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Housefire · 2025 · Windows

Steam: 91 % positive of 3,461 reviews, as of Oct 28

Longing for light, a sunless world begins devouring itself. Every step shifts the landscape beneath you as you search for what remains of her.

24 games that play like Eclipsium and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Amnesia: The Dark Descent, From The Darkness and Psychopomp.

Player tags

  • Walking Simulator
  • Surreal
  • Psychological Horror
  • Psychedelic
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Silent Protagonist
  • Horror
  • FMV
Map region: Psychological Horror
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Steam reviews

What players say

Players mostly recommend Eclipsium for its visuals, music and surreal atmosphere, while many find it a slow walking simulator with thin puzzles and an unclear story.

Most reviewers recommend Eclipsium, and many praise its pixelated art direction, its unsettling music and sound design, and its dreamlike, wordless storytelling. Players describe it as a fever dream or an interactive art piece rather than a game with challenge. The criticism is just as consistent: many players say walking is painfully slow, the puzzles are few and sometimes unclear, and the sprint button added later gives little real speed. Some players also mention the short length, bugs and crashes, and motion sickness in one section. Recent reviews are more divided than the older helpful ones, with more players saying they cannot tell what the story means, but Steam's overall rating remains very positive.

Praised

  • Striking visual style

    Players single out the pixel shader and art direction, which make the game look like a hand-drawn, prerendered 3D world.

    Many players
  • Music and sound design

    Reviewers call the soundtrack haunting and the sound design a major reason to play, often more than the gameplay.

    Many players
  • Surreal, wordless storytelling

    Players enjoy the open, symbolic story told through images and cutscenes, which invites personal interpretation and stays with them.

    Many players
  • Atmosphere over scares

    Reviewers describe unsettling, dreamlike mood and body horror rather than jump scares, and many appreciate that it is more atmospheric than frightening.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Painfully slow walking

    Players say walking is far too slow across long, empty sections, and the later sprint button gives little real speed.

    Many players
  • Thin, unclear puzzles

    Reviewers find the puzzles simple, repetitive or confusing, with too few cues about where to go next.

    Many players
  • Too little real gameplay

    Players say the game is mostly a walking simulator with limited interaction and that the platforming sections feel clumsy.

    Some players
  • Short, with bugs

    Players find the game short and report bugs, crashes and a sparse autosave system.

    Some players
Who it suits
Suited to players who enjoy art, atmosphere and abstract, interpretive stories, and who are patient with slow walking.
Who should skip it
Players who want fast movement, real challenge or a clear story should skip it.

Short vs. long playtime: Players with the most hours tend to praise the layered interpretation and symbolism, while short-session players more often complain about the pace.

Summarised by AI from 77 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

Best matches

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By gameplay

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  1. Layers of Fear (2016)88 % positive of 13,252Shared: Walking Simulator · Surreal · Psychological Horror
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  4. Unspoken88 % positive of 789Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Retro
  5. Kach82 % positive of 300Shared: Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · Horror
  6. REVEIL85 % positive of 757Shared: Walking Simulator · Surreal · Psychological Horror
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  8. The Land of Pain76 % positive of 594Shared: Walking Simulator · Surreal · Psychological Horror
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  10. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter87 % positive of 6,871Shared: Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · Horror
  11. Caligo74 % positive of 990Shared: Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · Horror
  12. Into The Gloom80 % positive of 235Shared: Psychological Horror · Horror · Puzzle

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Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

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At a glance

What games like Eclipsium have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Eclipsium: Psychological Horror (23 of 24), Walking Simulator (19) and Surreal (12).
  • They came out between 2010 and 2025, none of them after Eclipsium (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Psychopomp (96 % positive of 7,754).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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