Superliminal

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Superliminal

Short description

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Developer
Pillow Castle
Publisher
Pillow Castle
Release
Thu, Nov 05, 2020
Price
$19.99
$7.99
60%
Reviews
28,651
Positive
95%
Followers
69,024
Owners (estimated)
1M – 2M
Concurrent players
65
Genres
Action, Adventure
Features
Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, Commentary available, Remote Play on TV
Tags
Puzzle First-Person Surreal Psychological Narration Physics Singleplayer Thriller Story Rich Adventure Psychedelic Funny Exploration 3D Vision Puzzle-Platformer Psychological Horror Minimalist Cinematic Dark Humor Colorful
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$25.8msomewhere between $20m and $40m · roughly 1M–2M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $19.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

80 data points since Jul 25, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$25.3m → ~$25.8m
See data from Nov 2020 with a Plus account
Reviews 28,072 → 28,651
Followers 68,101 → 69,024
Concurrent players 65 → 65
Price $19.99 → $7.99
Positive reviews 94.8% → 94.8%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 172 further data points reach back to Mar 20, 2020 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

The dashed line marks Jul 28, 2026, when steamlense started measuring. Everything to its left was backfilled from public sources — monthly review counts from Steam, price changes from IsThereAnyDeal, monthly player averages from SteamCharts. Those are monthly figures, so the curve is coarser there — one point a month instead of one a day.

Lowest recorded price: $5.99 on Oct 14, 2025.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Superliminal is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Puzzle + First-Person + Surreal

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Antichamber Antichamber Alexander Bruce first game 3 − Psychological − Narration − Physics + Indie + Exploration + Singleplayer $19.99 13,683 95% Thu, Jan 31, 2013 $20m
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Manifold Garden Manifold Garden William Chyr Studio first game 3 − Psychological − Narration − Physics + Abstract + Exploration + Puzzle-Platformer $19.99 7,657 95% Tue, Oct 20, 2020 $6.9m
$4m – $10m
The Bridge The Bridge Ty Taylor 3 titles +1 3 − First-Person − Psychological − Narration + Puzzle-Platformer + Hand-drawn + 2D $9.99 3,426 88% Fri, Feb 22, 2013 $2m
$2m – $2.7m
Quantum Conundrum Quantum Conundrum Airtight Games 2 titles 3 − Surreal − Psychological − Narration + Puzzle-Platformer + 3D Platformer + Comedy $8.99
$0.98
89%
best price ever
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$270k – $3.8m

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