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Games like Niko: Through the Dream

2015PC74 % positive

You accompany Niko on a minimalist dreamlike journey through islands that each represent a key moment from her past. Every island brings its own mechanic and riddles, turning emotions like happiness, solitude and fear into puzzles to solve.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers

The closest matches for Niko: Through the Dream are Ever Forward, Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride and Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Niko: Through the Dream special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Ever Forward

89 %Match

2020PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch76 % positive14.99 €

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Accessible and relaxed
  • Pure single-player experience

You guide a girl through a dreamlike in-between world where puzzles and fragmented memories blend together. The game's appeal lies in its mysterious atmosphere and in working out its clever brainteasers.

A Fisherman's Tale

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short VR puzzle adventure where you play Bob, a fisherman puppet, and solve puzzles by manipulating miniature models nested inside the world itself. Clever spatial tricks and a touching story set it apart.

Loom

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic LucasArts adventure where you play a young Weaver who solves puzzles by playing melodies on a distaff instead of using a typical inventory. Its unusual musical magic and melancholic, fairy-tale world set it apart.

Ghostdream

Puzzles and brain teasers

A retro-style point-and-click adventure where you play a ghost trying to find a way back to the living. You solve puzzles, explore locations and follow an emotional story.

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic hidden-object adventure in which you play a museum owner chasing an undead pirate who kidnapped your daughter. You solve puzzles and search for hidden items across decayed pirate locations while uncovering a tragic love story.

The Unfinished Swan

Easy to pick up

You splatter paint across a blank white world to reveal shapes and spaces as you chase a swan through a surreal storybook kingdom. A short, inventive, fairy-tale experience built on discovery rather than combat.

Rakuen

Easy to pick up

A deeply emotional pixel-art adventure in which a boy in a children's hospital explores a fantasy world with his mother and helps fellow patients find closure. Light puzzles and side quests carry a moving story about loss and letting go.

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