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2004 PC free 👍 94 % Very positive, 8,629 reviews on Steam

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.

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  • Lots to discover
  • Open world
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
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The closest matches for Yume Nikki are Yume 2kki, Pagan: Autogeny and LSD: Dream Emulator. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Yume Nikki special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Yume 2kki

95 %

2007 PC

  • Lots to discover
  • Open world
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

A huge fan-made dream-exploration game in the spirit of Yume Nikki: as Urotsuki you wander through hundreds of surreal dream worlds, collecting Effects that unlock new paths and secrets. There is no combat, just cryptic discovery, wandering and an unsettling mood.

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Pagan: Autogeny

Distinctive, stylised art style

An atmospheric horror adventure where you wander the abandoned ruins of a dead MMO and uncover its eerie secrets. Exploration and mood take priority over combat.

LSD: Dream Emulator

Distinctive, stylised art style

A surreal, goalless dream experience where you wander through psychedelic, randomly linked dreamscapes that shift whenever you bump into walls or objects. An experimental cult oddity that offers mood over traditional gameplay.

Lisa: The First

Accessible and relaxed

A short, disturbing Yume Nikki-style exploration game that walks through a surreal dreamscape of young Lisa's traumatized mind. It tells a very bleak story of abuse and despair without conventional combat.

The Complex: Found Footage

Accessible and relaxed

A walking-simulator horror game viewed through a VHS camera, in which you wander endless dreamlike Backrooms-style spaces. Its cryptic story raises more questions than it answers.

Eclipsium

Accessible and relaxed

A surreal, unsettling indie horror adventure where you push through a dark, twisted world toward a distant tower. It focuses on atmosphere and disorientation rather than combat.

Anodyne

Distinctive, stylised art style

A surreal, Zelda-inspired pixel-art adventure where you roam the dreamlike subconscious of Young. Odd dungeons, bosses and strange places create a moody, cryptic and melancholic experience.

Betrayer

Open world

A first-person adventure set in 1604 Virginia, where you explore a nearly black-and-white, ghost-haunted colony and uncover its mystery. The striking desaturated art style and eerie mood carry the game, with sparse bow and musket combat.

Pools

Accessible and relaxed

A liminal-space exploration game that favors eerie atmosphere over conventional horror. You wander through endless, near-identical pool rooms, trying to orient yourself and find the way out.

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