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With Eyes Closed - Season 1 is a single player simulation game with romance, thriller, violence and erotic themes. It was developed by Ker and was released on August 16, 2024. It received positive reviews from players.

With Eyes Closed - Season 1 is a Visual Novel style game focused on storytelling, realistic characters, a branching narrative with numerous choices, and, of course, exceptional visual quality.

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84%

Audience ScoreBased on 105 reviews

story56 positive mentions

replayability3 negative mentions

Engaging and intriguing story with meaningful choices that significantly affect the narrative and character relationships.
High-quality visuals featuring detailed, realistic character models and smooth animations, especially during adult scenes.
Strong replayability supported by branching storylines and a choice summary diagram after each chapter, encouraging multiple playthroughs.

Season 1 is short with limited adult content and an abrupt cliffhanger ending, leaving many story threads unresolved.
Some dialogue and writing suffer from awkward phrasing and translation issues that disrupt immersion.
World-building and setting have inconsistencies and lack depth, which can break immersion and reduce believability.

story
142 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is widely praised for its intriguing, branching narrative full of meaningful player choices that significantly impact outcomes, blending suspense, mystery, and adult content in a balanced way. While some find the dialogue occasionally stilted or the pacing slow early on, most appreciate the immersive world, complex characters, and suspenseful thriller plot that drives engagement and replayability. The story's cliffhanger ending and rich character interactions have players eagerly anticipating the continuation in future seasons.
- “With Eyes Closed - Season 1 is a captivating adult visual novel that truly sets itself apart with a masterfully crafted narrative and striking visual aesthetics that bring its characters and storyline to life. The game’s thrilling plot engages players from the outset, spinning a web of intrigue that keeps you on the edge of your seat while immersing you in a world filled with complex characters whose realistic portrayals make it easy to form emotional connections.”
- “The story has an unusual setting, a meaningful progression, and crucial plot twists based on the player's choices. It’s got an intriguing story with striking characters who are entirely unalike, providing a unique experience for players seeking engaging storytelling.”
- “The game centers around a mysterious kidnapping and survival in a city full of convicts, with a gripping and intricate storyline. The branching narrative features choices that significantly impact the outcome and provide multiple endings, delivering high engagement and replayability with deep narrative depth delving into survival, trust, and betrayal.”
- “The story is boring and has very childish dialogue.”
- “The story is kind of ok, I guess... some kind of escape from LA x Running Man thing... but the main character is forced into being an idiot or moron and never given agency to make different, more logical choices or any ability to free roam.”
- “The base story is really unbelievable, as it is presented as something like getting into the Warsaw Ghetto, while there is plenty of normalcy and luxury shown in the renders, plus all the nonsense and loose ends that it creates that are never addressed.”
graphics
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics receive high praise for their detailed character models, smooth animations, and overall high-definition quality that enhance immersion, particularly in erotic and story-driven scenes. While character visuals are consistently lauded as stunning and among the best in the genre, some users find the backgrounds and environments somewhat flat or lifeless, suggesting room for improvement. Overall, the visuals significantly contribute to the game's appeal and replay value.
- “Stunning visuals: the character models and animations are some of the best in the genre, with impressive detail.”
- “With Eyes Closed - Season 1 is a captivating adult visual novel that truly sets itself apart with a masterfully crafted narrative and striking visual aesthetics that bring its characters and storyline to life.”
- “The game showcases high-definition visuals with smooth animations, detailed character models, and immersive erotic scenes.”
- “As I mentioned, the graphics and animations for this AVN are well done.”
- “It got my attention since it was a mystery with interesting characters plus some well done graphics.”
gameplay
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay primarily involves reading dialogue and making impactful choices that shape a branching narrative, offering a rich and engaging visual novel experience. However, it features limited interactivity typical of the genre and a relatively short playtime of 4-7 hours, which may leave some storylines feeling abrupt or unresolved.
- “Like most visual novels, gameplay revolves around reading dialogue, making decisions, and watching scenes unfold, but with Eyes Closed emphasizes the weight of choice more strongly than many titles in the genre.”
- “The gameplay focuses on impactful choices that shape a branching narrative with various outcomes.”
- “It stands out in the genre for its intricate storytelling and engaging gameplay.”
- “With around 4-7 hours of gameplay, season 1 ends abruptly, leaving a lot of questions unanswered.”
