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Watch trailer on Steam ↗Purple Eye
Cheo · Published by Cheo
Content notice: The current version of the game contains a "Foreword" section which showcases the following mature content : suicide, euthanasia, abortion, beheading, blood and gore, torture, fear, nudity and female genitals, sex, drug use, Nazi speech and imagery. This is in order to tick several checkboxes in Steam's mature content form so that an updated version of this demo may be allowed to include new content of this kind - this description will then be updated to reflect these changes. The rest of the game only contains partial nudity without genitals, and limited graphic violence - apart from one examinable cadaver, blood effects are small and not realistic.
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Time travel from the 2020 US to Edo Japan in this action-adventure game modernizing Tank Controls from 90's horror games. It's gonna be weird, political and bloody !
Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access · More free games
Step into Cheo's Purple Eye, where you navigate through time and danger, controlling a character who must survive in Edo Japan while grappling with modern politics. Experience unique tank-style movements inspired by classic games, all set against a backdrop of weird and bloody adventures.
About this game
2020 - AN ALIEN FAR EAST IS ABOUT TO INVADE OUR TIMELINE.
Purple-eyed and red-haired, carefree and amnesiac, Ethel Montgomery has got to be the least discrete spy in the world. Yet her unique supernatural vision powers made her the agent of choice for the Federal Bureau of Time, which assigned her its most crucial and perilous mission : unmasking the mole inside her team about to sell her entire timeline to an alternate Japanese Empire even more tyrannical than the one we have known.
- Modernized tank controls ! Don't know what that is ? It's the control scheme used by old survival horror games like Resident Evil, which do not take into account the camera's orientation but rather the player character's own. It still takes some time to get used to it if you haven't played that kind of game, but once you do you'll be able to enjoy a combination of old-school exploration and cinematographic action sequences !
- Explore a variety of environments through time and space, from today's Texan cities to the battle of Sekigahara or Kowloon Walled city.
- An unabashedly political and pro free speech story - from religion to abortion and war crimes, no subject is controversial enough to break Ethel's cool !
- Long Tarantino-like dialogues with a few Telltale-like moral dilemmas.
- A dense, linear and carefully paced adventure that respects your personal time, planned to be 10 hours long top, with no needless fillers.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2000
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 950
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 12 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i7-12000
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3080
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 12 GB available space
- Additional Notes: I'm really just making this up and trying to evaluate with my own config, accurate requirements will only be added after some feedback, for now just know that a good computer will be necessary to enjoy a 60+ framerate.
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AnnouncementsOfficial
Purple Eye released on One Drive, Steam release indefinitely postponed
Hello everyone, sorry for not making this announcement earlier, because of issues related to mature content Steam refused yet again to allow Purple Eye an early access release. As such, I decided to postpone the Steam release for an undetermined period of time, and to instead share it in a more "simple" way, with a One Drive link. https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApXgOyPTRjcohah1icbYMefQ5KSsJA?e=crVM4L Please know that this downloadable archive weighs 4GB, while the uncompressed folder is 11 GB. In addition, keep in mind that the current game is obviously unfinished and unpolished, and at times feels a bit like what we call in French a "nanar", basically a game so bad and weird it's good ! Also, it is quite demanding, you'll need a good pc to run it with correct settings, however a "Fast" quality option can really help make a difference at the obvious cost of graphic quality. If you want to follow the progress of this project, here are the YouTube channel and the Discord server Discord server ! You can also support me on Ko-Fi, any donation will be much appreciated. Thanks for your understanding, and for those of you who will take the time to download and try the game, I hope you'll enjoy it despite its flaws, and don't hesitate to share what you thought of it ! CheoRead full article on Community Announcements (Cheo)AnnouncementsOfficial
Release delated to late August
Hello, I'm sorry to announce that Purple Eye's release has once more been delayed - it was initially supposed to be released tomorrow, but the build verification was once again a failure, partly because of a folder mistake from my part and because of mature content. As gradually adding new type of mature content may be an issue, I will create a new scene that will contain ALL type of mature content the final game is meant to contain, including things like torture and rape, so that Steam will acknowledge and agree to the presence of each. I requested that the release date be delayed to the 30th of August to be safe. Please accept my apologies, I'll make sure that this is the very last delay and that the first release will not disappoint ! CheoRead full article on Community Announcements (Cheo)
