Originally posted on 9.29.21

You’re drifting off to sleep at around 3 a.m., the last thing you hear is an ad for Dr. Pierce’s Somnasculpt dream therapy program. By the time you open your eyes again, you’re dreaming and within the beginning stages of the experiment.

As “Superliminal,” released in late 2019, comes to Xbox Live Game Pass this September, it’s time to take a look back at the mind-bending, dream logic based game.

“Superliminal” is a game where you, as the player, are dropped into a dream state where you are allowed to alter how you perceive things. For instance, you can walk up to a chess piece on a table, pick it up, spin around and now, because there isn’t a table in front of you, the chess piece has room to grow. You’re able to manipulate an objects size just by how you pick it up and where you pick it up from.

The player is tasked with using items they can pick up and resize to move throughout the experiment. These mechanics are taught well in the tutorial level, and moving throughout the game is quite easy overall.

Screenshot by: Noah Kurkjian | Ferris State University Torch