Weird and dream-like video games

[Basman]

I wanted to do this for a while, compile videos of strange and weird games that are dreamlike, trippy, ethereal, etc. The weirder and more obscure the better.

Feel free to add your own contributions.

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LSD: Dream Emulator

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LSD: Dream Emulator is a 1998 exploration game by Asmik Ace Entertainment, released for the PlayStation. In LSD, the player explores surreal environments without any objective. If they touch anything in the environment, such as walls, creatures or objects, they will be warped to another setting. The game was conceived by Japanese artist Osamu Sato, who rejected the idea of games, and wanted to use the PlayStation as a medium for creating contemporary art. The game's concept is based on a dream diary kept by an Asmik Ace employee for over a decade.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD:_Dream_Emulator

 

 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 11:26 PM by Basman

[Basman]

Voima

A indie sandbox game currently in pre-alpha as of writing this. Developed by Valtsu, a 24 year old Finnish artist.

 

 

Edited Thursday at 11:25 PM by Basman

[Basman]

Dreamcore

A Psychological horror game based on Liminal Spaces. Released in 2025 and developed by Montraluz.

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In Internet aesthetics, liminal spaces are empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal. Liminal spaces are commonly places of transition, pertaining to the concept of liminality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminal_space_(aesthetic)

 

 

[Yimpa]

Related blog post:

https://www.actualized.org/insights/games-that-mindfuck-you

[Eskilon]

 

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Pathologic is a 2005 psychological horror survival role-playing game developed by Russian game studio Ice-Pick Lodge. On May 23, 2019, Pathologic 2 was released as a re-imagining of the original.

A mysterious and deadly disease breaks out in a remote town in the Russian steppe. It is highly contagious and kills whoever contracts it, giving them only several days left to live. This struggle to survive follows three healers and their individual stories. One is a learned doctor from the country’s capital, named the Bachelor. The second is a local medicine man who has returned at the request of his father, named the Haruspex. The third and final healer is a strange young girl who claims to be both a saint and a miracle worker, named the Changeling.

 

Edited Friday at 12:56 AM by Eskilon

[Staples]

Mouthwashing

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2475490/Mouthwashing/