Ideal Nightmare

Ideal Nightmare

Flying Penguin Productions · November 23, 2022 · Stealth, Exploration, Shooter, Action-Adventure, 2D

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Ideal Nightmare price by region

Ideal Nightmare costs £5.89 in the United Kingdom, €6.89 in Europe (EUR), $6.99 in the United States, $6.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$8.99 in Canada, A$10.25 in Australia, NZ$10.49 in New Zealand, R$23.50 in Brazil and zł31.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Ideal Nightmare offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £5.89 £5.89 — 1
Europe (EUR) €6.89 €6.89 — 1
United Statesyour region $6.99 $6.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $6.99 $6.99 — 1
Canada CA$8.99 CA$8.99 — 1
Australia A$10.25 A$10.25 — 1
New Zealand NZ$10.49 NZ$10.49 — 1
Brazil R$23.50 R$23.50 — 1
Poland zł31.99 zł31.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Ideal Nightmare

Ideal Nightmare is a tactical light/sound-based stealth game which features:


  • Customizable weapons to fit your playstyle
  • Explore various locales in an alternative WW1 history, where London has been taken over by blood cultists
  • Know if an enemy is nearby by the sound of their footsteps and breathing
  • Tension between lighting your way and not giving out your position

Ideal Nightmare — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Ideal Nightmare has an appealing art style and story with a roguelike design that rewards learning enemy patterns through repeated runs, though players find the arrow key controls clunky and wish for rebinding options, with the mobile-style HUD occasionally unclear about important information. The game seems designed around failure and progression rather than immediate success, which some appreciate as a Dark Souls-like experience while others feel the control scheme and presentation could be better suited to its mobile game aesthetic.

Not recommended Feb 21, 2023
poo poo garbage.....👎👎💩💩
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Not recommended Mar 11, 2024
The game would be better for mobile. Movement with the arrow keys feels clumsy. Other keybindings cannot be changed either. The game's story and art style are good. The game reminds me of Flash games.
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Recommended Mar 8, 2024
This is a tentative recommend: From what I've played at the time of writing, this seems like the kind of game that designed for you to fail upwards, think kinda Dark Souls-ish. You make it as far as you can, you die, and repeat until you learn where all the enemies path to and where you go to get the good loot. I have yet to find a gun, or any weapon, but I've found like 30 bullets in one run. The controls are unusual and the HUD looks like it's from a mobile game, but neither of these things make the game inherently bad. You get used to the controls and the HUD is almost acceptably wonky. My big issue with the HUD is that it doesn't look super obvious when it's trying to tell you something. Since the bottom three icons are always there, it makes it a little confusing. It's little things like when you crouch the arrow points one way and when you stand up it points the other way: IMO this would work better if the indicator only pops up on your screen [i]while[/i] you're crouched. It's less confusing and less intrusive that way. Right now I could not tell you if the arrow pointing down means I'm crouched or not, I just spam pressed the button until I started walking fast again. …

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