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Games like Dreaming Worlds

If Dreaming Worlds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ryder, Sayri: The Beginning and Dream Of Forgotten Songs — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Dreaming Worlds: Dive into the dreaming worlds of the four dream keepers and find out why they don't answer anymore. Rescue the trapped inhabitants of the dream worlds, change the dreams back to good and discover mysterious places and puzzles. But something dark will stand in your way.

2026IndieAdventureCasualWindowsby Dominik Wolff, Games by Dominik Wolff
Dreaming Worlds — Steam game cover

Players who liked Dreaming Worlds also play

Steam players who put hours into Dreaming Worlds also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Ryder

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dreaming Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    A vibrant creature-collecting puzzle adventure. Play as over 60 creatures, each with unique traits, to solve more than 100 puzzles across four colorful regions. Explore a lively, low-poly world, complete your bestiary, and ascend the Sanguine Mountain to fulfill your destiny as a Ryder.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Sayri: The Beginning

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Dreaming Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Sayri: The Beginning aims to warm your heart and whisk you away on a colorful journey to a new home, filled with emotion and wonder. Experience a beautiful, living world where friendship is the only recipe for surviving the unknown.

    IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  3. Dream Of Forgotten Songs

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dreaming Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Fox collects gems and songs in dream world adventure. Explore dream world. Solve puzzles. Collect fragments of songs. Find the way to home! Indie game by solo developer. With love from Ukraine!

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. LOST EMBER

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Dreaming Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Farewell North

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dreaming Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Botanicula

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dreaming Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

    2012IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Adorable Adventures

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Dreaming Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Play as Boris, a curious baby boar who must learn how to use his nose to reunite with his family after a forest fire. Explore beautiful landscapes, track scents, and uncover secrets as you slowly reconnect with nature in this cozy animal adventure.

    2026IndieAdventureCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Wirm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dreaming Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Take a worm on a tiny adventure through this delightfully wiggly physics platformer :)

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Dreaming Worlds.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dreaming Worlds.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dreaming Worlds.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Dreaming Worlds.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. LOST EMBER

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Farewell North

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Botanicula

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.

    2012IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Wirm

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreaming Worlds.

    Take a worm on a tiny adventure through this delightfully wiggly physics platformer :)

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dreaming Worlds

What games are most similar to Dreaming Worlds?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dreaming Worlds are Ryder, Sayri: The Beginning, Dream Of Forgotten Songs.
Who developed Dreaming Worlds?
Dreaming Worlds was developed by Dominik Wolff, Games by Dominik Wolff and published by Games by Dominik Wolff.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Dreaming Worlds.

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