Viewfinder review – the magic of stepping into a picture

Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful; PS5, PC (version played)
What if the photos you took became real? Viewfinder hands you a camera and lets you reshape the world

Hold up a photo of a room. Let go. The room has popped into existence in front of you, a fully 3D space to walk into and explore. Playing Viewfinder for the first time feels like magic, and it's a trick that never gets old.

Soon you discover it's not just photos that can be conjured into solid existence: pictures can, too. Hold up a child's drawing of a house, then open the crudely drawn front door to see what's inside. Hold up a watercolour painting and step into the paint-washed landscape. Then the game reveals its superpower. Here's a Polaroid camera. Take a photo of anything. Reshape the world as you see fit.