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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.

Subliminal is a realistic, thriller and mystery game developed by Accidental Studios and published by Infini Fun and Gone Shootin.
Released on March 31st 2026 is available only on Windows in 14 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Indonesian, Portuguese - Brazil and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 887 reviews of which 570 were positive and 317 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 8.77€ on Steam with a 10% discount.

The Steam community has classified Subliminal into these genres:

Realistic Thriller Mystery Atmospheric Singleplayer Psychological Horror Horror Dungeon Crawler First-Person 3D Multiple Endings Exploration Adventure Surreal Immersive Sim Story Rich Drama Strategy Simulation Investigation

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System requirements

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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

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April 2026
I love this game. I think it gets a lot of hate because of how frustrating the trial and error chase scenes can be. But people saying the puzzles are too difficult I feel like just want their hand held through horror games. I agree sometimes the difficulty of puzzles in horror games can take away from the scary moments, but I don't think that applies in this game. They're a little difficult but it's the type of puzzles that make you go "ohhhh" and then realize you were overthinking it and it was in your face the whole time. I think there's value in games challenging you to use your brain. But besides all that, I think the story is extremely interesting. It leaves on cliffhangers for most of the endings, but that's because it's episodic. It will more than likely elaborate in the next episodes, but people are impatient and want immediate satisfaction and closure which I can also understand. But there's a bunch of symbolism and hints to what happened in the story, especially if you find some of the secrets off the beaten path of the game. And I feel like I don't even need to say anything about the graphics, sound design and all the stuff that makes it look nice, because you can't deny that it's incredible. Overall, I genuinely think the game is getting way too much hate and is way better than people are giving it credit for. It's a game that is Backrooms styled but is a completely different take on the genre. It's a breath of fresh air from the usual Backrooms style of liminal spaces and just finding ways to escape and survive an entity. It explores into the psychological genre with a unique story about the subconscious of young boy where some traumatic event happened while also including the nostalgic and liminal feelings while also having a Stanley Parable style. So yeah, I never leave reviews but I felt like I needed to say something about this one considering all the mixed reviews.
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April 2026
good game, got rotten ending. Think people don't the chase scenes/canon ending being similar to poppy playtime but overall 8/10
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April 2026
ENGLISH: I see that a lot of people didn’t understand a damn thing about the meaning of this game, and were expecting the usual horror game with nice graphics where you run from a monster, get scared, and that’s it—everyone’s happy with that kind of nonsense. You’re literally inside the mind of a person reliving both trauma and good memories in order to rebuild their memory, and all they have are distorted, fragmented pieces that need to be put together to find the answer they’re looking for. People complain that the clues aren’t clear—if you lack patience and can’t take the time to analyze and explore, and expect everything to be handed to you in 30 seconds, then this game just isn’t for you. Unfortunately, masterpieces like this are also accessible to people who clearly don’t appreciate or understand them, judging by some of the reviews I’ve had the displeasure of reading. This game does exactly what it was designed to do. ITALIANO: vedo che molte persone non hanno capito un proprio un cazzo del significato di questo gioco, e si aspettavano il solito giochino horror con la bella grafica dove scappi dal mostro, ti caghi addosso e siamo tutti felici e contenti e tutte quelle minchiate li. Letteralmente sei nella mente di una persona che sta rivivendo traumi e bei ricordi per ricostruire la sua memoria, e tutto ciò che ha sono ricordi distorti e frammentati che deve unire per arrivare alla risposta che cerca. La gente si lamenta che gli indizi non sono chiari, se siete dei ritardati e non avete un minimo di pazienza nel analizzare ed esplorare e dovete fare tutto in 30 secondi, questo gioco non è per voi. Purtroppo capolavori come questo sono accessibili pure a dei cervelli mangiati come alcuni microcefali che ho avuto il dispiacere di leggere tra le recensioni. Questo gioco fa benissimo il lavoro per cui è stato pensato.
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March 2026
Alright, guys, alright, I get it now... I’m actually SUPER easy to scare LOL. This game is basically a near-masterpiece of backrooms-type stuff. I genuinely felt this anxiety I haven’t had from games for a long time, and that’s without even reaching the monster level. And the way it suddenly showed up (yeah okay, it was kind of obvious, but still) I almost fell off my chair from the scare, it was insane xD Talking about sound design, it is so good and satisfying, especially on the Waterworks level - it made me just stand there and listen to every single sound surrounding me. This is exactly how liminal space games should be done when the devs are not trying to create that PS1 style but instead go into realism while still being able to keep that heavy, EXTREMELY uncomfortable sense of dread. Bravo!
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March 2026
honestly best backrooms game i ever played, it's giving me some kind of deja vu and i feel anxiety all the tme, absolute peak btw i have birthday today and for me this is kinda my bday present, thank you Accidental Studios
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Subliminal is currently priced at 8.77€ on Steam.

Subliminal is currently available at a 10% discount. You can purchase it for 8.77€ on Steam.

Subliminal received 570 positive votes out of a total of 887 achieving a rating of 6.24.
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Subliminal was developed by Accidental Studios and published by Infini Fun and Gone Shootin.

Subliminal is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Subliminal is not playable on MacOS.

Subliminal is not playable on Linux.

Subliminal is a single-player game.

Subliminal does not currently offer any DLC.

Subliminal does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Subliminal does not support Steam Remote Play.

Subliminal is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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