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Does the Burning Gaze spell count as a gaze attack for the purposes of being able to penetrate a Wall of Force? Or is it only the monster special attack and not spells that can penetrate a Wall of Force? What about Eyebite? Just not sure how this works. Thanks.
Officially, by RAW, neither spell gives you an actual gaze attack, so they would be blocked by the Wall of Force as normal. However, I believe most GMs would recognize that they are similar enough to gaze attacks that they'd probably allow it.
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Because tue wall is transparent, if an effect hurts you simply by you seeing something, the wall doesn't block it.
If blindfolding yourself or closing your eyes prevents that 'gaze' attack, then the wall doesn't block it. If you have the kind of 'gaze' that is like a blast of energy, then the wall stops it.
Not really a FAQ needed whoever clicked that, surprised the OP missed these, unless there's a FAQ/errata/Devpost I'm unaware of the answers all seem to be self contained in the rules text of what's being discussed...
Does the Burning Gaze spell count as a gaze attack for the purposes of being able to penetrate a Wall of Force?
Contained within the spells own text, quoting from the PRD entry of Burning Gaze... "...Note that this spell does not grant an actual gaze attack..." ... it doesn't count as a gaze attack, as the specific game term, really for any purpose. Despite targeting you during the casting and having the term gaze in it's name, the devs/writers explicitly had the spell text call itself out as still a spell effect and not invoking the gaze attack rules.
Which brings us to...
Or is it only the monster special attack and not spells that can penetrate a Wall of Force?
Again quoting from the spell in question's very own text, Wall of Force this time, PRD as source again... "... spells cannot pass through a wall of force in either direction..." ... not seeing a ton of ambiguity. Only the monster attack, because of it's specific note later in the spell text, gets a pass. Plus the other few tricks quasi-around it mentioned specifically in the rules.
What about Eyebite?
See above bolded part.