VERY BAD DREAMS - FREE DIVE

VERY BAD DREAMS - FREE DIVE

CREATIVE VR3D · September 29, 2023 · Action, Adventure, Action-Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration

VERY BAD DREAMS - FREE DIVE is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Positive82% · 45 📉 Recent reviews down 67%
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VERY BAD DREAMS - FREE DIVE price

VERY BAD DREAMS - FREE DIVE is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About VERY BAD DREAMS - FREE DIVE

There is a fine line between dream and nightmare...Very Bad Dreams is an intense and demanding experience that will test your nerves.Forget everything you thought you knew about horror games, because Very Bad Dreams transcends the boundaries of the gaming experience. Developed by an independent French studio, Very Bad Dreams is much more than just a game. It is an extraordinary immersive experience, where your survival depends on real actions. You will need to react instinctively to survive this scary world.Feel the impacts of your strike force, feel vibrations in your head when you are hit by an enemy or your heart races, run and jump using your real gestures, hold your head with both hands so as not to become mad.So many new gameplay elements that will give you the impression of never doing the same thing.Do you like looking for endless loot? Try hundreds of weapon and potion combinations? Spend hours in your inventory ?Very Bad Dreams is not for you... Here only one word of warning, be afraid... very afraid, whether you have a gun, a bat or a knife the best thing is to flee and NOT fall into madness.You wake up on an idyllic beach, feet in white sand, lulled by a light breeze as the sun sets on the horizon. During this leisurely walk, the gates of hell open to you. Driven by your pride, you think you can cross them without suffering the consequences but quickly the perfect dream in which you found yourself turns into an oppressive nightmare with no way out.Lead the fight for your existence in an atmosphere where madness is palpable and anxiety grows with every step you take, face hordes of zombies, solve puzzles or search for the best place to hide.For the bravest among you, prepare to live an extraordinary immersive experience, where horror comes to life and where every moment can seal your fate.Face your inner demons, triumph over your deepest fears. But remember, never, ever succumb to madnessDo you dare to dive into the endless abyss of Very Bad Dreams?We will have warned you...

VERY BAD DREAMS - FREE DIVE — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Players appreciate the free demo's ambition and some creative ideas, but are frequently frustrated by technical issues like getting stuck in the floor, clunky controls that undermine tense moments, and an unreliable inventory system. While a few found it entertaining or thrilling despite its rough execution, most agree the janky implementation and poor polish detract significantly from what could be an engaging experience.

Not recommended Mar 27, 2025
Couldn't even play. I was always in the floor
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Not recommended Nov 19, 2025
"VERY BAD DREAMS - FREE DIVE" is is not a game. It's an advertisement for a product called "VERY BAD DREAMS". VERY BAD DREAMS is a console (Playstation) ported VR tech demo with quality levels approaching some of the "better" Unity asset flips out there... which is to say, atrocious, but at least it looks like some professional development took place (Sony has a QA department to qualify games, Valve has Steam Direct turnstile). It's a VR tech demo about Unity zombie assets, from what I can tell. But this isn't completely relevant because this is not VERY BAD DREAMS, it's just an advertisment for it, so it's not correct to try to review that completely distinct product. We must instead review this for what it is... an advertisement. If you enjoy advertisements, you can consume them for free on the web or on Youtube without needing to add them to your game library, download them, and then launch the advertising. It's impossible in a general sense to recommend people should do that over playing real, full games on Steam, and that applies here with "VERY BAD DREAMS - FREE DIVE" too. The purpose of this advertisement is to get you to shell out a whopping $12 USD on buying VERY…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 29, 2024
(ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ I was too scared but it looks like a fun game https://youtu.be/0iaJ1A-0oPc
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 9, 2026
Works and looks great on PSVR2 through PC!
Not recommended Jul 2, 2026
Pretty janky. There are some good ideas, but they're often poorly executed. Like the vent section should've been a super tense conclusion for the demo, but the sill movement style they chose is so distracting that it wrecked that whole section of the demo. Also, the inventory system is very rough and i never figured out how to reliably summon my lighter, which is vital when using the Molotov.
Recommended Aug 23, 2025
unbelievable, it's such a great game yet free. but it's super scary.

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