Game · Skybound Games
Before Your Eyes
SteamEurope and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks.
Before you buy
- Redeem on
- Steam clientPC: Windows, macOS. Needs a free Steam account.
- Activates in
- Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.Activates on accounts registered in the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Will not activate on accounts registered in North America, Asia, Latin America or Oceania.
- You get
- A digital activation keyStandard edition. No disc, no box.
- Delivery
- To your account and by emailDelivered to your account and by email once it is ready. Some orders get a short manual check first.
Trailers and screenshots
01 / 11 Trailer
About this game
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
Description, images and details are taken from this product's Steam page.
Details
- Developer
- GoodbyeWorld Games, Nice Dream
- Publisher
- Skybound Games
- Released
- 8 Apr, 2021
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS
- Activates on
- Steam client, Europe and UK
- Interface
- English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Full audio
- English
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Family Sharing
Before Your Eyes deals with themes of death, illness and grief.
System requirements
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 64-bit and above | Windows 10 64-bit |
| Processor | AMD Athlon X4 880K 4Ghz or Intel Pentium G4500 3.5Ghz | AMD Ryzen 1500X 3.5Ghz or equivalent |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 520 or AMD Radeon Vega Integrated Graphics | AMD RX 480, NVIDIA GTX 970, 4 GB of Video Memory and above |
| Storage | 5 GB available space | 5 GB available space |
macOS
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Mac OS 10.13 and up | Mac OS 10.13 and up |
| Processor | 2.2 GHz Intel Core i5 | M1 or Intel Core i7 |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Intel Iris Plus or Radeon Pro 450 | M1 integrated graphics |
| Storage | 6 GB available space | 6 GB available space |
Activating it on Steam client
- Open the Steam client and sign in.
- Choose Games in the top menu, then Activate a Product on Steam.
- Paste the key and confirm. It appears in your library.
The key is listed for the Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. region. Read how regions work before you buy.