Silence of the Sleep
Released Oct 2014
You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.
74% positive · 706 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Silence of the Sleep is a solo-developed psychological horror adventure game that launched on October 1, 2014 as a complete, self-contained product. The store description presents it as a finished game with no mention of DLC, expansions, or planned updates. There are no DLC listings of any kind.
After launch, the developer's only communications were two announcements in early 2015 about an entirely separate new game ("The Human Gallery"), indicating that work on Silence of the Sleep had concluded and the developer had moved on. There have been no news posts of any kind related to this game since 2015 — over a decade of silence. No patches, updates, roadmaps, or content announcements have been made.
This game launched as a finished product and has received no post-launch content updates. It is complete.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained psychological horror adventure with no mention of DLC, updates, or future content plans. Developed entirely by one person.
Developer posted a Steam Greenlight campaign for The Human Gallery — the last recorded communication related to either game. No further posts exist.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Jesse Makkonen
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player
About this game
Silence of the Sleep is psychological horror adventure game for PC.
You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live.
He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.
You will travel through the abstract world of Silence of the Sleep to find the very reason for your
journey...
Now that is a good question!
Here are some info about Silence of the Sleep that I believe are worth knowing:
- Side scrolling 2D with unique, digitally drawn graphics
- Unique music from one end to another
- Minimalistic interface - I won’t hold your hand through the game
- Challenging puzzles
- No shooting - Enemy encounters are pretty rare and you can’t kill the enemies, avoid and hide from them to survive
- Original gameplay and twisting story - Silence of the Sleep has well crafted balance between horror and adventure, this allows me to build different atmospheres which brings variety to gameplay
- One man game - Graphics, animation, coding, music... You name it!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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