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Through the Nightmares

95% positive of 69 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, PlayStation

Made by Sandman Team.

About the game

Through the Nightmares is a challenge-driven platformer for anyone who’s ever had a restless night. Run, jump, and change your size to overcome the nightmare’s traps. Face Morpheus. Rescue children from an endless dream.

Tagged by players

  • Puzzle Platformer
  • Narrative
  • Precision Platformer
  • Side Scroller
  • Surreal
  • Difficult
  • Emotional
  • 2D Platformer
  • Dark
  • Linear
  • Mystery
  • Action-Adventure

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Through the Nightmares takes the familiar idea of childhood fears and transforms it into a challenging precision platformer built around timing, experimentation, and repeated attempts. Developed and published by Sandman Team, the game follows Sandman, a spirit associated with peaceful dreams, as he travels into nightmares where children have become trapped. Morpheus, a once-benevolent god of dreams, stands at the…

    11 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
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    9.8 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 1 found it helpful.

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