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My Dream Setup

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2023

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Quick resume

My Dream Setup is a simulation game about building the room you've always dreamed of. A huge selection of furniture, computers and their accessories, posters, pictures, plants, and other interior details await you. Try all of them and create your dream setup.

Global score

91/100

Genres

Casual, Indie, Simulator

Pros

  • Highly customizable and creative gameplay
  • Relaxing and cozy atmosphere
  • Workshop support for user-generated content
  • Good value for price with frequent updates
  • Easy to use and accessible interface

Cons

  • Limited room shapes (only rectangular)
  • Camera and controls can be clunky
  • Lack of undo/redo features
  • Limited variety of furniture and decorations
  • No multiplayer or cooperative gameplay

Motivations

  • Autonomy
    5

    "Players have full control over room design, furniture placement, color customization, and object resizing, enabling personal freedom and creativity."

  • Competence
    2

    "Engages players in creative tasks with some technical challenges like precise placement and customization, but overall easy and relaxing gameplay."

  • Competition
    -5

    "No competitive elements or comparison with others; focus is on personal creative expression and relaxation."

  • Continuation
    3

    "Players often spend extended time designing rooms and return repeatedly, though some mention boredom after long sessions."

  • Cooperation
    -3

    "Primarily a single-player experience; workshop allows sharing creations but no direct cooperative gameplay."

  • Creativity
    5

    "Strong emphasis on creativity with extensive customization, resizing, color changes, and workshop mod support."

  • Domination
    -5

    "No elements of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are equal and respectful."

  • Escapism
    4

    "Players use the game as a relaxing escape and a way to imagine ideal personal spaces, providing stress relief."

  • Expectation
    -4

    "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and intrinsic motivation to create and relax."

  • Experimenting
    4

    "Players try new layouts, colors, and object arrangements; workshop encourages experimentation with new items."

  • Exploration
    -2

    "Limited exploration as the environment is a customizable room; some discovery in workshop content."

  • Expression
    5

    "High level of self-expression through customization of furniture, colors, layouts, and personal images."

  • Fantasy
    -3

    "Focus on realistic room and furniture design rather than imaginative or fictional scenarios."

  • Fellowship
    -3

    "Minimal social connection; workshop sharing exists but no strong community or multiplayer interaction."

  • Growth
    2

    "Players develop design skills and learn to use customization tools, though limited challenge."

  • Health
    -5

    "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity involved."

  • Idle
    -3

    "Requires focused attention to design and customize; not a background or idle game."

  • Intimacy
    -4

    "No close relationships or emotional sharing; primarily solo play."

  • Leadership
    -5

    "No leadership or group management roles."

  • Progression
    1

    "Some sense of progression through unlocking DLCs and workshop items, but no traditional leveling or power gain."

  • Relaxation
    5

    "Strongly relaxing and calming experience with chill music and soothing gameplay."

  • Sensation
    2

    "Pleasant visual and auditory stimuli with good lighting and music, but not intense sensory stimulation."

  • Status
    -4

    "No social recognition or status systems; focus is on personal satisfaction."

  • Story
    -5

    "No narrative or story elements; purely sandbox design."

  • Strategy
    -2

    "Minimal strategic or problem-solving demands; mostly straightforward placement and design."

  • Thrill
    -5

    "No suspense or risk; calm and controlled environment."

  • Value
    4

    "Players feel the game offers good value for price, especially with frequent updates and workshop content."

  • Violence
    -5

    "No violence or destructive gameplay; focus on constructive building."

  • Survival
    -5

    "No survival or threat elements; stable and safe environment."

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