Before Your Eyes
Released Apr 2021
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
97% positive · 24K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Before Your Eyes launched on April 8, 2021 as a complete, self-contained narrative experience. Post-launch activity was focused on technical maintenance: bug fixes and performance patches in the weeks following release. On September 29, 2021, the developer released a Deluxe bundle adding a soundtrack and digital art book, and added Mac support — the only meaningful post-launch content additions.
Since then, GoodbyeWorld Games has shifted its full attention to a new, separate game called Goodnight Universe. The studio announced Goodnight Universe in May 2024, released a playable demo in October 2025, and launched it on November 11, 2025. All developer communications since 2024 have been about this successor title, with the team explicitly expressing gratitude for Before Your Eyes as a completed chapter that enabled them to make their next game.
The sole DLC listed — the Soundtrack and Artbook — was released on September 29, 2021 and there are no unreleased DLC entries. No roadmap, future content, or sequel content for Before Your Eyes itself has ever been announced. The game was designed and delivered as a finished single narrative experience, and the developer's public communications confirm they have moved on to a new project entirely.
Evidence
Developer announced that their follow-up game Goodnight Universe is now out, directing the Before Your Eyes community to the new title. No mention of any further Before Your Eyes content.
Release of the Deluxe bundle (soundtrack + art book) and Mac support — the final content additions to the game.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Skybound Games
Achievements
11
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
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
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Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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