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Don't Blink

First-person psychological horror game. Navigate an abandoned asylum where blinking reshapes your surroundings - sometimes helping you, sometimes unleashing terror. The game blends slow-burn tension, stealth…

30 January 2026

Don't Blink is an adventure developed by Galus, released 30 January 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Don't Blink is

Don't Blink is an adventure game developed by Galus and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are trapped inside an abandoned asylum as the latest experiment of a mad scientist - Dr. Otto Reikmann. He has implanted you with a neurological device that injects chemicals into your brain every time you blink causing hallucinations and slowly driving you into madness. Dr. Reikmann watches your descent through surveillance cameras, constantly taunting you over the PA system. When you attempt to escape, he dispatches his wicked assistant to hunt you down and capture you. Throughout the asylum you find previous victims that have already gone mad and left notes with survival strategies. Follow the notes and you will make it out alive. Every blink triggers dynamic events throughout the…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Don't Blink launched on 30 January 2026, within three weeks of Reanimal, Hytale, Cairn and Mewgenics.

Released around the same time: Reanimal, Hytale, Cairn, Mewgenics.

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When did Don't Blink come out?
Don't Blink was released on 30 January 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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