- “As with most visual novels, the gameplay is limited to reading and clicking, so if you're looking for more interactive elements, this won’t be it.”
- “Gameplay revolves around reading dialogue, making decisions, and watching scenes unfold, but offers limited interactive gameplay beyond that.”
replayability
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game offers high replayability through its branching narrative and multiple outcomes, encouraging players to explore different paths and endings. The inclusion of a gallery system allows easy access to unlocked content without full replays, enhancing overall engagement and replay value.
- “You'll have to play through the game several times to see all the scenes with all the girls, enhancing replayability.”
- “The branching narrative ensures that every choice you make feels significant, offering myriad potential paths and outcomes that add layers of replayability to the experience.”
- “You'll have to play through the game several times to see all the scenes with all the girls.”
- “The inclusion of a gallery system encourages replayability, allowing players to revisit unlocked content without replaying the entire story.”
- “High replay value: the branching storylines and multiple outcomes encourage replayability to explore different paths and endings.”
music
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game effectively enhances the emotional and psychological atmosphere through varied background tracks and ambient sound effects, contributing significantly to key scenes. However, some users found the soundtrack lacking or flat, though sound effects during intimate moments were appreciated for adding immersion. Overall, the audio design plays an important role despite mixed opinions on the music quality.
- “Background music shifts appropriately between tense, reflective, and emotionally charged moments, while ambient sound effects help ground scenes in their environments.”
- “Although the game does not rely heavily on voice acting, the soundtrack and environmental audio cues do much of the work in shaping emotional beats.”
- “The interplay between silence and music during key scenes contributes significantly to the psychological tone, reinforcing moments of doubt or revelation.”
- “The soundtrack is a flat 0/10.”
- “[td] music, sound effects (moans and groans).”
- “Background music and sex sound effects.”
emotional
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game effectively creates a tense and emotionally charged atmosphere through its soundtrack and ambient sounds, enhancing the story's themes of paranoia and uncertainty. Intimate and character-driven scenes are well-integrated, fostering strong emotional connections with layered characters and impactful decision-making. While the thrilling, mystery-laden plot engages players from the start, pacing issues like a one-second render delay may detract from the overall emotional immersion.
- “This immediate plunge into confusion and danger sets a tense tone that persists throughout the experience, anchoring the story in paranoia, uncertainty, and emotional volatility.”
- “For players who enjoy mystery-laden visual novels with emotional stakes, layered characters, and impactful decision-making, it offers a tense and engaging first act that leaves lingering questions and anticipation for what follows.”
- “The game's thrilling plot engages players from the outset, spinning a web of intrigue that keeps you on the edge of your seat while immersing you in a world filled with complex characters whose realistic portrayals make it easy to form emotional connections.”
- “Worse, there is a built-in one second delay between each render, so getting such a boring story is that more painful.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its strong, suspenseful tone that keeps players engaged and uncertain of whom to trust. Enhanced by immersive audio design, the overall ambiance significantly contributes to the captivating experience.
- “One of the strongest aspects of the game is its atmosphere.”
- “Audio design further enhances the atmosphere.”
- “Suspenseful atmosphere: the mystery keeps you hooked, always second-guessing who you can trust.”
character development
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Character development is visually impressive, featuring a gorgeous cast with highly appealing designs and stunning animations. The high-resolution visuals enhance the overall presentation, making the characters and environments look top-tier for a visual novel.
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game is well-optimized, delivering smooth performance with stable frame rates and clean, responsive menus, and no major technical issues have been reported.
- “Technically, the Steam release runs smoothly, with clean menus and stable performance.”
- “Runs smoothly with no major technical issues reported.”

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With Eyes Closed - Season 1 is a simulation game with romance, thriller, violence and erotic themes.

With Eyes Closed - Season 1 is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 7 hours playing With Eyes Closed - Season 1.

With Eyes Closed - Season 1 was released on August 16, 2024.

With Eyes Closed - Season 1 was developed by Ker.

With Eyes Closed - Season 1 has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked With Eyes Closed - Season 1 for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

With Eyes Closed - Season 1 is a single player game.

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