Subliminal

Subliminal is developed by Accidental Studios and published by Gone Shootin, Infini Fun, released on Mar 31, 2026.

Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.

Basic Information

Store page feature tags: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, DualShock Controller Support, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing.

Official Introduction Key Points

1. Light shapes the world around you. Bending shadows, opening doors… the world is yours to discover.
2. Light isn’t just how you see, it’s how you survive. In Subliminal, illumination is a physical material that is yours to grasp, carry, and bend to your will to alter the space you find yourself occupying. You’ll grab fixtures from ceilings, cast light to open doors, and reveal pathways that seem impossible to reach.
3. You are not given answers in Subliminal; you are given choices. Puzzles revolve around manipulating perspective and lighting. Change an area’s lighting, and the entire space might change. Place a light too far, and you may have to start from the beginning. Everything you move and every shadow you create changes what is, and isn’t, real.
4. The more you remember, the more it remembers you.
5. Somewhere beneath the surface of your memories, something is waiting. At first, you’ll sense it behind walls and around corners, or hear the faint sounds of breathing when you stand still. Later, you’ll see it, a figure that shouldn’t exist, chasing you through decaying hallways and down endless slides. That thing… it’s not human.
6. Encounters in Subliminal are psychologically terrifying events born within your own consciousness. Things sense your movements and hesitation. Fumble with a puzzle too slowly when it matters most, and you may feel the weight of the world closing in on you.
7. Do you remember?
8. Every space you enter in Subliminal is a fragment of a memory. Discover the secrets of basements, water parks, play places, and more, all rendered in meticulous detail in Unreal Engine 5’s Lumen lighting and Nanite geometry. Nothing is quite right. Slides lead to places they shouldn’t, TV screens transport you between memories, and doors loop back to the same room you started from.

Minimum System Requirements (Windows)

- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i5 10th Gen
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Sound Card: N/A

Achievement Highlights

• Into the Pit
• Erased
• A Trip Down Memory Lane…
• ROTTEN
• Every Thread Unwoven
• Collector
• Photographic Memory
• Secret Tunnel

Official Screenshots

This page’s gallery section collects all 8 official screenshots of Subliminal.

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