Dreaming Sarah
Worth it · Narrative · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $5.99. Typically $1.79 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.00/hr
- ReviewsA
- 91% of 2,874
- Genre rank
- Top 4% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 2h
- To 100%
- 2.1h 1.1x the story
- Finish
- 12% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 22
Price and sales
- Sales
- 110 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $0.59 September 2015
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 54% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 92% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
22% start to 12% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
110 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 4 percent. It is better reviewed than 92 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Toki Tori 2+ ($14.99, scores 57) and ANIMAL WELL ($17.49, scores 73) both come in lower.
More about Dreaming Sarah
Steam's global achievement data puts about 12 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 3 of the 389 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 674 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 29 percent of everything written about it.
At 2 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 24 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Cute game, it's simple but charming in its own way. Definitely inspired by Yume Nikki and other games (there are a couple of small citations to other games and things), but it has its own structure and narration. Not super polished and there are some minor glitches (I had to close/reopen the game once because I couldn't progress, but nothing save-breaking as far as I can tell), but it's fine overall. Short and very...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Might be the most confusing game i've ever played, i just go left and right and it works
A Bizarre Dream World That Was Just Not for Me Dreaming Sarah is a very short 2D side-scrolling exploration game with light Metroidvania elements. You can easily finish it in just one sitting. 🔋The Positives [*] Decent Visuals : The graphics use a pixelated art style. It looks quite colorful and decent overall. [*] Smooth Controls : I played the game using a controller, and the character movements felt very smooth...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Dreaming Sarah scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/296870/dreaming-sarahReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.