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Viewfinder

Switch 1 · Released July 18, 2023 · Developed by Sad Owl Studios · Published by Thunderful

78Total 84Single player
PlatformPuzzleAdventureIndieScience fiction

Summary

Viewfinder is a puzzle game where you can reshape the world around you by taking photos with an instant camera.

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Details

IGDB Rating
78.28 / 100
104 ratings
Total Rating
83.64 / 100
107 (user + critic)
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Science fiction
Engine
Unity
Developer
Sad Owl Studios

Also known as

AliasViewfinder.exeWindows Executable

Release history (5 entries)

DatePlatformRegion
Jul 18, 2023PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jul 18, 2023PlayStation 4
Jul 18, 2023PlayStation 5
Aug 12, 2025Xbox Series X|S
Dec 3, 2025Nintendo Switch

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Storyline

Viewfinder is an inventive first-person puzzle game built around a remarkable ability: to take photographs and two-dimensional images and place them into the world, where they become real, three-dimensional spaces the player can walk through and manipulate. This reality-bending mechanic serves a deeper story. The game is set inside a simulation created by a small team of researchers desperately working to solve an existential crisis: in the real world, all plant life on Earth has been wiped out, leaving humanity without a viable source of oxygen. The player character enters this digital space to retrace the scientists' steps, solving intricate photographic puzzles to reach the teleporters that carry them ever deeper into the experiment. Guiding them along the way is a witty artificial intelligence in the form of a cheshire cat named Cait. As the player pieces together the clues left behind, they begin to uncover what became of the research and the hopes riding upon it.

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