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Walk through empty Chinese homes, streets, and schools from the millennium, photographing scenes and examining keepsakes.
Released 27 Jan 2026
Photograph Dreamscapes
Inspect Childhood Keepsakes
Explore Empty Schools
Wander through dreamscapes woven from memories of the millennium. Use your camera to freeze tender fragments of days gone by, collecting lost shards of childhood. In an atmosphere where Chinese Dreamcore and Liminal Space intertwine, savor a warmth that feels both familiar and strange.
Developed by LucidDreamLab · Published by LucidDreamLab
Millennium Dream is a first-person walking and photography game set in dreamlike scenes inspired by everyday life in China around the turn of the millennium. You move through places such as homes, residential streets, shops, and schools, where familiar objects and quiet surroundings frame a journey through childhood and youth.
Explore each area at your own pace, choosing whether to follow the route onward or spend more time looking around. Inspect and rotate keepsakes, and use a handheld camera to capture scenes with different film styles.
You can adjust the weather and time of day to change the look of an area. Finding certain items unlocks additional options for photography and atmosphere, while the connected scenes and their interactable objects gradually present more of the journey.
Players often describe the game as a powerful, sometimes melancholy encounter with childhood memories. Familiar period details in homes, streets, schools, and family spaces prompt personal recollections, while the quiet, empty environments give players room to explore and linger. Some players connect even when the specific scenes differ from their own upbringing; others say the straightforward walking and limited activities, short length, or unfamiliar settings make the experience less compelling for them.
「Millennium Dream」 is a solo-developed walking and photography simulator built around the core aesthetic of "Chinese Dreamcore." You will submerge yourself in meticulously crafted dreams of days gone by...
Take a nap in your bed on a lazy, sun-drenched afternoon; wander through the pedestrian street with its faint, damp scent—the one you used to walk with your mother after school; or return to an empty campus, the place where you once "battled" day and night.
There are no clichéd jump scares or task lists here—only those fragments of old times that were once mundane but are now nowhere to be found.
Immerse yourself in scenes of "Chinese Dreamcore" aesthetics, wandering alone through places both familiar and alien. In these structures and spaces stripped of crowds, experience a unique sensation: quiet, nostalgic, yet slightly unsettling.
Everything here is incredibly familiar, like returning to your childhood home. Yet, at the same time, it feels so foreign...
An afternoon buzzing with cicadas is instantly blanketed by heavy snow; a twilight of pouring rain turns into a misty morning in the blink of an eye. Every scene has a thousand faces. You can freely control the cycles of rain, snow, dawn, and dusk to find the moment that best resonates with your current state of mind.
Will you use the grainy filter of an old mobile phone to recapture the unique, raw textures of the millennium? Or use high-contrast black-and-white film to capture the purest interplay of light and shadow? The camera in your hand is the perfect bridge to document your connection with this dream.
Set the alarm on the puppy clock once more, or wind up that tin frog with the loose spring. As you rotate and inspect these items, the traces of time etched upon them may just open a door to the past.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 18 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| AI disclosure | A very small part of the environment textures is generated by AI |
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