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my eyes deceive

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Set over the course of roughly a week, you play as a young girl who has been living in a shelter all her life. The outside world is infected with a deadly disease. Society is in chaos. Fortunately, your papa is protecting you.

What works

  • Powerful and meaningful narrative
  • Effective atmosphere and symbolism
  • Free to play
  • Emotional and psychological impact
  • Well-crafted despite small scope

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow and repetitive gameplay
  • Limited interactivity
  • Disturbing and triggering content
  • Short length with limited replayability
  • Some players find pacing tedious

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dread Neighbor

  • Masochisia

  • The Stalked

  • [Chilla's Art] The Karaoke | ヒトカラ🎤

  • Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike

  • [Chilla's Art] The Kidnap | 誘拐事件

More fantastical

Games that feels like my eyes deceive but with more imaginative fiction

  • The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier

  • Paratopic

  • Analog - Skin off

  • [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備

  • Infliction

  • Suite 776

Less violent

Games that feels like my eyes deceive but with less combat and destruction

  • The Salesman

  • Umfend

  • The Survey

  • Haunted Room : 205

  • A Chair in a Room : Greenwater

  • Sagebrush

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my eyes deceive: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026