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Release date

October 21, 2025

Publisher

Inception Games

Between sleep and fear, you can’t move, only blink.

SleepWatch is a psychological VR horror experience inspired by real sleep paralysis. You are trapped in bed, suspended between dreaming and waking, while something lurks in your room. You can’t run. You can’t scream. You can only close your eyes to hide or stare back to survive.

Now featuring multiplayer with integrated voice chat and global online play.

Become the Sleeper, helpless and immobile, fighting to stay awake as fear rises with every sound in the dark. Or become the Observer, watching from the shadows, triggering whispers, disturbances, and unseen horrors to push the Sleeper closer to panic.

Play with friends or strangers from around the world. With built-in voice chat (optional and can be disabled), every breath and nervous reaction becomes part of the nightmare.

Every session is unpredictable. Every reaction is real.

Climb the global Longest Awake leaderboard and prove how long you can resist the dark.

Features:

  • Psychological VR horror inspired by real sleep paralysis
  • Singleplayer and multiplayer modes (Sleeper & Observer)
  • Global online play with friends or strangers
  • Integrated voice chat (optional)
  • Minimal controls — only gaze and blinks
  • Randomized events and dynamic sound design

How long can you stay awake?

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Ratings & reviews

3.95

17 ratings

Oculus rating

Updates

1.31.3

July 30, 2026

A new Atmospheric Filter option has been added to the settings. The filter keeps the original muted, grey visual style of SleepWatch. Players who prefer stronger contrast and deeper blacks can now turn it off. Thanks for the feedback!

Survival Tutorial!

March 23, 2026

I’ve improved the in-game tutorial to make the core survival rule clearer before each match starts. New players should now understand faster when to close their eyes and when to keep watching the ghost.

Player reviews

Vy3R

October 25, 2025

5/5

Really fun. Terrifying but fun!

My wife got scared just from the sounds coming out of the headset. One of my friends threw off the VR headset in the first minute. As for me, I really loved the atmosphere, the sound design, and the truly terrifying vibe — plus the challenge level and overall quality are great. Highly recommended!

6 found this helpful

mr__t

October 23, 2025

5/5

Never sleep in dark again

It really gives back the feeling of helplessness while certain moments can make you wet your pants.

3 found this helpful

Schwachi73

November 1, 2025

5/5

Funny little experience

Great Experince. Only thing you have to do is lay in your bed and choose to close your eyes or keep them opened. That's all. But makes this so very special. It just feels real. Biggest Immersion I've ever had.

2 found this helpful

midnight27123

March 5, 2026

4/5

Sleepwatch

This game is scary I love it the atmosphere is creepy One thing Anthony party need to be fixed it's a jump scare when she pops up in just his go figure this goes in your face and shakes and screams she'll be something more terrifying I mutated woman or witch or something and she should jump scare you from different angles of the bed like on the side or in front of you or behind you or where is she appears at That's what she should scare you at either than that the game is good that just need to be changed the whole gold ghost shaking in your face it kind of ruins experience a little bit for me but it's good you can change that and make it more it's terrifying this would be something

1 found this helpful

JustMirage001

March 21, 2026

4/5

Dev seems very active and nice

Had a few complaints and seems like the guy is already either fixing them or explained them, hyped to see where the game goes

1 found this helpful

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