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By night, Cassidy battles emotion-shaped nightmares in shifting dream runs; by day, she builds Redhaven bonds and lasting upgrades.
Released 05 Aug 2021
Battle Emotion Bosses
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Gift Dream Finds
By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.
Developed by Afterburner Studios · Published by indie.io, Maple Whispering Limited
Dreamscaper follows Cassidy as she navigates life in Redhaven and confronts nightmares shaped by her subconscious. The story unfolds across two sides of her life: quiet days spent meeting people and vivid nights spent exploring her dreams.
In each dream run, explore changing rooms, gather weapons and artifacts, solve puzzles, and fight enemies and bosses. Combat combines melee and ranged attacks with dodges, blocks, parries, and lucid powers that can manipulate elements, space, and time.
A run's rewards feed into Cassidy's waking life, where conversations and gifts help build relationships and unlock permanent upgrades for future attempts. Memories found in dreams and progress with the people of Redhaven gradually reveal more of Cassidy's story.
In the supplied reviews, players often praise the variety of weapons and possible builds, along with the dreamlike presentation and soundtrack. Some also value the story's treatment of grief and other difficult emotions, and enjoy the alternating rhythm of combat and calmer waking-world scenes. Opinions differ on combat feel and pacing, while several reviewers find the NPC dialogue slow or unengaging.
Dreamscaper is an endlessly replayable Action Roguelike with a waking/dreaming gameplay cycle. By night, delve deep into your subconscious, facing nightmares in an ever-changing world filled with unique items, abilities, and challenges. By day, explore the city of Redhaven, build relationships and unlock permanent upgrades in order to take on the next dream stronger than ever.
Lean into the nightmares and make the rush of permadeath your ally.
Use lucid powers to manipulate the elements, warp space, and even control time itself.
Battle bosses that embody Isolation, Fear, Negativity, Loss and more.
Upgrade a multitude of surreal items and discover powerful artifacts.
Live Cassidy's waking life and uncover the mystery of her story.
A rich, expansive combat system that rewards skilled play. Use careful positioning, exact timing and quick reflexes to defeat foes with an abundance of combat options.
Each weapon class in Dreamscaper is unique, from rending the earth below your nightmares to whipping a yo-yo into their faces. You’ll have a myriad of ways to approach combat.
Enemies and bosses in Dreamscaper are representations of Cassidy's most negative emotions. Vanquish those deadly foes to clear the dark miasma surrounding her.
Adventure through beautiful, haunting dreams to discover untold secrets, vanquish nightmares, and upgrade your gear all while uncovering Cassidy’s story as you plunge through her subconscious. Each dream is another peek into Cassidy’s memories and experiences.
Live Cassidy's waking life and forge friendships with the people around her. Empower Cassidy with their hopes and memories to dispel the darkness of her nightmares.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 45 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 80/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
