Traum similar games & best alternatives

Traum - Trailer
Traum - traum_1.avif
Traum - traum_2.avif
Traum - traum_3.avif
Traum - traum_4.avif
Traum - traum_5.avif
Traum - traum_6.avif

Traum

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

Traum is a short, story-driven adventure about a man with a dream. Can even the best of plans be shattered by unexpected news?

What works

  • Engaging and emotional story
  • Atmospheric music and sound design
  • Well-crafted psychological horror elements
  • Free to play with high quality
  • Multiple endings and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Short gameplay length
  • Some predictable story elements
  • Limited gameplay depth
  • Linear progression
  • Some players find protagonist unlikable

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Crooked Man

  • 异化之恶〇Abnormal Treatment

  • SIGNALIS

  • Have a Nice Dream

  • 雨鸦 - You are my sanctuary

  • Transparent Black

Less intimate

Games that feels like Traum but with less focus on close relationships

  • Just Ignore Them

  • The Mirror Lied

  • At Home Alone

  • Cat in the Box

  • Fausts Alptraum

  • White Dove 白雀

More relaxing

Games that feels like Traum but with a more relaxing feel

  • Space Pilgrim Episode IV: Sol

  • Space Pilgrim Episode III: Delta Pavonis

  • Tales of the Black Forest

  • The Lar

  • Buy a Croquette!

  • Alicemare

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Traum. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

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).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • 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 Traum. These titles are not in What to play next.

Traum: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Value. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Strategy.

Last update: 21/08/2026