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Search for Walter’s missing family in a shifting circus world, solving puzzles and tracing memories that blur reality and illusion.
Released 06 Mar 2024
Explore a Shifting Circus
Solve Environmental Puzzles
Search for Memory Clues
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
Developed by Pixelsplit · Published by Daedalic Entertainment









You play as Walter Thompson, who wakes disoriented and finds his wife and daughter missing. As he searches for them, memories of his past as a stage builder at a circus begin to surface.
Explore first-person environments inspired by a 1960s circus, following clues and details in the surroundings. As the journey continues, familiar places take on surreal forms and the boundary between memory, imagination, and reality becomes uncertain.
Solve puzzles and riddles to progress through five acts, with occasional sequences that call for stealth or a quick escape. Collectibles and multiple endings offer additional reasons to examine the chapters closely.
Players who enjoyed REVEIL often praise its eerie, dreamlike circus environments, detailed visuals, and the mystery that unfolds through exploration. Many found the story’s turns engaging and liked the puzzles, though some felt the pacing was slow, the horror less frightening than expected, or the later chase sections awkward. Opinions also differ on the protagonist’s narration and how satisfying the story’s conclusion is.








| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 26 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |