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志怪者

RisingPunch Studio · 2023-08-25

Steam

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric, Virtual Reality

Releases: Apr 26, 2023 (SteamVR)

Dream Sketcher is a 1-4 player investigative adventure game. As an investigator of the special agency Dreamland Security, you will form a team and enter the weirdest dreams to conduct brain-diving investigation. Danger is imminent, investigate, make choices, roll the dice, and fight!

志怪者 is an RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $11.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 495 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
58%
positive of 496 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (95 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 13,897 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.9k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 496 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.09 at Steam (2023-04-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120232026Week of 2023-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$8.092023-04-272025-03-202023-04-27 — best price $8.092023-05-03 — best price $8.992023-06-29 — best price $8.092023-07-13 — best price $8.992023-08-24 — best price $10.792023-09-07 — best price $11.992023-10-26 — best price $9.592023-11-02 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $9.592023-11-28 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $9.592024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $9.592024-03-21 — best price $11.992024-04-04 — best price $9.592024-04-11 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $9.592024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $9.592024-12-04 — best price $11.992024-12-19 — best price $9.592025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $9.592025-03-20 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
66.5%
earned "Into the Dreamland"
6.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-12-07, latest 2024-01-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1181%32

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DRPGPuzzleMysteryStrategyAdventureStory RichTurn-BasedExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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