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Dreamscaper

Afterburner Studios · indie.io · 2021-08-05

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 05, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 03, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 03, 2022 (Xbox One)

By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.

Dreamscaper is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2021, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 3185 reviews).

12
playing now
88%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Dreamscaper trailer thumbnail

Dreamscaper - Official Trailer | E3 2021

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 44 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (550 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 28,012 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 64k–143k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,185 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$4.34-83%
GOG$4.99-80%
IndieGala$4.99-80%
Steam$4.99-80%
WinGameStore$4.99-80%
GOG$4.99-80%
GamersGate$5.00-80%
GreenManGaming$5.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.25 at Fortuna Digital (2026-06-29) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 179 of 226 observed days · $1.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49449420202026Week of 2020-08-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1222026-09-15 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3526Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 203 · peak 779Oct 2020 — avg 22 · peak 103Dec 2020 — avg 14 · peak 33Feb 2021 — avg 22 · peak 67Apr 2021 — avg 18 · peak 70Jun 2021 — avg 14 · peak 33Aug 2021 — avg 352 · peak 1,111Oct 2021 — avg 59 · peak 145Dec 2021 — avg 45 · peak 120Feb 2022 — avg 31 · peak 62Apr 2022 — avg 28 · peak 89Jun 2022 — avg 17 · peak 47Aug 2022 — avg 20 · peak 50Oct 2022 — avg 20 · peak 50Dec 2022 — avg 19 · peak 39Feb 2023 — avg 39 · peak 215Apr 2023 — avg 28 · peak 64Jun 2023 — avg 15 · peak 31Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 29Oct 2023 — avg 16 · peak 55Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 33Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 31Apr 2024 — avg 23 · peak 89Jun 2024 — avg 16 · peak 39Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Oct 2024 — avg 14 · peak 32Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 30Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 38Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 34Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 22Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$3.772019-09-112026-10-152019-09-11 — best price $15.002021-09-23 — best price $19.992022-02-21 — best price $24.992022-05-28 — best price $22.492022-09-06 — best price $24.992022-12-02 — best price $21.962023-02-04 — best price $19.882023-04-21 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $9.992023-09-15 — best price $24.992023-11-08 — best price $24.992023-12-22 — best price $6.242024-02-21 — best price $4.992024-04-02 — best price $5.252024-05-22 — best price $6.242024-07-12 — best price $6.252024-08-30 — best price $18.892024-11-04 — best price $6.242024-12-23 — best price $4.672025-01-23 — best price $6.242025-03-14 — best price $24.992025-05-01 — best price $4.322025-06-30 — best price $3.772025-08-19 — best price $4.712025-10-09 — best price $4.992025-11-24 — best price $3.892026-01-23 — best price $4.992026-03-20 — best price $10.752026-05-06 — best price $24.992026-06-13 — best price $17.542026-07-24 — best price $4.492026-08-24 — best price $3.902026-09-18 — best price $4.992026-10-13 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.34
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
68.9%
earned "Nothing to Fear..."
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-08-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)5,8543%45
Steam (Steam)3,5354%45
Switch (Nintendo)470%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieActionAdventureDifficultAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteReplay ValueSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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