Dreamscaper

A surreal, roguelite inspired ARPG with modernized hack'n'slash combat about lucid dreaming. Warp the dreamscape around you to battle a nightmarish depression that lives in a young woman’s subconscious. DREAM…

89 13 August 2020 from $4.99

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Dreamscaper is an adventure developed by Afterburner Studios, released 13 August 2020 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $4.99 at Steam.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Dreamscaper is

Dreamscaper is an adventure game developed by Afterburner Studios and released in 2020. It was published by Freedom Games. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A surreal, roguelite inspired ARPG with modernized hack'n'slash combat about lucid dreaming. Warp the dreamscape around you to battle a nightmarish depression that lives in a young woman’s subconscious. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Dreamscaper holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $4.99 at Steam, 80% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Dreamscaper launched on 13 August 2020, within three weeks of Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Risk of Rain 2 and Crusader Kings III. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It was a Xbox Series launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Risk of Rain 2, Crusader Kings III.

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