Dream of Things 物之梦 (2025)

Developer: Tear Bird
Publisher: indienova
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Indie
Rating: 4.8 of 5, 34 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 4.6 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

You explore a lonely house by conversing with sentient objects, unraveling their personal stories and your own forgotten identity through gentle, dialog-driven interactions.

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What players say

Players describe a first-person puzzle game where you talk to objects and enter their dream worlds. The puzzles require moving items between levels, which some find clever but others call tedious. Many say guidance is weak and the real challenge is figuring out what to do, not the puzzles themselves. Players split on difficulty: some call it very hard, others say it is just poorly explained.

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