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2020
Hypnagogia takes you through dreamlike worlds built from real dreams, haunted by sleep paralysis demons and liminal spaces. Its nostalgic late-90s polygonal look makes for a short but unsettling journey.
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The closest matches for Hypnagogia are .Flow, Mad Father and Between Me and the Night. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hypnagogia special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
93 %
Best match
2009
You explore Sabitsuki's dreamworld as a gloomy, unsettling fangame of Yume Nikki, collecting effects in a sublime dreamscape. Its eerie atmosphere and body-horror hospital imagery are what make it stand out.
90 % −50 %Distinctive, stylised art style
In Mad Father you wander through a disturbing tale of a deeply strange family, solving eerie puzzles in unsettling, dreamlike places. This remake adds refreshed graphics, new scenes, and a Blood Mode that changes events for a second playthrough.
89 %
Dread and tension
A surreal indie adventure in which you play a young boy exploring a mysterious house, balancing on the edge between sanity and madness. Atmosphere takes center stage.
89 % −50 %Accessible and relaxed
You play Sophie, who wanders into a town where everyone sleeps and something terrible waits. The game is a second chapter of the Strange Man series, built on atmospheric puzzle-adventure horror.
89 % free
Dread and tension
A wordless dream-exploration game where you wander surreal, unsettling dreamscapes as Madotsuki, collecting Effects. There is almost no plot, leaving all meaning to the player's own interpretation.
88 %
Accessible and relaxed
You explore an eerie suburban house from a first-person view, collecting cassette tapes and piecing together a disturbing story from fragments. The game thrives on its quiet, unsettling atmosphere and the curiosity about what lurks within its walls.
88 % free
Distinctive, stylised art style
A very short, surreal horror puzzle trip through a bright pink world of disturbing naked creatures, where you gather food for a friend.
87 % 6.99 €
Distinctive, stylised art style
You explore a pitch-black cave armed only with a LIDAR scanner that paints the surroundings as glowing point clouds. A short, eerie walking-sim style experience with a quietly mysterious story.
87 % 8.79 €
Accessible and relaxed
A short, grim 2D narrative adventure where you guide Price through oppressive environments, solving simple puzzles while confronting guilt and purpose. Mood and psychological storytelling take priority over challenge.
87 % 8.49 €
Accessible and relaxed
An experimental psychological horror art game that reimagines Little Red Riding Hood in modern times: six sisters are told to stay on the path, but straying into the woods leads to symbolic, unsettling encounters with the wolf.
