Before Your Eyes
Play with your eyes
Ratings
Age
13+
Category
Adventure
Languages
English
Tue Feb 11 2025
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Before Your Eyes is a first-person narrative adventure that tells the story of a soul's journey into the afterlife. Using your mobile device's front-facing camera, the game tracks your blinks to move the story forward and make pivotal choices. Relive the highlights of your life, from childhood to your final moments, but be warned: every blink will catapult you forward in time, often before you're ready to leave a memory behind. This award-winning title is a deeply personal and emotional exploration of our relationship with time and the people we love.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Before Your Eyes is a profoundly moving narrative masterpiece that successfully leverages mobile camera tech to create a truly unique experience. The 'blink-to-control' mechanic is not just a gimmick; it’s a thematic core that makes the passage of time feel both inevitable and heartbreaking. Every time you blink, you risk losing a precious moment of the story, perfectly mirroring the fragility of memory.
The transition to mobile is handled beautifully, with the front-facing camera doing a solid job of tracking your eye movements. The story itself is a poignant journey through the afterlife, and the writing is sharp, emotional, and deeply human. It’s one of the few games that will likely leave you in tears by the end. It’s an essential experience that proves mobile games can be just as artistic and emotionally resonant as any console or PC title.
Features
Innovative 'Blink' interaction system
Deeply emotional and award-winning story
Full voice acting and atmospheric soundtrack
Beautiful and unique hand-painted art style
A truly one-of-a-kind narrative experience
Tips & Walkthrough
Don't fight the blinks. The game is designed around the idea that you *will* miss things, just as we do in real life. However, for the crucial dialogue choices, try to rest your eyes during the transitions so you're ready to look at the option you want when it appears.
Gameplays
Ensure you're in a well-lit environment for the best experience. The game's 'Eye Tracking' needs to clearly see your pupils to accurately detect your blinks. If the tracking feels sluggish, check your lighting first.
Screenshot
Q&A
While the camera is the intended way to play, the game also offers traditional touch controls if you prefer.
Ratings & Reviews
Very cool concept and fun game
Tue Nov 15 2022 Yep23333333333This is a very fun game with a relaxing yet enticing gameplay and story. I played it all in one sitting which I’d say took about an hour and you have the time I’d recommend playing it like that. At times the game play was a bit difficult such as the parts where you have to keep yours eyes open for a long time was hard for me and the parts where you had to keep them closed for a long time the gaming mechanic seemed flawed and wouldn’t work at times but besides that I really enjoyed so I was willing to look past it. As someone who loves story it was hard for to except I was going to miss a lot of the story because I couldn’t keep my eyes open long enough but once I accepted that fact and just enjoyed it for what it was then it was honestly a very enjoyable experience that I wouldn’t of had other wise specifically because of that game play and I’m guessing that is exactly why they did because it plays so well into the deeper meaning behind the game. Highly recommend, sit down like you’re gonna read a book or watch a show but instead play this from start to finish!
Awesome experience
Wed Jun 19 2024 HehghtjThis game was an emotional rollercoaster. Having your eyes guide you throughout the game made the experience personal. It’s about how the life you live doesn’t have to be great to be proud of it. Your ordinary experiences like playing piano with your mom, getting a pet, and your first love all makeup who you are and that’s enough. It’s a beautiful message about being yourself and being happy with the life you have lived. Yes it was difficult at times to have your eyes open for long and sometimes you would skip scenes if you didn’t hold your eyes open. But that’s the point. Memory isn’t perfect. There are things that are harder to remember because of the emotional connection you have with said memory. That’s what makes it real. Also, how we tend to underestimate our lives. Every second counts because you are alive. I felt very connected with the character, and I’m sure everyone can, because it shows how quickly time does pass by.
Tearjerker and Totally Recommend!
