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Bad Dream: Fever

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.

What works

  • Unique and creative puzzles
  • Strong emotional and narrative depth
  • Beautiful and distinctive art style
  • Immersive atmospheric sound design
  • Thought-provoking meta storytelling

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear gameplay with limited player freedom
  • Short length and low replayability
  • Pixel hunting and backtracking can be tedious
  • Lack of achievements and multiplayer
  • Some puzzles unintuitive or frustrating

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • TSIOQUE

  • Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village

  • The Samaritan Paradox

  • Paper Bride

  • Metaphobia

  • Runaway, A Road Adventure

More autonomous

Games that feels like Bad Dream: Fever but with more freedom over how you play

  • Slender Threads: Prologue

  • Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

  • Through Abandoned: The Underground City

  • Bad Dream: Coma

  • Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Two

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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Bad Dream: Fever: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Autonomy, Survival, Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026