Gothenburg, Sweden - August 12th, 2025 - SOS (Sad Owl Studios) and Thunderful are delighted to announce that their award-winning first-person puzzle adventure, Viewfinder, is available now on Xbox Series X|S. With this new release, Xbox players can dive into a mind-bending experience that has been nominated for, and won, multiple awards at The Game Awards, The Golden Joysticks, the IndieCade Festival, The Scottish Game Awards and more.
Critics on Viewfinder:
“One of the best puzzle games you can play today” - 9/10, Gamespot
“Deserving game of the year contender” - 5/5, GamesRadar+
“Puzzle game heaven” - Polygon
Viewfinder’s new Xbox reveal trailer shows how the game lets you reshape reality while solving puzzling conundrums. Take photos, find paintings and sketches, then place them in the world to have them become a fabric of its reality, reshaping the environment around you. This unique mechanic delights in the way it plays with perception, evolving in surprising directions that keep players challenged with every new puzzle they encounter.
Along with the game’s engaging puzzles, Viewfinder welcomes you into a vibrant landscape with mysterious origins. Uncover the game’s secrets to find yourself unravelling a story that connects to our ever changing world, human experience and relationships, meaningful and misguided passion for change, and overcoming loss.
Viewfinder
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X: https://www.twitter.com/playViewfinder
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Website: https://www.sos.games/viewfinder
SOS
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Thunderful
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About SOS (Sad Owl Studios)
SOS, or Sad Owl Studios Limited, is a Scottish game development studio registered in the United Kingdom, with a love of making visually and intellectually challenging games. Viewfinder is its debut game as a studio. Founded in 2021, the team is a mix of seasoned and first-time developers across the globe.
About Thunderful
Founded in 2017, Thunderful is a video game publisher headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Thunderful offers third-party publishing, co-development services and publishing support services. The company has published and/or developed award-winning and critically acclaimed titles such as the SteamWorld IP, Planet of Lana, Viewfinder, LEGO® Bricktales, Lost In Random and more.
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