Dreamscapes: The Sandman - Premium Edition similar games & best alternatives

Dreamscapes: The Sandman - Premium Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

Should you play it?

Playing as a volunteer, offered to help the mad professor, you'll come to a bad dream of comatose girl Laura. Find Laura got lost in the world of dreams. Dispel girl’s nightmares. Collect the stolen and destroyed Dream catcher, defeat the Sandman and help Laura to wake up in the real world.

What works
  • Engaging story and atmosphere
  • Varied and enjoyable puzzles
  • Beautiful and detailed artwork
  • Unique hint system
  • Bonus content and collectibles
Things to keep in mind
  • Short game length
  • Technical issues and crashes reported
  • Poor voice acting and lip sync
  • Lack of traditional hidden object scenes
  • No steam achievements or multiplayer

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

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  • Slender Threads
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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Dreamscapes: The Sandman - Premium Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Intimacy, Fellowship.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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