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DREAMWILD

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

DREAMWILD is a fast paced, Arcade-Styled FPS set in a multitude of unique and bizarre psychedelic worlds! Slice through the endless horde with your accursed sword, discover the secrets that the DreamWilds have to offer, and get to the bottom of the dark plague spreading through all Mindspace!

What works

  • Unique and striking art style
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Addictive and skillful movement mechanics
  • Surreal and dreamlike atmosphere
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and punishing difficulty
  • Repetitive and sometimes frustrating combat
  • Limited content and short game length
  • Lack of save system and progression resets on death
  • Some accessibility issues and control limitations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Creature in the Well

  • Realm of Ink

  • Galactic Glitch

  • Golden Chambers

  • Gryphon Knight Epic

  • AMID EVIL

Less expressive

Games that feels like DREAMWILD but with less self-expression and customization

  • The Mummy Demastered

  • WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

  • Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)

  • West of Dead

  • Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore

  • WarriOrb: Prologue

More exploratory

Games that feels like DREAMWILD but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Verho - Curse of Faces

  • Sands of Aura

  • MIO: Memories in Orbit

  • Chained Echoes

  • Drova - Forsaken Kin

  • Lunacid

More intense

Games that feels like DREAMWILD but with a more intense feel

  • Doomsday Hunters

  • Silly Polly Beast

  • Age of Barbarian Extended Cut

  • There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

  • Deck of Ashes

  • Painkiller Overdose

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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.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with DREAMWILD. These titles are not in What to play next.

DREAMWILD: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Strategy, Leadership, Progression.

Last update: 21/08/2026