Dream
HyperSloth · 2015 · Indie, Adventure, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Atmospheric
PC
Mixed56% · 87959Metacritic
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About Dream
Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful. Adventure through these abstract worlds, solve their challenges and discover their secrets in search of the key to Howard’s future.
The different worlds that make up Howard’s dreams can be strange, beautiful or even chilling. They’re filled with puzzles, collectibles and surprises. Snow-covered deserts, endless twisted stairways, haunting nightmares and much more await you.
With non-linear narrative and gameplay you can explore at will and see the story progress according to your choices. Multiple possible endings mean the decisions you make and the dreams you experience will influence how Howard’s future plays out.
The worlds of Howard’s dreams are accompanied by an enchanting original soundtrack from composer Norman Legies. The Dream OST is available to purchase along with the game.
Dream was created by HyperSloth, a team of three students from the University of Huddersfield whose mission is to create unique games suitable for a wide audience and to a high standard. Dream is their first major release.
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Promised a dreamlike experience but delivered a dull and boring adventure graphics are poor and controls frustrating not worth the time and definitely a disappointment.3 found this helpful
Poop from a butt1 found this helpful
Seems neat but it's absolutely nauseating to navigate, left me with vertigo after five minutes.
Character movement is atrocious.... not worth the time to play it.
I liked it. I was looking for a game where I could spend some hours not thinking about anything else and this one did the trick. Even when the reviews where not so good I enjoyed it. It`s true that the controlers are a bit wonky and it can get slow from time to time, but I liked the story and the pace and sceneries. I would recommend passing this one with a guide as I think going at it alone can get quite jarring.
Stopped playing because the buttons in the conveyor belt puzzle in Act 3 just don't work. Apparently that is a bug that has been discussed as far back as 2014 in the Steam discussion forums. It's not the first bug I encountered either - not counting the random crashes. You can accidentially block the trapdoor in nightmare #1 for example, if you stand on top of it while interacting with it, making it impossible to finish that dream because the trapdoor doesn't open wide enough for you to fit through. This means you have to replay the entire thing, which involves listening to several minutes of whiny monologues read by a disinterested voice actor, while you have to stand next to a telephone doing nothing but watching the minutes of your life go by. I'm sorry to say that a lot of the game is pretty poorly designed. After about 5 hours I'm done giving it any more of my time and I think by now I have given it more than a fair chance. It's often unintuitive, the puzzles often poorly designed, it crashes occasionally, some of the puzzles are apparently bugged and can end up unsolvable. You were supposed to get a Vinyl record for the rollercoaster level, but that doesn't work either.…
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