• Publisher: Q-Games
  • Release Date: Oct 10, 2025
  • Also On: PC
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  • Summary: Dreams of Another is a third-person exploration-action game built around the theme, "There is no creation without destruction."

    Rather than destroying objects by shooting - as in traditional shooting games - here, your shots materialize and rebuild the world. This unconventional mechanic
    Dreams of Another is a third-person exploration-action game built around the theme, "There is no creation without destruction."

    Rather than destroying objects by shooting - as in traditional shooting games - here, your shots materialize and rebuild the world. This unconventional mechanic offers a gameplay experience that challenges the norms of the genre and invites players into a whole new dimension.

    Uncover the thoughts, emotions, and secrets, piecing together the mysteries of this dreamlike world and navigate the liminal space between dreams and reality.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 16
  2. Negative: 5 out of 16
  1. Oct 6, 2025
    85
    Dreams of Another is a surreal, narrative-driven adventure from Q-Games that transforms traditional shooter mechanics into tools of creation rather than destruction. Drawing inspiration from the experimental PlayStation 3 era, it offers a meditative journey through metaphysical dreamscapes where shooting reveals memories, solves puzzles, and unravels existential mysteries. While its abstract structure and lack of conventional action may alienate some players, those seeking a thought-provoking, emotionally resonant experience will find much to admire in its layered storytelling and haunting visual design.
  2. Oct 7, 2025
    75
    Dreams of Another stands out for its artistic confidence and poetic vision. Its inventive mechanics and hypnotic atmosphere make up for the lack of challenge and replayability, offering a brief yet memorable journey through Baiyon’s surreal world of dreams.
  3. Oct 8, 2025
    60
    Even though I consider myself someone who is good at interpreting art and who loves quirky and mysterious games, Dreams of Another goes over my head.
  4. Jan 9, 2026
    60
    If nothing else, Dreams of Another is a unique third-person game. Its dreamlike visuals and intriguing “no creation without destruction” gameplay concept immediately draw attention and pique curiosity. However, its experimental nature doesn’t fully pay off, as the tiring gameplay, sluggish pace, and a story that fails to make sense quickly wear down that initial interest.
  5. Oct 6, 2025
    50
    Exploring the intrinsic link between creation and destruction, Dreams of Another hints at hidden depth, but fails to deliver it in a clear and understandable way. Repetition and disjointed storytelling undermines the narrative which is otherwise propped up by interesting art direction and a top quality soundtrack.
  6. Oct 7, 2025
    45
    Dreams of Another is a rarity, one of those indie games that plays with art. A visual and sensory experience that captivates at first glance, but quickly becomes frustrating. Like dreams, there is beauty, chaos, symbolism, and moments of lucidity. But there is also a lot of confusion, repetition, and fragmentation, and a bunch of mechanics and elements that serve no purpose, which seem like good ideas that were never fully implemented to make sense.
  7. Jan 16, 2026
    30
    It's not often I see a game that has one interesting idea that it leans on it so heavily that it snaps. "No creation without destruction" or not, there isn't enough game here to wrap around the cool visuals and the issue is so egregious that you grow tired of those visuals very quickly. Boring and frustrating, the only dream you'll have here is of playing another game.

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