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2012PCSteam Deck playable89 % positive3.99 €

A point-and-click adventure about dreams and voyeurism, with a world built entirely from handmade models of clay, cardboard and other materials. You solve puzzles through an eerie apartment-building story told in episodes.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for The Dream Machine are Underground Blossom, Rusty Lake Paradise and Rusty Lake: Roots. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Dream Machine special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Underground Blossom

98 %Match

2023PCSteam Deck verified98 % positive−33 % 4.99 € 3.34 €

Brings what grabs you about The Dream Machine: puzzles to figure out, a distinctive art style and a strong story.

A surreal Rusty Lake point-and-click puzzler where you solve tasks at metro stations to relive key moments from Laura Vanderboom's life. Quirky puzzles and a melancholic mood define this short, narrative-driven journey.

Rusty Lake Paradise

Dark, serious atmosphere

An eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure on a remote island where the ten biblical plagues torment your family. Bizarre rituals, a dark atmosphere and surreal art make it classic Rusty Lake.

Rusty Lake: Roots

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click puzzle game where you grow the Vanderboom family tree across generations. Bizarre, macabre puzzles and an eerie atmosphere tell the story almost without words.

Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic LucasArts-style point-and-click adventure in which Edna escapes from a psychiatric hospital together with her talking stuffed rabbit Harvey. Dark humor, quirky characters and clever inventory puzzles define the experience.

The White Door

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click puzzle adventure from Rusty Lake: as an amnesiac patient you follow the clinic's daily routine and dive into dreams to uncover Robert Hill's past. The story is told almost wordlessly.

Puzzle Agent 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

Telltale's puzzle adventure, drawn in Graham Annable's distinctive sketchy style, sends FBI puzzle investigator Nelson Tethers back to eerie Scoggins. Logic brainteasers drive a quirky, unsettling mystery full of deadpan humor.

Cube Escape: Paradox

Puzzles and brain teasers

A short, eerie point-and-click puzzle adventure set in the Rusty Lake universe: as Detective Dale Vandermeer you solve puzzles across two intertwined realities and slowly piece together a strange mystery.

Strangeland

Puzzles and brain teasers

A dark point-and-click adventure set in a macabre, surreal carnival that mirrors the protagonist's psyche. Tricky puzzles and an oppressive yet hopeful story drive the experience.

The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show

Dark, serious atmosphere

A free point-and-click puzzle adventure from Rusty Lake celebrating its tenth anniversary: a quirky, eerie magic show hosted by Mr. Rabbit, full of clever puzzles and macabre surprises.

Nuts

Puzzles and brain teasers

You watch a squirrel through surveillance cameras and work out where it hides its stash. It's an unusual detective puzzle built on observing, deducing and placing cameras, wrapped in a mysterious mood.

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