Games Like Dreaming Sarah

This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.

Why similar: Surreal 21.4%, Walking Simulator 18.1%, Psychological 17.4%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This cult classic is the definitive dream-exploration game, featuring a surreal, non-linear world that rewards curiosity and introspection.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.7%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Platformer 11.9%, Puzzle Platformer 11.5%, Surreal 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like Dreaming Sarah, this game uses a beautiful, surreal art style and atmospheric platforming to explore deep emotional themes.

Set out on a mystical adventure of self-discovery against the backdrop of fantastical landscapes of The Tower. Meet its dwellers and unravel their stories. Manipulate spirits to solve puzzles, and lead Ina on her path to freedom.

Why similar: Surreal 21.8%, Puzzle Platformer 20.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Platformer 12%, Atmospheric 7%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the surreal, atmospheric puzzle-platformer DNA, focusing on a female protagonist navigating a mysterious, dream-like environment.

A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!

Why similar: Psychological 28%, Surreal 27%, Exploration 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same unsettling, dream-like quality through its surreal world-building and non-linear exploration mechanics.

Protect a psychedelic world from bizarre beasts and punishing bosses in this poetic mystery filled with secrets, puzzles and music.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.5%, Psychedelic 18.1%, Surreal 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a whimsical, surreal adventure with metroidvania elements that feel very similar to the dream-world logic found in the seed game.

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.4%, Puzzle Platformer 16%, Surreal 9.7%, Platformer 8.9%, Exploration 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at non-linear exploration and environmental puzzle-solving, capturing the sense of discovery present in Dreaming Sarah.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Platformer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong female protagonist and tight 2D platforming mechanics within a world that feels both personal and expansive.

Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.

Why similar: Psychological 22%, Walking Simulator 19.5%, Surreal 16.8%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror-adventure that leans heavily into the surreal, dream-like atmosphere of exploring a subconscious space.

The legendary Knytt series continues with Nifflas’ latest creation; Knytt Underground. In this Knytteration; humans have long since abandoned the planet after practically destroying it in a war, five hundred years ago.

Why similar: Metroidvania 37.7%, Platformer 23.4%, Exploration 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes pure exploration and atmosphere in a vast, surreal world, mirroring the wandering nature of Dreaming Sarah.

Hoa is a beautiful puzzle-platforming game that features breathtaking hand-painted art, lovely music, and a peaceful, relaxing atmosphere.

Why similar: Relaxing 23.4%, Platformer 18.8%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Exploration 14.7%, Puzzle Platformer 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that uses a hand-painted aesthetic to create a peaceful, dream-like journey.

A surreal 3D puzzle game where you guide Bob the sleepwalker safely back to bed. Move objects, avoid hazards, and solve dreamlike isometric puzzles as Bob’s subconscious guardian.

Why similar: Surreal 18.4%, Abstract 17.7%, Puzzle Platformer 16.9%, Puzzle 15.8%, Relaxing 10%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal puzzle game literally takes place inside a dream, requiring players to guide a sleepwalker through impossible geometry.

Figment is an action-adventure game that invites you to explore a unique surreal universe filled with music, humor and multi layered narrative. Join Dusty and his ever-optimistic friend, Piper, on an adventure through the different sides of the mind seeking to restore the courage that's been lost.

Why similar: Surreal 39%, Puzzle 19.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 11%, Exploration 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game takes place inside a surreal mind, using music and puzzle-solving to explore the subconscious in a way that resonates with the seed game's premise.

Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 24.9%, Puzzle 23.1%, Platformer 22.6%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines atmospheric puzzle-platforming with a deeply personal, emotional narrative that feels grounded yet dream-like.

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: Abstract 21.3%, Walking Simulator 16.7%, Surreal 14.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Puzzle Platformer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: An abstract, atmospheric exploration game that emphasizes scale and surreal architecture, similar to the dream-scapes of the seed game.

Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Why similar: Metroidvania 49.9%, Platformer 16%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style metroidvania that focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving within a charming, pixel-art world.

Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

Why similar: Psychological 25.9%, Surreal 18.7%, Puzzle 18.2%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This point-and-click adventure captures the dark, surreal, and psychological nature of a young girl navigating a distorted reality.

Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

Why similar: Relaxing 23.6%, Exploration 20.2%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more grounded, it perfectly captures the relaxing, exploration-focused gameplay loop that makes Dreaming Sarah so approachable.

