Games Like Dream

MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Puzzle 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%, VR 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Dream, this game focuses on manipulating environmental puzzles within surreal, dream-like landscapes to progress through a psychological narrative.

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Exploration 13.7%, Adventure 12.5%, First-Person 10.2%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core concept of exploring a fractured mind to reconstruct memories through first-person puzzle solving.

Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.9%, Exploration 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, First-Person 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same quiet, lonely atmosphere of exploring a mysterious, decaying world while solving environmental puzzles.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 11%, First-Person 8.6%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similarly atmospheric, investigative experience set in a hauntingly beautiful, dream-like environment.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: First-Person 21.6%, Puzzle 20.7%, Exploration 20.4%, Surreal 15.4%, Adventure 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes perspective-based puzzles that feel like navigating a lucid dream, perfectly capturing the surreal logic of the subconscious.

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.7%, Exploration 18.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%, First-Person 8.6%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game features abstract, massive architectural environments that evoke the same sense of scale and isolation found in dream-scapes.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.1%, Exploration 12%, Atmospheric 11.4%, First-Person 8.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the same surreal, narrative-driven exploration of psychological states and fragmented memories.

You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.2%, Beautiful 23.7% ★, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It directly explores the concept of entering someone else's dreams to understand their psychological struggles through a narrative lens.

The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, First-Person 9.9%, Indie 8.6%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply introspective and surreal experience that explores the mind of a creator, much like the premise of Dream.

Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 34.5%, Exploration 16.3%, First-Person 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Horror 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on surreal, liminal spaces that evoke the same uncanny and dream-like atmosphere as the seed game.

Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.1%, Adventure 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Indie 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Players explore a surreal world made of people's emotions and memories, mirroring the subconscious exploration in Dream.

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 38%, Exploration 15%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Adventure 10%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical walking simulator that emphasizes atmosphere and environmental storytelling in a mysterious, isolated setting.

Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Exploration 19.8%, Beautiful 13.2% ★, Indie 7.8%, First-Person 6%

Why You'll Like It: A meditative exploration game where the environment reacts to your presence, focusing on the same sense of wonder and discovery.

FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

Why similar: Exploration 20.2%, First-Person 13.1%, Indie 12.6%, Puzzle 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game turns exploration into a musical and visual puzzle experience, capturing the abstract, sensory-focused design of Dream.

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.3%, Exploration 15.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%, First-Person 9.1%, Puzzle 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more grounded, its focus on environmental exploration and puzzle-solving in decaying spaces provides a similar sense of discovery.

They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Adventure 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, First-Person 10.2%, Horror 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of surreal, dream-like experiences that prioritize abstract visuals and psychological themes.

The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.4%, Exploration 16.6%, First-Person 13%, Horror 11.1%, Adventure 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses shifting, surreal environments to represent a deteriorating psychological state, similar to the dream-logic of Howard Phillips.

Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.

Why similar: VR 30.1%, Adventure 22.5%, Indie 16.8%, Casual 9.8%, Puzzle 6%

Why You'll Like It: This VR-focused puzzle game features surreal, geometric environments that feel like a direct extension of a lucid dream.

In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Beautiful 13.9% ★, VR 9.9%, Adventure 8.1%, Exploration 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This psychological horror game delves into the fractured mind, utilizing similar first-person exploration mechanics.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 52.2%, First-Person 16.7%, Horror 14.5%, Surreal 9.8%, Story Rich 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features intense, surreal sequences where the protagonist hacks into the minds of others, creating a visceral dream-like experience.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 48.8%, Exploration 14%, First-Person 13.7%, Adventure 7%, Atmospheric 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It plays with the boundaries of reality and narrative, offering a surreal experience that challenges the player's perception.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Exploration 14.2%, Horror 10.2%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Beyond its horror elements, it is a deep, psychological exploration of consciousness and reality that resonates with the themes of Dream.

The Dreamcatcher is a single player first person psychological adventure set in the modern times. You play as a young man who has just started his life in a big city. You will adventure into different dream worlds, overcome obstacles in the dreams with the help from outside the dreams.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.3%, Exploration 17.7%, Horror 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A title explicitly focused on the psychological and emotional journey through dream-like states and surreal environments.

Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.4%, VR 15.3%, Exploration 15.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Horror 8%

Why You'll Like It: The unique visual style creates a haunting, abstract environment that feels like navigating a dream-like void.

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 10.2%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: While more grounded, it captures the same sense of isolation and narrative-driven exploration in a beautiful, atmospheric world.

Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.

Why similar: Exploration 31.1%, Adventure 22.1%, Horror 19.4%, Puzzle 18.4%, Story Rich 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a surreal, nightmare-inspired world that requires exploration and stealth to uncover the protagonist's inner fears.

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.8%, Exploration 13.1%, First-Person 10.5%, Adventure 10%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines exploration and mystery in a desolate, atmospheric setting that mirrors the pacing of Dream.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Walking Simulator 15%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Puzzle 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It masters the psychological tension and first-person exploration that defines the more eerie moments of Dream.

Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.5%, Exploration 18.1%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Puzzle 9.1%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a pure, immersive exploration experience that rewards curiosity and observation in a mysterious, abandoned location.

You are trapped in a strange dream from which there is no waking. It is stitched from Chinese nostalgia, childhood echoes, and liminal spaces—where sense and nonsense blend freely. All you can do is keep exploring, until you must choose: return to restless reality, or stay in the dream forever?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.4%, Exploration 15.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%, First-Person 9%, Surreal 7.8%

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.1%, Exploration 18.6%, Puzzle 17.3%, First-Person 11.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%

DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.8%, Exploration 15.9%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 10.5%, Horror 8.7%

She continues to dream. A first-person dream simulator where you explore a corner of a dream.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 51.5%, Surreal 11.4%, Adventure 11%, First-Person 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.1%

You wake up and find yourself trapped in a dream. Only thing in your mind is to wake up. The key to wake up lies within 3 Dream Stones which are awaiting at the end of puzzles you encounter through the game in different dream chapters.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.7%, Adventure 22.4%, Indie 13.8%, Exploration 10%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%

Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.1%, Exploration 17.3%, Adventure 11.8%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.8%

Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious?

Why similar: VR 18.4%, Walking Simulator 17%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 8.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!

Why similar: Adventure 34%, Indie 23.7%, Puzzle 17.7%, First-Person 12.2%, Atmospheric 11.1%

Experience a shattered and surreal dream filled with fascinating riddles, where your only guide is an elusive butterfly. Can you make the journey and wake up?

Why similar: VR 42.6%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Puzzle 6.4%

A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.9%, Exploration 12.4%, First-Person 10%, Adventure 8.5%, Surreal 8.5%

Rememoried is an independent video game, a virtual place where memories change to dreams and the only possible way is forgetting, which becomes a mechanism for proceeding to the next layer of dreams. The Surrealist explorative first-person adventure game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Adventure 17.6%, Indie 13.9%, Exploration 11.6%, First-Person 9.5%

Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.3%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 13.6%, First-Person 11.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.9%, Adventure 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Indie 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Deer Man is a short Interactive Storytelling experience. You play as Jacob's memory, where you will have an incredible encounter with Deer Man & the dark side of his love for the wildlife. If you love animals, this is for you!

Why similar: Walking Simulator 25.3%, VR 14.5%, Exploration 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Adventure 9.2%

The plane crashed, bringing an abrupt end to your journey. You regain consciousness in a strange lucid dream filled with interactive cube puzzles, where a mysterious voice guides you through the changing landscape. What is happening? Who are you? Do you have what it takes to wake up?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21%, Adventure 14%, Exploration 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, First-Person 8.4%

Cylne is a first person surreal exploration game having a poetic and philosophical side. Explore and feel unreal worlds filled with environmental enigmas to try to achieve the chapter called "The Choice"...

Why similar: Exploration 16.5%, Adventure 14.4%, Walking Simulator 12%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Indie 11.2%

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Why similar: Exploration 19.1%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Puzzle 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 10%

You find yourself trapped in a dream. If you capture anomalies in the dream with a camera, you might be able to escape.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 57.4%, First-Person 14%, Horror 13.3%, Indie 8.4%, Casual 6%

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.5%, Exploration 11.5%, First-Person 9%, Adventure 9%, Horror 7.2%

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 23.8%, Walking Simulator 18.6%, First-Person 11.4%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Adventure 10.5%

Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.5%, First-Person 14.2%, Adventure 13.6%, Horror 10.7%, Puzzle 10.1%

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Puzzle 23.2%, Exploration 20.3%, First-Person 18.7%, Surreal 12.4%, Indie 11.6%

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Surreal 10.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 9.3%

Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.9%, Exploration 17%, First-Person 14.3%, Adventure 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%

MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 21.2%, Exploration 17.1%, Beautiful 11.4% ★, Indie 8.5%, Puzzle 8.2%

[VR Only] Annie Amber is a VR Puzzle Game that leads you on an intense and dreamy journey through the life of a person condensed in a surreal and poetic experience. Annie Amber makes you explore this strange and beautiful scenery that is life itself through her memories.

Why similar: VR 31.9%, Walking Simulator 30.9%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 13%, Casual 7.8%

Meet colorful characters, discover mysterious secrets, and reassemble the fractured remains of an ethereal crystal as you explore a series of abstract worlds based on dreams, nightmares, and the places in between.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 31.8%, Exploration 17.6%, Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Surreal 9.4%

From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.

Why similar: Beautiful 19.4% ★, Exploration 18.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Walking Simulator 9.8%

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Exploration 17.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 11.9%, First-Person 10.1%

ORACLE is a single player, open world experience with dozens of locations to explore, great soundtrack and an awesome story ready to be unraveled.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.6%, Adventure 18.4%, Indie 10%, Atmospheric 7.4%, First-Person 5.8%