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Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.
Dreams in the Witch House is a lore-rich, lovecraftian and adventure game
developed by Atom Brain Games
and published by Bonus Stage Publishing.
Released on February 16th 2023 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 330 reviews of which 308 were positive and 22 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 4.94€ on Steam with a 55% discount.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 1 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX compatible card
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
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I played the hell out of games like World of Horror, Dredge & Strange Horticulture, and this game were the perfect answer for my cozy/horror craving. You can choose to play as a typical lovecraftian character - frantically researching the occults and getting pulled across dreamscapes - or you can buy sleeping pills and earplugs so you can write your thesis and get A+ on your exams like a good student. There's a day/night cycle. There's a weather system and a simple city map where you can buy supplies and get a hot meal or coffee with friends. Walter can choose to study in the library, or inside his own room while the rain is outside and the fireplace is crackling. It's hella cozy if you ignore the monstrosities waiting to prey on Walter when he's asleep.
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This is a very authentic Lovecraft adaptation that properly conveys the charm of the material. Instead of bombarding you with blood and dead fish and octopuses and nightmares with ominous voices telling you what to do from the get-go, it actually grounds you into a fairly normal setting and then gradually gets weirder from there. How crazy things actually get is also largely determined by the player's actions, since almost everything except staying alive is optional in this game. At the core of it it's actually a simple genre:survival simulator. I really like how all the item interactions actually make sense unlike many old-school games of similar type, yet some of them also have subtle and/or unexpected uses. Furthermore, the game uses RNG in a very effective and sensible way, where you almost never get screwed by it (although playing on Hard and getting a poor present at the start of the game is fairly irritating). The gameplay is effective; you have enough things to worry about that managing time and money becomes gripping, the graphics are nice, the music is great, the characters clearly have their own distinct voices. The plot is, well, largely the same as the source material, which happens to be one of my favorites from Lovecraft. Aside from a few item interaction inconsistencies and a couple of grammar errors (and the fact that I was too familiar with the plot already), I really can't find much fault in it.
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Loved it! After playing Dredge I wanted to play another Lovecrafty-ish game. It gave me more than I asked for: The atmosphere, the typical "is it all happening or is it only in my mind...? am I dreaming?" Gameplaywise: You have your typical horror survial features with sanity, sleep, hunger, you have to manage your money and I adivise playing the game at least twice because trust me, the first time you will f* up everything. However, this way it's way more intense and spooky. The second run I would advise playing on easy since that way you can focus on exploring all that the game has to offer. It does have multiple endings so you get a nice reward for playing it another time. On a spook level from 1-10 I would say it's a solid 6-7. I like the spook but I'm too scared to play like real hardcore horror games. So if you are like me, searching for a mild adrenalin rush while still enjoying story and gameplay, this is a game I can really recommend.<3
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This is such a unique experience, I don't even know what to call it: A resource and time management point&click adventure game? You play as first-year student Walter Gilman who's cramming for his next exam while living on a small allowance in a rickety lodging house. Things are not easy, the wiring is faulty, the weather is terrible, and you get only three logs of firewood for the whole week. And then there are these unexplainable noises from the attic, and has that rat a human face?! As Walter, you have to manage your health and sanity, allow time for sleep and studying, you have to borrow the right books, and speak with your professor about your theory that you are hopefully also working on. Every hour of every day you have to make decisions how to best spend your time: Do you do some odd jobs for your landlady for a couple bucks? Or should you rather spend a few more hours on your maths skills? Do you visit your neighbor in the evening and ask for a board to cover the rat hole in your room, or do you visit the event you read about in the newspaper, and that promises some distraction? The game is surprisingly complex, and there is not just one optimal way to play it. In my first try I died through an unfortunate series of events, and was surprised how different many details in my next attempt were. The weather, items that you find and where you find them, when certain things happen - all that is randomized to some extent. I had a lot of fun uncovering the story, how to make it to the end, and then how to not doom the world to some Lovecraftian horror and achieve the best ending. The game makes an autosave each morning, and you can make your own saves whenever you want, which makes it easy to experiment, and you don't have to start at the beginning each time if you want to try for a different ending. I had a great time with Dreams in the Witch House. If you like a challenge and don't mind jotting down some notes, you should definitely try this one out.
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This is one of the best point-and-click adventure Lovecraftian horror games I've ever played. You play as Walter Gilman, a new student at Miskatonic University, who is fascinated with the occult. You'll have to study your normal subjects like math, physics, chemistry, astronomy while writing a thesis on the occult and dodging the mysterious occult dealings of Witch Keziah Mason and the entity Nyarlathotep. This game can be challenging as you have to juggle studies, food, rest, time management, injuries, writing your thesis and more! Any Lovecraftian enthusiast would be delighted to play this game. With multiple endings, this game provides hours of entertainment and lots of replayability. Note: Right mouse click lets you inspect items and surroundings more without asking Walter to pick the item up. PROS: * Amazing pixel art * Engaging story * Exciting characters and locations from the grater Lovecraftian universe * Multiple endings (even the "bad" endings are really cool!) * Lots of achievements to collect (with varying difficulty) * Can save anywhere with multiple saves. Has an autosave feature too * Easy UI and Inventory system CONS: * The test questions can be difficult (write notes!) * Juggling you finances can be challenging (I recommend buying rations, sleeping pills, ear plugs, and pain relievers) * You will have to do multiple playthroughs in order to get all achievements (not really a con, but a FYI) * No controller support (that I'm aware of) * Some of the puzzles are quite challenging and may require you to look at a walkthrough (There are not too many created for ease, I suggest looking at the Steam Achievements discussion for assistance; and Google for test questions) https://www.seravium.com https://twitch.tv/seravium
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Developer
Atom Brain Games
Publisher
Bonus Stage Publishing
Release
16 Feb 2023
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