SLEEP AWAKE

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Stay awake in the last city on Earth, where sleepers vanish.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Mostly Positive on Steam (77% of 241 reviews)
Players: 1
Made by: EYES OUT
Released: 2025

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What frightens In the last known city on Earth, people who fall asleep vanish in a phenomenon called the Hush, and the desperate survivors turn to reckless experiments and depraved death cults to stay awake. As Katja you sneak past the cultists and their twisted experiments, with stealth and wits your only weapons, while psychedelic sequences, full-motion video and bending light blur what is real.
Content: violence, blood, drug use, strong language.

SLEEP AWAKE is a first-person psychedelic horror game from Blumhouse Games, led by Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) and Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails). In the last city on Earth, people who sleep disappear; as Katja you must stay awake, slip past death cults and their experiments, and solve the puzzles of a world coming apart. It is on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

About SLEEP AWAKE

SLEEP AWAKE is made by EYES OUT and published by Blumhouse Games, and came out on 2 December 2025. It is led by Cory Davis, director of Spec Ops: The Line, with sound and music by Robin Finck of Nine Inch Nails. The store calls it an immersive first-person psychedelic horror narrative that explores the realm between sleep and death.

The setting is the last known city on Earth. Those who fall asleep disappear in what people call the Hush, and nobody knows why. The survivors have split into dogmatic factions, each sure it has the one true way to stay awake, and their reckless experiments have warped the minds and bodies of the city's last citizens. You play Katja, who must stay awake, survive the devotees of these death cults and save the people she loves.

You have no weapons. The store says stealth and wits are your only tools: you keep out of sight of the cultists, avoid their experiments and solve the puzzles of a distorted reality. Between the dark streets and tenements the game breaks into dream-like sequences that mix hand-made environments, harsh colour, full-motion video and bending light, so it is often unclear what is real.

It suits players who like first-person psychological horror with a strong art direction and story, such as Observer or Karma: The Dark World, and stealth against human threats rather than combat. Players on Steam rate it Mostly Positive. The ESRB rates it Mature for blood, intense violence, strong language and drug use.

How to play SLEEP AWAKE

Buy SLEEP AWAKE on Steam, the PlayStation Store or the Xbox store and start the story as Katja.
Explore the city in first person and read what you find to learn about the Hush and the factions.
When cultists are near, stay out of their sight and move quietly; you have no weapon to fight them.
Solve the puzzles of the distorted places you reach to open the way forward.
Push through the psychedelic sequences, which carry the story between the city sections.

Screenshots

A gaunt figure in a white robe stands on broken boards in a dark alley lit by shafts of blue light

Pale, faceless humanoid figures in white fog, one holding out a bloody heart

Full-motion video close-up of a woman's face under a wet, veined membrane in red and blue light

Hiding behind a wall as a masked figure with a weapon walks down a smoky yellow-lit alley

A rainy city street with a Somnological Institute billboard and tangled cables overhead

Tips

Watch patrols before you move; stealth is your only defence, so patience saves more runs than speed.
Look for side routes and cover in the dark streets before stepping into lit areas.
The sound design by Robin Finck carries warnings and mood, so headphones help.
Try the free demo on Steam first to see whether the psychedelic style suits you.

Questions

Who made SLEEP AWAKE?

EYES OUT, led by Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) with Robin Finck of Nine Inch Nails, and published by Blumhouse Games.

What platforms is SLEEP AWAKE on?

PC on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. It came out on 2 December 2025.

Can you fight in SLEEP AWAKE?

No. The store says stealth and wits are your only weapons against the cults.

Is SLEEP AWAKE scary?

It is a psychological horror game with stalking cultists, body horror and disturbing psychedelic sequences. The ESRB rates it Mature for blood, intense violence, strong language and drug use.

Is there a demo?

Steam offers a free demo.