Motion sickness shouldn't cost you the games you love.
Subtle on-screen anchors steady your vision while you play: a soft vignette, a focus dot, a level horizon.
The overlay, re-created live in your browser. Try toggling elements while the scene rolls. In the app, every size, color and opacity is configurable per element, and hotkeys do all of this in game.
Your eyes say you're moving. Your inner ear disagrees.
The conflict
A racing camera, a rolling flight deck, a sprinting first-person view. Your screen insists you're in motion while your body sits still. That sensory disagreement is the same one sailors, pilots and passengers have dealt with for a century.
The toll
Nausea, dizziness, cold sweat, headache. For many players it means shorter sessions, easier camera settings, or skipping entire genres. The games are fine. The mismatch is the problem.
The classic fixes
Look at the horizon. Fix your gaze on a stable point. Darken the edges of your view. Take breaks. These habits work because they give your brain the stability the screen takes away. Motion Steady brings them to every game you own.
Three steps, then forget it's there
Motion Steady is built to disappear: a quiet tray app that only shows up when a bound game does.
Install once
A per-user install, no admin rights needed. It lives in your tray and can start with Windows, overlay active, out of your way.
Bind your games
Pick a game's executable and a comfort profile. From then on, Motion Steady notices when that game is in front and switches to its settings automatically.
Play, tune, rest
Global hotkeys adjust comfort mid-game. A gentle banner reminds you to rest on a schedule you set. Your stats stay on your machine.
Six anchors, each one optional
Faint by design: enough for your brain, invisible to your aim. Turn on what helps, tune the rest away.
Vignette
Gentle edge darkening, the classic sailors' trick for visual stability. Tune the strength, radius and color, and boost it mid-game with a hotkey when a scene gets rough.
Focus dot
A fixed point your eyes can lock onto while the camera moves.
Horizon bar
A level reference line, even when the camera rolls.
Crosshair
An extra center reference, handy in games without one.
Virtual nose
A soft blurred shape at the bottom edge, standing in for the nose your brain expects to see.
Screen frame
A quiet border that marks where the screen ends and the room begins.
Every element has full parameter control, with a live preview in the app. Save the combinations you like as profiles and switch them per game.
Built for real play sessions
Comfort settings only matter if they're there when you need them, without breaking your flow.
Global hotkeys, rebindable in settings. They work from inside any game.
Automatic
Bind a game once. When it's in front, its profile takes over, on the right monitor. Close it and your default returns.
The watcher only asks Windows which window is in front. No injection, no hooks, no reading game memory.
Elements render only on the monitor the game is on. Your other screens stay clean.
Healthy habits
After a stretch of playtime you choose, a gentle banner suggests a rest. Rest is the strongest motion-sickness remedy there is.
Today, this week, all time, per game, with session history. Stored locally, never uploaded, one click to clear.
Yours to control
Sits in your tray and uses about 0% CPU while idle. Autostart is one toggle.
Steps aside while the Steam overlay is open, and runs fine without Steam too.
Privacy & safety
Never injects. Never hooks. Never reads game memory.
Anti-cheat safe by design. Motion Steady needs less access to your system than Task Manager does.
THE WINDOW
The overlay is an ordinary always-on-top window drawn by the Windows compositor. Games never see it, because it never touches them.
THE ACCESS
Game detection asks Windows one question: which window is in front? The same read-only access Task Manager uses to show a process name.
THE DATA
No accounts. No telemetry. No network use. Your settings and playtime history stay on your machine.
THE RESET
Clear your entire session history with one click in Stats, or delete the two local files and start fresh.
$3.99 at the full 1.0 release. Join during Early Access and keep the app plus every future update.
- Buy once, keep it forever
- Free updates through 1.0 and beyond
- Refunds follow Steam's standard policy
Price shown in USD. Regional pricing is set by Steam.
Early Access
Everything works today
- Six comfort elements with full parameter control and a live preview
- Per-game profiles with automatic switching
- Break reminders on a configurable schedule
- Playtime stats: today, week, all time, per game, session history (local only)
- Global hotkeys for instant in-game control
- Multi-monitor aware, Steam overlay friendly
- Tray app with optional start-with-Windows
Under consideration, with the community
- Additional comfort elements and per-element presets
- Per-genre starter profiles for racing, FPS and flight
- Optional Steam achievements
- Steam Cloud sync for profiles and settings
- Localized interface and store copy
None of these are promises. Early Access runs roughly four to six months, with a 1.0 target in the first half of 2027, and it is how we learn which of them actually matter. Every update ships with full patch notes in the community hub.
Runs on modest hardware
The overlay is a lightweight window, not a graphics layer.
OS
Windows 10 (1809+) or 11, 64-bit
The overlay relies on the modern Windows compositor.
Processor
Any modern x64 CPU
Game detection is a light poll, not a scan.
Memory
About 150 MB RAM
Most of it is the settings window you rarely open.
Storage
50 MB
The app, its settings and your local history.
Runtime
WebView2, included
Built into Windows 10 and 11; the installer adds it if missing.
Display
Games must run borderless or windowed
Exclusive fullscreen bypasses the Windows compositor, where the overlay lives. Most modern games default to borderless anyway.
Questions, answered
Which games does it work with?
Any PC game that runs in borderless or windowed mode, which covers most modern titles. Exclusive fullscreen bypasses the Windows compositor, where the overlay lives. If a game is set to exclusive fullscreen, switch it to borderless in its display settings and the overlay will appear.
Is it safe with anti-cheat?
Yes, by design. Motion Steady never injects code, never hooks and never reads game memory. It is an ordinary always-on-top window, and its game detection asks Windows which window is in front, the same read-only access Task Manager uses for a process name.
As with any software, you should still follow each game's own rules.
Will it hurt my framerate?
The app idles at around 0% CPU in the tray, and the overlay is a single lightweight window drawn by Windows. It is built to stay out of the way, on machines modest enough that the games themselves are the workload.
Does the Steam overlay still work?
Yes. Motion Steady steps aside while the Steam overlay is open, and it runs fine without Steam too. If you buy it on Steam, Steamworks integration is included; the standalone build simply skips it.
Is this a medical device?
No. Motion Steady is a comfort tool, not a medical device or treatment. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. If motion sickness is severe or persistent, consult a healthcare professional.
Where does my data go?
Nowhere. There are no accounts, no telemetry and no network use. Your settings live in a local config file and your playtime history in a local database, both on your machine. One click in Stats clears the history.
What does it cost?
$3.99 during Early Access, then $4.99 at the full 1.0 release. Buying once during Early Access keeps the app and all future updates at no extra cost.
What about macOS or Linux?
Windows only for now. Other platforms are not announced.
Can I get a refund?
Purchases on Steam follow Valve's standard refund policy: request a refund within 14 days of purchase, with under two hours of use.
Wishlist now. Play longer.
Be there when Motion Steady launches into Early Access on Steam.
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