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Dayscream

Bernhard Kokesch · 2026-07-13

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2020 (Linux)

Dig deep down in a world of darkness. Uncover the secrets of your dreams and try to find out what is really going on. Are they just daydreams or your deepest nightmares?

Dayscream is an Action and Indie game released in 2026, free-to-play, with a Mostly Negative review sentiment (38% of 21 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
36%
positive of 22 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Are you awake? Do you live in an apocalypse? Or are those visions just dreams. What is real and what is not? Try to find it out with your mind, a pipe and a remote control.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 74% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2021-10-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320202026Week of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.002020-10-132023-05-122020-10-13 — best price $6.292020-10-20 — best price $6.992020-11-18 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $3.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $3.492021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-01 — best price $3.492021-02-08 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $3.242021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-03-22 — best price $2.992021-03-29 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-08-16 — best price $2.992021-08-23 — best price $1.492021-08-30 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $0.892021-11-01 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $1.192021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-01-27 — best price $1.192022-02-03 — best price $2.992023-05-12 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
41.4%
earned "Wake up!"
34.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

FPSDarkIndieRetroActionHorrorSurrealAdventureEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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