Subliminal

Subliminal is a psychological horror game set in spaces drawn from your memories. You explore these places, solve puzzles by manipulating light and perspective, and uncover a story as the environments grow less stable and confrontations threaten your fading sense of self.

Manipulate light

Light is a physical material you can grasp, carry and bend to change the spaces around you. You can pull fixtures from ceilings, cast light to open doors and reveal paths that seem impossible to reach. Puzzles ask you to alter an area's lighting and perspective, which can change the entire space; placing a light too far away may mean starting over. Everything you move and every shadow you create affects what is real.

Memories and encounters

Each space is a fragment of a memory. You explore basements, water parks, play places and other locations, where slides can lead somewhere unexpected, TV screens can transport you between memories, and doors can loop back to the room where you started. As you progress, the environments become more puzzling and unstable, and you may see or hear things that are not there.

Something is waiting beneath the surface of your memories. At first, you sense it behind walls and around corners or hear faint breathing when you stand still. Later, a figure that should not exist chases you through decaying hallways and down endless slides. These encounters arise within your consciousness, and the thing senses your movements and hesitation. Taking too long with a puzzle when danger is near can make the world feel as if it is closing in.

The world

The locations are rendered with Unreal Engine 5's Lumen lighting and Nanite geometry. Each one reveals part of your story as you explore.