Games like Niko: Through The Dream
If Niko: Through The Dream is your kind of game, the closest matches are Now you can't see me, Kairo and The Unfinished Swan — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dreamlike aesthetic immerses players, atmospheric and contemplative. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Niko: Through The Dream: Niko is a spiritual journey through the dreams, where adventure, puzzles and mysteries come together in an oneiric and minimalist world. Dare to dream!
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Now you can't see me
WHY THIS
Top pick for Niko: Through The Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
First person puzzle. Solve riddles by closing your eyes or blinking them. While your eyes are closed, time freezes and gravity has no power over you. There is a funny voice acting and non-trivial tasks included.
Kairo
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Second-strongest match for Niko: Through The Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
The Unfinished Swan
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Third-strongest match for Niko: Through The Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.
The Ball
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Ranked #4 for Niko: Through The Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
As a swashbuckling archaeologist, unlock the mystery of the ancient ruins that have been hidden for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball.
Attempt[42]
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Ranked #5 for Niko: Through The Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
Challenging first person puzzle platformer.
Etherborn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Ranked #6 for Niko: Through The Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.
NaissanceE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Ranked #7 for Niko: Through The Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
FRACTER
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Niko: Through The Dream fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
FRACTER follows a veiled young hero who has set out on a perilous quest for light through a cryptic labyrinth of shadows.
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Myst
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Reviewers of Niko: Through The Dream cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
NaissanceE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Reviewers of Niko: Through The Dream cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Reviewers of Niko: Through The Dream cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Q.U.B.E. 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Reviewers of Niko: Through The Dream cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
The Talos Principle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Reviewers of Niko: Through The Dream cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Master Reboot
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Reviewers of Niko: Through The Dream cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure.
Nevermind
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Reviewers of Niko: Through The Dream cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
Nevermind ushers you into dark and surreal worlds within the minds of trauma patients. When played with supported biofeedback technology, Nevermind picks up on indications of fear—lashing out if you allow your feelings of anxiety to get the better of you.
The Void
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Niko: Through The Dream.
Reviewers of Niko: Through The Dream cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Niko: Through The Dream at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Niko: Through The Dream on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Niko: Through The Dream on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Niko: Through The Dream on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Niko: Through The Dream on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Niko: Through The Dream on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Niko: Through The Dream on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Niko: Through The Dream on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Niko: Through The Dream on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Niko: Through The Dream.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Niko: Through The Dream.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Niko: Through The Dream.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Niko: Through The Dream
- How much does Niko: Through The Dream cost?
- Niko: Through The Dream is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Niko: Through The Dream?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Niko: Through The Dream are Now you can't see me, Kairo, The Unfinished Swan.
- Who developed Niko: Through The Dream?
- Niko: Through The Dream was developed by Studio Paint.
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