Labyrinthine Dreams is a short puzzle game about overcoming the scars of the past and following the right path, even in the face of overwhelming challenges.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.4%, Adventure 28.4%, Casual 27.9%, Puzzle 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, story-driven adventure that explores themes of memory and dreams through a female protagonist's perspective.

A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

Why similar: Platformer 39.7%, Adventure 25.4%, Casual 13%, Exploration 12.5%, 2D 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a whimsical, colorful, and relaxing platforming experience that prioritizes emotional connection and exploration over combat.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.7%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Platformer 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Exploration 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This metroidvania features a female protagonist and a melancholic, atmospheric world that rewards careful exploration.

"How should I face my past in my ever-changing life? "Collaborating with the shadow of the past to unravel allegorical puzzles, confront inner struggles, and explore the path of self-growth.

Why similar: Philosophical 25.7%, Puzzle Platformer 18.8%, Psychological 15.2%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Platformer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical puzzle-platformer that uses its mechanics to tell a story about memory and the past, much like the seed game.

Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.4%, Platformer 31%, Atmospheric 12.7%, 2D 9.1%, Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A beautiful, poetic adventure that follows a young girl through a dream-like world, emphasizing atmosphere and exploration.

Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!

Why similar: Philosophical 23.9%, Surreal 17.3%, Psychological 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Relaxing 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A contemplative exploration game that uses hidden-object and puzzle mechanics to uncover a surreal, personal narrative.

Carve your own path through Fourmiworld - an "open-world-ant-farm-metroidvania". Play as an interdimensional urban explorer girl, collect Gamut to unlock new abilities, and discover the sights, plights, & soundbites of a surreal alien dimension.

Why similar: Metroidvania 19.9%, Surreal 19.5%, Psychedelic 19.4%, Abstract 13.8%, Exploration 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, atmospheric exploration experience that feels like wandering through a strange, dream-like landscape.

Biphase is a 2D platform jumping game with exploration and puzzles as its core. In the game, the player plays a role who has bipolar disorder, trying to discover and break through the self in the abstract red and black world.

Why similar: Abstract 20.9%, Puzzle Platformer 18.4%, Psychedelic 12.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Platformer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist 2D platformer that uses its mechanics to represent psychological states, aligning with the seed game's thematic depth.

Explore this unique world of infographics: All the bar charts, line diagrams and pie charts react to what you are doing. Metrico+ is a combination of exploration, skill, experimentation, but most of all: thinking outside of the box. Are you smart enough to solve all the mysteries?

Why similar: Abstract 22.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19.4%, Psychedelic 16.9%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Platformer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This abstract puzzle-platformer uses unique mechanics to manipulate the environment, fitting the puzzle-heavy nature of Dreaming Sarah.

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 35.7%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Platformer 14.5%, Puzzle 13.9%, Female Protagonist 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It presents a surreal, unsettling world through the eyes of a small protagonist, focusing on environmental storytelling and platforming.

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

Why similar: Relaxing 22.1%, Female Protagonist 22%, Platformer 21.7%, Exploration 15.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, emotional management game that deals with themes of transition and memory, echoing the introspective nature of Dreaming Sarah.

Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.

Why similar: Psychological 25.8%, Surreal 24.5%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Puzzle 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game explicitly focuses on the concept of lucid dreaming, featuring surreal puzzles and a dark, psychological tone.

Run, climb and glide your way through a dark Nordic forest and explore its living, breathing ecosystem filled with secrets and mystical creatures. Become Fe and discover a world that you will never want to leave.

Why similar: Puzzle 43.2%, Atmospheric 26.5%, Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 8.8%, Singleplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on wordless, atmospheric exploration in a surreal forest, mirroring the quiet discovery of the seed game.

Awakening Sarah is a 2D platformer with emphasis on exploration. Unravel the dreams and realities of Sarah, a girl who's recovering from a coma, while helping her understand the world around her and herself.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23%, Surreal 18.4%, Platformer 15.5%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Psychedelic 13%

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: Psychedelic 16.4%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Surreal 14.8%, Psychological 14.2%, Abstract 12.8%

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

Why similar: Abstract 26.8%, Walking Simulator 25.7%, Surreal 24.4%, Relaxing 11.9%, Atmospheric 4.7%

Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 32.5%, Platformer 17.3%, Puzzle 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Casual 6.4%

Explore, fight, solve puzzles and bend gravity to escape the dream-like world of the Halls! Metro Gravity is a mind-boggling musical adventure with rhythmic combat and compelling lore.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Surreal 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Exploration 8.3%

ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...

Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Psychedelic 24.1%, Platformer 12.6%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Exploration 7.5%

A minimalistic five-minute puzzle platformer, where you become a fly when you die. Immerse yourself in a soothing forest and use your ability to become a fly to solve puzzles.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.3%, Philosophical 17.3%, Platformer 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Abstract 12%

Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.6%, Surreal 16.6%, Platformer 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Relaxing 8.7%

a small dream explorer.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.6%, Surreal 28%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Exploration 11.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.

Why similar: Metroidvania 21.4%, Puzzle Platformer 19%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Surreal 12.6%, Platformer 11.8%

You wake up in a mysterious dungeon, full of dangerous traps and unlucky inhabitants. Brain cracking puzzles await you while a dark story will slowly unfold in this supernatural place!

Why similar: Metroidvania 21.5%, Puzzle Platformer 16.1%, Supernatural 12.7%, Surreal 11%, Female Protagonist 9.9%

Saira is a puzzle platformer with non-linear gameplay and a whole universe for you to explore. The game is heavily influenced by classic puzzle adventure games and uses a new unique graphical style combining high resolution photography into a lush and mysterious world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.6%, Platformer 23.3%, Female Protagonist 17%, Puzzle 11.8%, Exploration 8%

Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 36.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Surreal 13.6%, Abstract 12.8%, Platformer 11.7%

As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.7%, Surreal 20.3%, Platformer 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Exploration 9.3%

HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM is a unique point-and-click puzzle game where you move and combine objects to solve puzzles. Unravel the strange puzzles hidden in your dreams.

Why similar: Surreal 19.9%, Abstract 18.8%, Psychological 14.5%, Supernatural 11.8%, Relaxing 11.3%

Strange Telephone is a 2D adventure game in which the player explores strange worlds created with merely 6 digits, and has multiple endings.

Why similar: Surreal 21.7%, Psychological 19.5%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Exploration 7.1%

Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.

Why similar: Supernatural 23.8%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Puzzle 9.9%

This gravity-defying 3D Platformer takes you on a surreal trip through a twisted virtual network. Uncover the secrets this world tries to hide from you: an artificial intelligence named Fumiko!

Why similar: Philosophical 17.7%, Psychedelic 15.6%, Psychological 13.9%, Surreal 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 12.2%

Join Selene in a charming platforming and puzzle adventure, where her ability to absorb and emit light from various flowers is key to activating mechanisms, overcoming obstacles, and navigating through environments that adjust depending on how you wield the light.

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26.6%, Platformer 19.2%, Puzzle 11.2%, Relaxing 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Explore a lovingly crafted world with all its odd inhabitants as you experience the ethereal realm and deliver messages to the spirits. Make your mark in the wordless narrative - with a Tiny Echo.

Why similar: Surreal 18.3%, Relaxing 12.5%, Supernatural 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11%, Puzzle 9.3%

Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.9%, Puzzle 18.7%, Exploration 16.3%, Atmospheric 14.5%, 2D 10.2%

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: Puzzle Platformer 39.4%, Puzzle 25.4%, Adventure 20.3%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Explore a celestial world filled with secrets, hidden paths, and dreamlike landscapes. Master a fluid momentum-based flight system, collect Chi energy by taking risks, discover new floating realms, and help Mesoké rebuild her inner palace.

Why similar: Abstract 21.4%, Surreal 17.8%, Walking Simulator 16%, Relaxing 11%, Exploration 9.5%

Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Puzzle 17.2%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Exploration 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%

Explore and unravel the mall of your mind in this surreal adventure game.

Why similar: Philosophical 44.4%, Walking Simulator 29.3%, Surreal 18.1%, Casual 8.1%

Join Clef on an adventure set on a magical sky island where her family once lived. Solve puzzles, discover secrets, and experience a story of sisterly love – and something more, if you are willing to dig deeper…

Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 25.8%, Platformer 15.8%, Female Protagonist 15%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 10.3%

"I hope that someday, you'll dream of me." -- CINERIS SOMNIA is a 3D adventure through a beautifully strange and mesmerizing world - and a young girl's cruel and forlorn dreams.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 46.2%, Female Protagonist 28.8%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Casual 6.9%, Adventure 5.2%

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: Philosophical 22.8%, Surreal 15.8%, Walking Simulator 15%, Relaxing 9.6%, Puzzle 7.9%

Arcade platform game where every killed enemy can be picked up and thrown to kill more enemies!

Why similar: Platformer 29.1%, Metroidvania 28.9%, Female Protagonist 27.2%, Casual 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%