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Viewfinder on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Viewfinder is a puzzle-platformer, puzzle and first-person game developed by Sad Owl Studios and published by Thunderful Publishing.
Released on July 18th 2023 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Arabic, Spanish - Latin America and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 8,505 reviews of which 8,015 were positive and 490 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.37€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Viewfinder into these genres:

Puzzle-Platformer Puzzle First-Person Singleplayer Abstract Psychological Surreal Adventure Physics Action-Adventure Dark Humor Atmospheric Narration Exploration 3D Platformer Colorful Story Rich Platformer Stylized Retro

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 970
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 20 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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5 hours played
June 2026
So..... consider this a lukewarm recommendation, worth a look only at a 70% discount or higher. Viewfinder is the epitome of marketability. Anyone can watch a few seconds of a trailer and be impressed and intrigued. Beyond that "whooa!" first impression, the game is all sizzle and no steak. It's short. The worldbuilding is dead on arrival. As a silent protagonist, you quickly realize that you're in a simulated world and that the people who created it were working on some kind of problem. You seem to be here to try to piece together what they were doing. There's one 'voice' who talks to you from outside the simulation, and then notes and recordings of three people who used to spend time within the simulation and who built it, and then some sort of AI that lives in the simulation. All of this falls flat on its face. It's dull & uninspired & zombies along following well-worn videogame conventions. I began feeling sorry for the voiceactors who worked on this, which tells you a lot. Some OK puzzles, some cool tech. Over-delivers on possibility and under-delivers on cleveness and fun. In a way, you are buying the pitch for a game they didn't make.
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8 hours played
June 2026
Wow didn’t expect to get all emotional playing this, the ending really got me. It’s a very fun chill game with a deep plot. The game mechanics are so unique. Plus you can pet a cat what more could you ask for!?
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1 hours played
Feb. 2026
Hot take: I probably would've enjoyed the game more without a story and without the cat. Overall, I am glad to see first person puzzle games getting more experimental in the indie scene, this truly was a puzzle game like no other that I have played thus far.
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5 hours played
Dec. 2025
I enjoyed this game and the novel mechanic of the camera. However, as a puzzle lover it pains me that it doesn't fully exploit the mechanics in its levels: some of them appear isolated from each other for one or two levels and that's it. Also there are puzzles that are the same as the one before but easier somehow which was disappointing. The overall difficulty is pretty easy and accessible, for those who want something hard you won't find it here. I struggled with one or two puzzles at most. I liked the serene atmosphere and the fact that you can sit to relax a little. I'd have added more interactions like this in the world, such as turning a lamp on or off, eating food or stirring guitars. As for the story it was more or less interesting but I felt it disconnected from the gameplay. I'd recommend this game, maybe not full price, but I'll definitely wait for a Viewfinder 2 if they can improve on this formula.
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4 hours played
Oct. 2025
If you know what this game is about, that's pretty much it. If the price is worth 3 hrs of "That's neat." then buy it. It's a shallow pond, don't expect anything deep, including the plot. It tries so hard to *feel* insightful without an ounce of actually *being* insightful, and it's cringe the whole way through. But again: It's neat. Take that as you will.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Viewfinder is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

No, Viewfinder is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Viewfinder received 8,015 positive votes out of a total of 8,505 achieving an impressive rating of 9.13.
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Viewfinder was developed by Sad Owl Studios and published by Thunderful Publishing.

Yes, Viewfinder is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Viewfinder is not playable on MacOS.

No, Viewfinder is not playable on Linux.

Viewfinder is a single-player game.

No, Viewfinder does not currently offer any DLC.

No, Viewfinder does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Viewfinder does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Viewfinder 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.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Viewfinder.

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