Mon Jan 06 2025 Dreamy StarlightI don’t normally write reviews, but this game was so emotional, and if you’ve been hesitating or debating on whether to download it, then you definitely should! I had a little difficulty with the blinking mechanic (which, however, can be easily turned off), and you should also be aware that there are no save options. There are chapters in which you can select to start playing from a certain part of the story, but it is often not where you last left off, leading you to sit through the same parts more than once, which can be inconvenient. Because of this, I’d recommend you play the whole game (which takes one and a half hours) in one sitting, but other than that, I highly enjoyed it! It has a beautiful narrative that shows both the internal and external struggles that the protagonist—a young boy named Benjamin—faces. It really gets you thinking about your own life and mortality, and that your worth as a person isn’t determined by how much you have or haven’t been able to accomplish (something which Benjamin comes to eventually realize after feeling the need to lie about who he really was), with one of my favorite lines from the end of the game being (‼️SPOILER ALERT‼️) “So when he was going to go, he was okay...because he'd already lived a great life. A full life. And he was everything he needed to be. Just as he was.” That line really spoke to me, and this was the first game in a while to almost make me cry. :,) I could write much more, but this review has already been long enough, and I think that anyone who has read this has got the point, haha.
What a beautiful game
Sun Feb 26 2023 HATE SHOUFirst, I never and I mean NEVER write reviews for anything. But this.. this game is so beautiful. The music is beautiful the art is beautiful and the way the characters speak is so calming. I love everything about it. I love it at the end where in the beginning the parents are wondering why the child is smiling and they think he’s happy or he must be somewhere he likes, and it goes with what happens at the end. I love it when his mom talks and you blink between him and the cat guy(sorry I don’t remember his name) it goes with whatever the other person was saying before you blinked. Now I didn’t read the summary; I just saw a clip on tiktok of where him and chole sneak out and chole is telling him about how much she likes to spend time with him. Did he die when he was young? Is everything above him being sick his story? These questions are probably answered in the summary which I didn’t read, but either way I love this game.
Wow.
Thu May 16 2024 August Y. WuHonestly, this game is so beautiful, from the art style, to the plot, to the premise. Even the game mechanics; if you can’t keep your eyes open for long enough, you miss it. And that’s one of the ways it’s so beautiful. You only have one chance for a scene, and that’s it. The reveal at the end was a bit jarring, but the good kind of jarring. I’d suggest playing it to really find out. Originally, I came into it thinking: “Oh, this game seems fun, let me try it out!” and I came out of it full on crying. It’s a touching story with such good writing, it gave me literal chills. As I am typing this, I’ve finished the game about five minutes ago. I truly cannot express (without spoiling) how absolutely incredible this game is. I’m not a big reviewer and I don’t usually play these types of games but I know I’m going to play this game over and over until I get tired of blinking, because it’s just that good.
Beautifully bittersweet story with a wonderful ending!
Wed Feb 15 2023 Opera W.The concept of the game was so interesting and although the story is quite sad at times, it came together to such a satisfying ending. I loved it and I believe that if you appreciate the story instead of getting caught up in the frustration of not blinking than you will love it, and when inevitably you miss something by accidentally blinking, you can just go back afterwards using the “chapters” option to see. And don’t worry, you don’t actually have to keep your eyes open for long at a time to understand everything. Over all, the imaginative animation, interactive style, and beautiful story came together to make an incredible experience that I wont quickly forget.
Just amazing
Tue Aug 16 2022 argonan55this story is one i wish could be known by all, it feels as though anyone can relate to at least one part, the way everything is strung together, and even the art makes this just one game i wouldn’t suggest anyone skip over if they have the chance to play it, it’ll hit you in the feels, i can guarantee it. i also want to make it known to those out there complaining about the controls. you’re supposed to be out of control, it’s supposed to be frustrating that you slip, it’s supposed to upset you that you miss pieces of the story, because it makes you want to go back and find what you missed. the controls are no reason to give this astonishing game a lousy, lazy, one star review.
Sobbing like a big baby
Wed Jul 10 2024 DeedeeagNever thought a game on my phone could make me ugly cry, but here we are. Interesting concept, beautiful heart wrenching story told in a unique way. As an adult now, I can understand both perspectives; the parents’ and the child’s. As someone with far too many similarities to Benny, this story struck a nerve. Minus a star because the blinking mechanism didn’t seem to work properly at times, like when trying to answer the phone but time skipped forward instead. It could be very finicky. Also a lot of the story gets missed if you’re unable to refrain from blinking for long periods of time. Wish there was a way to see all the parts I missed. Beautifully captures life; and the loss of it.
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