The entire Bible as open-world games
“Come, see the place where He lay.”
Matthew 28:6
The Linchpin
Believing says it’s true. Trusting stakes your life on it.
“You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.”James 2:19
Agreeing isn’t the same as trusting.
“The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”John 6:29
Everything in this series hangs on one morning outside Jerusalem.
Jesus told Peter, “before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” (Matthew 26:34) Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” “And all the other disciples said the same thing.” (Matthew 26:35)
Hours later, “everyone deserted Him and fled.” (Mark 14:50)
Weeks later, in the same city, the same men stood before the council that had condemned Jesus and said: “For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:20)
What changed them? They said they had seen Him alive.
“And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.”
1 Corinthians 15:17
That’s why Eyewitness builds toward Easter 2033, 2,000 years after the empty tomb. Come and weigh the evidence with us.
Watch a Gospel PointGame One
The four Gospels, merged into one open world in Unreal Engine 5. Four accounts of the same events, read side by side the way a historian would read them. Walk the roads of Galilee and the streets of Jerusalem beside the people who were there, and hear every word exactly as scripture records it.
Every road in Eyewitness leads to one morning outside Jerusalem.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John woven into one continuous story, so you can see what each witness saw.
Every named character speaks only scripture, word for word, from the Berean Standard Bible. Nothing added to their lips.
Not a retelling from a distance. You live the Gospels through the eyes of the people who saw them happen.
The land of the Gospels rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5: its towns, its roads, its sea and its hills.
Every build happens on stream. Watch the game take shape from the first block-out to the final chapter.
We use AI tools and we say so. Concept art is labeled, and the process is shown live, never hidden.
January 2027
Wishlist on Steam
The Eyewitness Steam page opens.
WishlistChristmas 2027
Chapter One: The Word Became Flesh
The first chapter of Eyewitness, free to play.
FreeEarly 2028
Worldwide Premiere
A worldwide premiere event for Eyewitness.
Premiere2028–2032
Built Live
The rest of the four Gospels, built live on stream.
LiveFebruary 2033
Steam Next Fest
Eyewitness’s one Next Fest, the last before launch.
Next FestEaster 2033
The complete Eyewitness, 2,000 years after the Resurrection
All four Gospels as one open world, from the manger to the empty tomb.
Full release2033–2034
PlayStation and Xbox
Eyewitness comes to consoles.
Consoles2034
Game Two: Ends of the Earth
The book of Acts begins.
NextThe Series
Dead Sea Origins is the entire Bible as a series of open-world games, lived through the eyes of the people who were there. We start with the Gospels because the rest of the story stands or falls on what happened at the tomb. Then the rest of the New Testament, as the witnesses carry it outward. Then the Old Testament, from the beginning, read in the light of that morning.
Matthew · Mark · Luke · John
The four Gospels as one open world. Chapter One is free at Christmas 2027; the complete game arrives at Easter 2033.
Explore EyewitnessActs
The story moves outward from Jerusalem. The same men who fled now speak openly about what they saw, whatever it costs them.
After Acts, the rest of the New Testament, then the Old Testament from Genesis on, each one lived by the people who were there.
Follow the whole seriesConcept Art
Early concept art from the world of Eyewitness. All of it is subject to change.
4K wallpaper pack · coming soon
Devlog
Every session, the scripture it covers and the replay of the stream where it was built.
We opened Qumran Studios live: a faith store that helps fund the build, on Paul's model. Plus the brand kit, the eight-milestone road and the Build Fund page.
Steam Next Fest moves to launch in February 2033, the Holy Place's 319 actors check out, every text we draw on gets a label, and Gabriel's C++ pawn is next.
The red Lumen line is gone, the arrival announces itself, the Nicanor Gate's frame goes up, Gabriel needs a slow mode to land, and we set our dates: Steam Coming Soon by January 31, 2027.
Live
Watching us build it? You’re an eyewitness too.
The Eyewitness List
Join free and be part of the story from the first day of the build.
The Steam page is coming soon. Join the list and we’ll tell you the day you can wishlist.
Support the Series
Dead Sea Origins is made by a small studio, in public. Every wishlist, share and backer moves the next chapter closer. Right now, Dead Sea Origins is funded entirely by its founder. Backing opens in January 2027, and every dollar is on the record in the Build Fund.
Free
Crowdfunding
Back Chapter One in our crowdfunding campaign. Join the list to hear the day it launches.
Merch
Wear the Rolled Stone. Faith apparel and goods from Qumran Studios; the store opens soon, and its revenue goes into the Build Fund.
Shop
Faith apparel and goods from Qumran Studios. The store opens soon, and Founding Eyewitnesses get first access.
Store revenue goes into the Build Fund. The designs are still in the works: everything shown here is a placeholder, subject to change.
Merch
Merch
Merch
Press kit
Everything you need to cover Dead Sea Origins. Questions or interview requests: hello@deadseaorigins.com, or use the contact form.
Dead Sea Origins is the entire Bible as a series of open-world games, lived through the eyes of the people who were there. Developed by Qumran Studios, the series is built around the Resurrection, the claim the whole story stands or falls on, and it starts with Christ: Game One, Eyewitness, merges the four Gospels into a single open world built in Unreal Engine 5, where every named character speaks only scripture, word for word, from the Berean Standard Bible. Chapter One, The Word Became Flesh, is free at Christmas 2027, with a worldwide premiere in early 2028 and the complete game at Easter 2033, 2,000 years after the Resurrection. Game Two, Ends of the Earth, based on Acts, begins in 2034. The series is built in public, live on stream, with its use of AI shown in the open.
Key art is AI-assisted concept art and is not in-game footage. Please label it that way when you publish it.
The Studio
Qumran Studios is named for the caves above the Dead Sea where some of the oldest known copies of scripture lay hidden for two thousand years. We make the Bible into worlds you can walk through, with every word kept exactly as it was written, and we build them in the open, live, for anyone to watch.
Our mission: stand people at the empty tomb, among the people who were there, and let them weigh the evidence for themselves.
