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Dreamcore
Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“this is everything i was hoping games like Subliminal to be. no scary entities, no jumpscares - just pure paranoia from environmental immersion. please don't change what this game is, we have enough 'get chased by black blob in level 0' games out there as is. excited for the…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“Dreamcore is the best liminal space game as of March 2026. There are two important reasons for this: the levels are huge and you inevitably get lost. As a result, each level on your first try typically takes well over an hour to complete, often times multiple hours. In a liminal…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“I'm on the fence about this "game"... The Good: Visually Stunning Good Performance Easy Controls Map Variety The Bad: VHS filter or whatever is downright terrible Running in this game is like the person has sandbags on their legs Too much volume and not enough substance…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Dreamcore: Steam Deck Verified Notice
Dreamcore has been officially reviewed and categorized as Steam Deck Verified by Valve. The game meets all default requirements for handheld play without needing manual configuration: -Input: Full nat
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Exploration · Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · 3D · Nonlinear · First-Person · Horror · Surreal · Relaxing · Underwater · Realistic · Minimalist (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Russian * , Italian * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Spanish - Spain * , Simplified Chinese * , Japanese * * |
| Achievements | 33 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://dreamcoregame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: WINDOWS® 10+(64-BIT Required) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX™-6300 or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 or AMD DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 7 GB available space Sound Card: no VR Support: no Additional Notes: Dreamcore requires a GPU with Ray-Tracing support, as it is essential for the game's lighting system. If your graphics card does not support Ray-Tracing, some areas may render incorrectly, appear completely black, or exhibit severe visual artifacts. You may still attempt to play the