NVIDIA GTX 970, 4 GB of Video Memory and above
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space

Does Before Your Eyes have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Before Your Eyes run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
11
Steam features
Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.

Does Before Your Eyes use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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