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Games like Dream Alone

2018PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch9.99 €

You guide a hero through a dark 2D platformer full of deadly traps, where unique abilities and a gloomy, Tim Burton-like atmosphere set the experience apart. Classic platforming meets light puzzle solving.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Dream Alone are Limbo, Heart of Darkness and Creepy Tale 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dream Alone special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Limbo

93 %Match

2010PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified93 % positive11.49 €

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

A wordless puzzle-platformer rendered in stark black and white, following a boy through a hostile shadow world full of deadly traps learned through trial and error. Its oppressive atmosphere and minimalist art make it a haunting, memorable experience.

Heart of Darkness

Jumping and platforming

A dark cinematic platformer in the vein of Another World: as young Andy you venture into a nightmarish shadow realm to rescue your kidnapped dog. Lush hand-animated frames, an orchestral score and instant-death traps create a moody and punishing journey.

Bye Sweet Carole

Distinctive, stylised art style

A dark horror adventure drawn like a classic hand-animated film. You explore a fairytale yet menacing world full of puzzles, chases and platforming sections. The contrast between its charming look and its unsettling story is the main draw.

Feist

Distinctive, stylised art style

An atmospheric 2D platformer where a tiny furry creature struggles to survive in a hostile, gloomy forest. Physics-driven traps, thorns and aggressive creatures create tension, while the silhouette-like art gives it a fairytale-yet-menacing mood.

Inmost

Jumping and platforming

A dark pixel-art puzzle platformer where you play three characters whose stories intertwine in a decaying castle. Moody atmosphere, stealth sections and an emotional narrative take center stage.

Closure

Jumping and platforming

A dark puzzle-platformer where only what is lit exists: you move light sources to phase objects in and out of reality and navigate eerie worlds like a factory, forest and carnival.

Ugly

Jumping and platforming

A dark puzzle-platformer set in an eerie fairy-tale palace, where swapping places with the protagonist's reflection is the key to solving puzzles, beating bosses and uncovering secrets.

BirdGut

Distinctive, stylised art style

You play as an outcast bee swallowed by a bird and discover that its insides are a sinister factory for brainwashing insects. This quirky, hand-drawn puzzle platformer mixes dark comedy and creeping horror into a bizarre one-man project.

Dere Evil.Exe

Jumping and platforming

You guide the silent hero Knightly through an eerie retro platformer where you must jump, run, and bend the environment to survive. Its gripping thriller story, unusual puzzles, and pixel art world make it a distinctive horror experience.

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