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Dreamfall Chapters

Dreamfall Chapters is an episodic, story-driven adventure game about choices and consequences, dreams and reality, magic and science, chaos and order, and the broken heroes whose actions will shape the course…

76 21 October 2014

Dreamfall Chapters is an adventure developed by Red Thread Games, released 21 October 2014 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 25.3 hrs to finish.

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What Dreamfall Chapters is

Dreamfall Chapters is an adventure game developed by Red Thread Games and released in 2014. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in parallel worlds — one a dark cyberpunk vision of the future, the other a magical fantasy realm — the game follows two broken heroes on their journey across worlds to save the very nature of dreams from the Undreaming. Dreamfall Chapters is a mature, emotional, dark, magical and heartbreaking adventure that will take you by surprise.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 59 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Dreamfall Chapters holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 94 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 25.3 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent, 3 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 4000. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 12GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Dreamfall Chapters launched on 21 October 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Alien: Isolation and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Characters

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Dlc

Remasters

Quick answers

Dreamfall Chapters — frequently asked questions

When did Dreamfall Chapters come out?
Dreamfall Chapters was released on 21 October 2014 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Dreamfall Chapters?
At minimum, Dreamfall Chapters needs Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent, 3 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics, 12 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Dreamfall Chapters?
The main story of Dreamfall Chapters takes around 25.3 hrs.
How many GB is Dreamfall Chapters?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "12 GB available space" and the recommended line says "20 GB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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