Posted on: October 20, 2025
isagi1703
Verified ownerGames: 2 Reviews: 1
nice game
really good just make sure both sides of ur face is well lit but yh good game
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Before Your Eyes
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Before Your Eyes is a first person narrative adventure which tells the story of a soul’s journey into the afterlife using a new and innovative form of interaction—your real-life blinks.
The story begins after your death, aboard the ship of a mythical Ferryman tasked with shepherding souls to the afterlife. In order to help you pass on, he must first learn the story of your life. And so, he sends you back to relive your most important moments.
The game uses your webcam to immerse you in this story in a way you've never experienced before. You will learn to control the flow of the narrative with your actual eyes–blinking through precious memories of family, first love, and the rise of an artistic career. But soon the Ferryman will suspect you aren't showing him everything he needs to see. So he will force you deeper into the dark recesses of your most repressed memories, ultimately revealing a heartbreaking truth.
By combining its innovative blink interaction mechanic with a charming world and a fully voice-acted story, Before Your Eyes is a deeply emotional and relatable journey—one about the impossible expectations we place on ourselves and the regrets we carry with us.
An earlier version of the game, titled Close Your, received the Game Developers Choice award at Indiecade and the Student Award at the Independent Game Awards (IGF), before receiving funding through a successful Kickstarter campaign.
CW: Before Your Eyes deals with themes of death, illness and grief
The story begins after your death, aboard the ship of a mythical Ferryman tasked with shepherding souls to the afterlife. In order to help you pass on, he must first learn the story of your life. And so, he sends you back to relive your most important moments.
The game uses your webcam to immerse you in this story in a way you've never experienced before. You will learn to control the flow of the narrative with your actual eyes–blinking through precious memories of family, first love, and the rise of an artistic career. But soon the Ferryman will suspect you aren't showing him everything he needs to see. So he will force you deeper into the dark recesses of your most repressed memories, ultimately revealing a heartbreaking truth.
By combining its innovative blink interaction mechanic with a charming world and a fully voice-acted story, Before Your Eyes is a deeply emotional and relatable journey—one about the impossible expectations we place on ourselves and the regrets we carry with us.
An earlier version of the game, titled Close Your, received the Game Developers Choice award at Indiecade and the Student Award at the Independent Game Awards (IGF), before receiving funding through a successful Kickstarter campaign.
CW: Before Your Eyes deals with themes of death, illness and grief
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3 h Completionist
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GamingTrend
75/100
Mechanically, it falls short of its true potential, but you can't help but get swept up in the journeys of these characters. The game's got heart, and none of its flaws can really take that away.
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9/10
Before Your Eyes is an emotional tale with an interesting mechanic at its core that helps to make the game so immersive. The music and voice acting is superb, and it is something you should certainly experience.
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70/100
I still commend the studio for its bravery and innovation. Before Your Eyes is unique enough to try out if you are interested. It’s just that although the game is backed by many wonderful talents, it lacked that little “umph” to turn it into something truly memorable.
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Posted on: November 4, 2025
That_Assassin
Verified ownerGames: 3 Reviews: 1
worth every second
genuinely one of the most touching games i've ever played. highly recommend giving it a try
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Posted on: November 12, 2024
Nervensaegen
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Requires camera
I played "Before your eyes" on another platform. Caveat emptor: The game requires a camera and good lighting, so that it can track your eyes and see when you blink. Playing in the dark room and/or at night might be challenging and isn't recommended. If you either can't or don't want to accommodate these requirements, you may choose to skip this title. Because, eye-tracking is a key element. Blinking (even by accident) counts as a "click" on whatever the game thinks you are looking at. Leading to a certain desired randomness. The whole point of the game is that you have to try not to blink, unless you intend to. Particularly while sitting through long scenes. If this does sound like a thrilling idea to you, you absolutely are recommended to try. If you do give in to the camera/eye-tracking experience, it amounts to a "Gesamtkunstwerk", a piece of art, that is bigger than the sum of its parts. However, without the camera, even though the game will still start, you are missing a key ingredient. You are left with a narrative driven visual experiment, whose story may fail to bring the experience together all on its own. The game itself leads you through a number of scenes that are loosely connected moments from the life of the protagonist. Blinking too early may skip the scene you are watching, providing a constant challenge. Mouse control takes that thrill away. The "story" does touch on some sensitive subject matter and is told exclusively through exposure. However, nothing you do has meaningful impact, there are no choices beyond, well… blinking. This style of storytelling needs to be your cup of tea to work its charm.
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Posted on: November 4, 2023
flatrich
Verified ownerGames: 164 Reviews: 23
Ultimately depressing
An excruciatingly depressing walk-through about a (ADHD?) kid with an overbearing mother, and not in a funny way. No spoilers but expect to be repelled by this rather humorless "game". Excellent artwork and animation, clever programming, strange eye-blink control option (mouse works fine, no controller option) and good voice acting. Interesting, but I had to force myself to finish it.
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Posted on: September 3, 2023
ChildeOvTheSvn
Verified ownerGames: 229 Reviews: 9
Just no..
This game basically wants me to move to another place in order to be able to play it. The requirements are ridiculous including a room filled with light in your face (therefore ruining the gaming vibe and making your eyes water) and sitting half a meter away from your desk so the camera can get most of you. Just no. Unplayable and not worth the trouble of calibrating the camera. I'm refunding this immediatelly.
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