Dead Dreams

Tried playing a couple of times, but there is a game breaking bug at any point where there is dialogue and a subsequent change in scene where the game goes on without your input (you can hear the sounds), but the screen goes completely black.

Amazing pixel horror game. The scary atmosphere is great, both the RPG maker overworld and jump scare art look great and the story is very well thought out. It's a very narrative driven adventure, but the supporting puzzle gameplay is an enjoyable way of further progressing the narrative. It's a rather complicated story with lots of back and forths in time that might be difficult to understand at times, but that is ultimately also what makes it so good. I was recording my whole playthrough and whenever I did not understand certain developments, I'd just rewatch the recording and read all dialogue carefully, which absolutely helped me understand and appreciate how much effort was put into this story. The reason all the spooks are happening is pretty clever too, makes a whole lot of sense when you think about it. Only got 2 small gripes with the game: - Sound effects are way too LOUD and don't actually loop, so there is an odd few seconds of silence before it abruptly plays VERY LOUDLY again - The game auto-saves, so you can't re-do certain scenes or actions to get the different achievements attached to them and would have to play the entire game again to get every achievement. N…

This game does pixel horror very well! The animations and suspense factor are very good. The story pacing had me a little confused sometimes, but I think that's mainly because of the translation. Overall I think it's very much worth a playthrough for classic RPG Horror indie fans.

great game. great story. only downside is game kept crashing. I read the achievement guide and noticed apparently some are glitched? well for steamdeck I Got all without issues so I dunno

At first 30 minutes the gameplay and plot didn't gaved a huge impression, but the more you play - the more it sucks you in! A bit reminds me of "Moth Lake" There were some tense moments and cool looking monsters that killed me several times till I find out how to defeat them, puzzles were fun, for some I had to write it down to solve it LOL. Story seems interesting. To be honest - some of the dialogues make me think deeper, it touched relevant topics and let me see the human relationships from a different perspective. I like that.

Overall, I truly enjoyed it but not everything. I think the story is somewhat confusing - there are long notes that explain it, but I think a better job could've been done with show and not tell story-wise. Also the sci-ency angle is not my favorite, but I don't fault the game for it, just my opinion. Next, sometimes sound design is annoying and unbalanced. I like hearing footsteps when I walk, but if I increase the volume to hear them, the moment a scare happens my ears explode due to high and sudden volume change. Other than that, I recommend it for psychological horror game fans and silent hill enjoyers.