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The Dream Within
A pixel-graphics open world survival craft RPG, where player is locked in a deep dream world, survive in this elusive world, forage, hunt, mine, and build up shelters. Find a way to escape.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I actually love this game. It is a gem but recently there was an update that rendered it unplayable and idk what would make a person release an update that cripples the gameplay but here we are. Once i start a new game i get frozen controls just don't work once a message pops…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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small fix 0713
1 The confirmation dialog in the starting title scene can now be confirmed directly using a controller; previously, it inexplicably required a mouse. 2 Added several missing Simplified Chinese charact
Community items are now available
After being released for over a year, the game has finally become eligible for community items. I'm absolutely thrilled! The game has many shortcomings, from combat design to a lack of proper guidance
Small Fix 0326
1 Added a simple map for the forsaken base, when at the base, click on the region map to open it. 2 Some monsters' death animations have been sped up, previously they died too slowly. 3 Modified some
small fix 0209
Adjusted the trigger condition for the achievement "Lucky": The boss that triggers the achievement will now appear with a certain probability when harvesting spider cocoons in the Spider Cave. Once de
Final Region Added
The game has been updated. 1.The final region has been added. This is a relatively small area with little content for character development or crafting, featuring only a few final scenes and the final
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Open World Survival Craft · Exploration · Sandbox · Difficult · Farming Sim · Action RPG · RPG · Pixel Graphics · Top-Down · Cooking · Base-Building · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 14 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: 2.8 GHz Dual Core CPU Memory: 4096 MB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4096 MB available space