In Nightmare is an adventure developed by Magic Fish Studio, released 29 March 2022 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What In Nightmare is
In Nightmare is an adventure game developed by Magic Fish Studio and released in 2022. It was published by Maximum Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Closing his heart to reality, our protagonist falls into a deep slumber and awakens in a nightmarish dreamworld. In Nightmare is a narrative-driven horror adventure game combining sneak action with diverse puzzles. It follows a young boy in search for the last hope of love who is working out his own salvation by navigating through his fear. Experiencing effects of a broken family, and the heartache it brings, a young child will escape reality into a dark, whimsical world created from his own memories. This sets him on his journey to uncover what truly lies within. Having suffered in reality, his past trauma turns into terrifying monsters that want to keep him in an eternal nightmare. With…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, horror and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
In Nightmare holds a critic score of 45 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 29 points below the year average.
What it launched against
In Nightmare launched on 29 March 2022, within three weeks of Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and Kirby and the Forgotten Land. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Official trailer
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