The Nightmare Journey

The Nightmare Journey

Luiz Felipe Da Silva Marian · 2023 · Puzzle Platformer, Psychological Horror, Horror, Hand-drawn, Grand Strategy

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8 user reviews38% · 8
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About The Nightmare Journey


In a peculiar and macabre universe, little Arthur faces his greatest fears, nightfall is what scares him the most, in this brief period of darkness his syndromes transcend the limits of the psychic, monsters are always on the prowl, will this time he escape ?

Millennia of years ago, the Elders wrote an ancient ancient legend on the stones: 'Every night the wandering souls of darkness disturb the dreams of energetic beings, at nightfall a pure-blooded creature is chosen and the boundaries of reality between the worlds are broken. .'

As it all indicates Arthur was chosen this time, and his journey through the nightmare will not be easy, the dark creatures in a parallel universe want to consume his soul.

The Nightmare Journey is a stylized game with unique graphics set in a 2D universe, in which Arthur is the main character, he must overcome different challenges and puzzles, mysteries are not lacking in this game.

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

This cute, budget-priced game features appealing art and atmosphere but suffers from significant design and technical issues that frustrate players. Common complaints include overly loud sound effects, unclear jumping mechanics that feel unresponsive or unpredictable, poor puzzle design with hidden interactive elements and obtuse solutions, and a tedious boss fight that's difficult to complete. The game is best suited for players with patience for repetitive trial-and-error gameplay and frustrating mechanics, while those easily annoyed by dying repeatedly or confusing design choices should avo

Recommended Feb 28, 2023
I wouldn't recommend this game to people who get annoyed by dying and trying a level very often! If you don't mind this is a little cute game. I enjoyed the graphics and atmosphere ... had my fun for 2 bucks :) some minor issues I had: - some sound parts are too loud - jumping feels a little unpredictable. couldn't figure out when you do a far or short jump (could be a me problem?!)
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Not recommended Feb 25, 2023
the game is limited to 1080 resolution, the sound is very bad a lot of parts have very loud sound effects. Some puzzles are very weird. Fighting the boss is very boring and takes a long time, you can be very sore hands and still can't beat the 3rd boss, why is it so strange to torture the player and it really makes the game experience very negative
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Not recommended Jul 28, 2025
The game had nice art but I didn’t understand what to do. First, you need a key to open the lock. The lock is not visible to the player, it only makes sound when you are right on it. You have to then try to see if there is something clickable. It’s bad game design to hope that the player just hovers over entire screens looking for stuff. Then when you get past that, there’s a switch on the wall and a piano where you have to press the keys in a correct sequence that you don’t know. You can find a wooden plank on the floor and use it to try and help you cross but it breaks and you fall down. I thought about jumping over but your character just jumps in a vertical position. You can’t move once you try to jump so I’m confused as to what the point is to jump? One problem is, is that you can’t click on any of the equipment things like the tab menu or the backpack. You have to press it on the keyboard. Also, the rock item picture was blocking the door so I couldn’t see it. I didn’t even realize that there was a door there. I changed back to a fist but still, I fail to see why the door isn’t even something visual in game. Anyways, in the second level I tried to make my way across the ho…

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