Dreamscaper
Fair · Roguelike · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 14.8h
- Value
- $1.69/hr
- Reviews
- 88% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 3 GB of memory, GeForce GT 640, 6 GB of storage. Windows only.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in February 2025. 62 discounts in the 6 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 28 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 70 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Binding of Isaac ($2.24, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Overture ($4.99, scores 40).
The press gave it 80; the people who bought it give it 88 percent. An 8-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Of the 591 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 7 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 72 percent of the 403 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 14.8 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 42, 2.9 times as much.
At 14.8 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
69% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Late to the review party but felt I need to do one. I started this game in early access and followed the developmental journey and now that patch 1.1 has come out I am going to start a fresh run, but we will get to the meat of the review. This is probably one of my favourite games ive ever played, the soundtrack is perfect, the ambience and vibe of the game is everything I have yearned for in life. I was playing...
This is one of my favourite games, and one that I keep going back to. It's about grief and loss and dealing with it, and in between your forays into your subconscious you meet friends that can help you through your waking depression. You find the dodge you like, then you find the shield you like, and then you get to play with which elements you prefer. I'm a lightning/water, myself. It's fun to extinguish-crit...
Really nice game. :) The gameplay is really smooth and enjoyable, fun to improve at. The mastery system incentivizes experimentation and gives rewards for trying everything for at least a while. As for the story, I blessedly don't suffer from any of the difficulties presented, but from my perspective I found it an interesting and nuanced exploration of depression, grief, and insecurity, especially as Cassidy builds...
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Cite this score
Dreamscaper scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1040420/dreamscaperReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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