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Games like Dreamcore Retro

If Dreamcore Retro is your kind of game, the closest matches are LSD Dream Emulator: Liminal Spaces, LSD: Dream Emulator Retro and soundStrider — 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 Dreamcore Retro: Dreamcore Retro is a short and relaxing low poly indie game based on lucid dreaming and liminal spaces to concern about endangered species and other problems from the future society. The game mainly consists in exploring the dreamy surroundings of these psychedelic and minimalistic worlds...

2024ActionIndieAdventureSimulationCasual1.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Eternity Dev
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Players who liked Dreamcore Retro also play

Steam players who put hours into Dreamcore Retro 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. LSD Dream Emulator: Liminal Spaces

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dreamcore Retro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreamcore Retro.

    Have you ever wondered what Liminal Spaces are outside the Backrooms? Explore them in this surrealist short game based on lucid dreaming and liminal spaces in the nature, inspired by the original LSD Dream Emulator.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. LSD: Dream Emulator Retro

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Dreamcore Retro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dreamcore Retro.

    Immerse yourself in a dreamy and psychedelic platforms world through low poly enviroments and liminal spaces. A Retro game influenced by the original LSD: Dream Emulator from PSX.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. soundStrider

    WHY THIS

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

    Enter a synthesized reality. Explore endless worlds. Play an instrument. Save bookmarks. A psychedelic audio exploration game, walking simulator, music generator, and relaxation tool best experienced with headphones.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. TRIP Steam Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore an avant-garde cubist dream, stimulate your visual senses and immerse yourself in a surreal TRIP. A visually tantalizing open world artware that culminates the player to relax and enjoy a safe enviroment for them to explore at their own pace. There are no objectives, no rules, just art.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. 0°N 0°W

    WHY THIS

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

    Ready for a wild trip of psychedelic sights and sounds? 0°N 0°W is a chill, first-person walking sim for everyone, where each run is a fresh adventure!

    2018IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dreamcore Retro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dreamcore Retro.

    The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.

    2021AdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dreaming Sarah

    WHY THIS

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

    Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

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

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dreamcore Retro at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreamcore Retro on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreamcore Retro.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreamcore Retro on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dreamcore Retro.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreamcore Retro on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dreamcore Retro.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreamcore Retro on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dreamcore Retro.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreamcore Retro on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dreamcore Retro.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreamcore Retro on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dreamcore Retro.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreamcore Retro on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Dreamcore Retro.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dreamcore Retro on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dreamcore Retro.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dreamcore Retro.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dreamcore Retro.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dreamcore Retro.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dreamcore Retro.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Dreamcore Retro.

    The goal of the game is to find your favourite room in the catacombs.

    2021AdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dreaming Sarah

    WHY THIS

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

    Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

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

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dreamcore Retro

How much does Dreamcore Retro cost?
Dreamcore Retro is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dreamcore Retro?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dreamcore Retro are LSD Dream Emulator: Liminal Spaces, LSD: Dream Emulator Retro, soundStrider.
Who developed Dreamcore Retro?
Dreamcore Retro was developed by Eternity Dev.

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 Dreamcore Retro.

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