YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- (2018)

Developer: KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Active Gaming Media Inc.
Publisher: PLAYISM
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating: 3.5 of 5, 1,499 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 7.2 hours
Where to get it: Steam

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this Watch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

Wandering through an eerie, beautiful dreamscape that feels both alien and melancholic, with a quiet dread lurking just beneath the surface.

surrealatmosphericdreamlikelonelycreepyslow-pacedexplorativepsychological

What players say

Players are deeply split on this reimagining. Many say it misses what made the original special by replacing open exploration with linear side-scrolling and platforming, and reducing the nexus from twelve doors to seven. Some appreciate it as its own take, but most find the block world puzzles tedious and the horror cheap rather than subtle.

Screenshots

More games like this

More by Kadokawa Corporation

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.