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Singularity Studios · 2025 · Windows

Steam: 85 % positive of 2,228 reviews, as of Oct 28

Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

24 games that play like Vigil and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: I'm on Observation Duty, KEEP LOOKING and Outlast.

Player tags

  • Horror
  • Singleplayer
  • First-Person
  • Survival Horror
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Dark
  • Action-Adventure
Map region: Psychological Horror
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Steam reviews

What players say

Players like the webcam blink mechanic and atmosphere, but most agree the game is far too short for its free price.

Most reviewers recommend Vigil, and many praise its central idea: a webcam tracks real blinks, so the monster advances whenever you close your eyes. Players call the creature design creepy, the sound design effective and the tension high while you fight the urge to blink. Many say the game is polished and runs smoothly on capable hardware. The main complaint is length: most playthroughs take under an hour, and many players want a longer full game built on the same mechanic. Some reviewers say calibration takes nearly as long as the game, blink tracking fails with certain cameras, glasses or bangs, and the missing graphics and display options cause stuttering on weaker PCs. A few find the monster too slow to be threatening and the story thin.

Praised

  • Blink webcam mechanic

    Players find tracking real blinks through a webcam tense, immersive and surprisingly accurate.

    Many players
  • Atmosphere and creature design

    Players praise the creepy monster, dark corridors and tense atmosphere that keep them on edge.

    Many players
  • Free and polished

    Reviewers say it is a well-made free game with few bugs and good sound design.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Far too short

    Reviewers say the game lasts under an hour or about 15 to 20 minutes, leaving them wanting more.

    Many players
  • Calibration and camera problems

    Players struggle with webcam setup, glasses, bangs or cameras that fail to detect blinks, and some lack a workable fallback.

    Some players
  • No graphics or performance options

    Players report stuttering on weaker PCs, missing graphics settings and an uncomfortable motion blur or head bobbing.

    Some players
Who it suits
Suits fans of short, tense horror who enjoy novel mechanics and have a working webcam.
Who should skip it
Should skip it if you want a long or content-rich horror game, since most players finish it in under an hour.

Summarised by AI from 80 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

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By gameplay

Plays like Vigil

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By look

Looks like Vigil

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At a glance

What games like Vigil have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Vigil: Horror (24 of 24), First-Person (18) and Survival Horror (13).
  • They came out between 2009 and 2026, one of them after Vigil (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: It Steals (98 % positive of 2,162).

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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