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Oneiros

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Will you be able to break the vicious circle? Can you regain control? Experience the surreal adventure filled with many puzzles and psychedelic visions.

What works

  • Creative and challenging puzzles
  • Unique surreal and dreamlike atmosphere
  • Engaging exploration and environmental storytelling
  • Good value for price and length
  • Professional voice acting and music

Things to keep in mind

  • Awkward inventory and item management
  • Some frustrating platforming and maze sections
  • Short game length
  • Story is brief and somewhat ambiguous
  • Some visual effects cause discomfort or nausea

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Oneiros but with a stronger survival pressure

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Oneiros but with less imaginative fiction

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Oneiros. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Oneiros. These titles are not in What to play next.

Oneiros: 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 Intimacy, Expression, Fellowship.

Last update: 26/08/2026