Dreaming Sarah is a surreal adventure platformer about Sarah, a young girl in a coma after an accident. The goal is to help her wake by exploring her dream world, where the unsettling, dreamlike premise meets a varied cast of unusual characters. Its focus is exploration rather than combat: players move through strange settings, talk to inhabitants and look for clues in the surrounding scenery.
Items reshape how Sarah can navigate and interact with her world. An umbrella lets her glide, a magnifying glass changes her size, and a necklace turns her into a fish. Puzzles ask players to observe their surroundings, take notes and explore, while revisiting earlier areas can reveal new things as progress unfolds. The game also offers up to two different endings based on what the player has found or done.
The store lists Dreaming Sarah as single-player, so its play format centers on one person’s progress through the dream and its puzzles. Its distinctive appeal lies in piecing together a surreal world through environmental clues and items that change the way Sarah moves.
