Experience backrooms like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
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Step into the space between dreams.
Dreamcore is a psychological exploration game that immerses you in the haunting beauty of the largest liminal spaces ever created in a video game. With no guides, no direction, and no escape but the one you carve for yourself, the key lies in observation and intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
Dreampools: A surreal maze of endless pools, dimly lit by artificial glow. The tiled walls glisten with reflections, amplifying the stillness of the water. No sound accompanies you but the distant drip of water and the echo of your own footsteps. Narrow hallways twist into grand, open chambers, interconnected without apparent logic. The dreamlike calm is absolute, yet the unease never fully fades—an unseen presence always lingers at the edges of your awareness. 
Eternal Suburbia: A neighborhood frozen in an eerie, artificial tranquility. Row upon row of identical houses stretch into infinity, each façade a mirror of the last. But once inside, the illusion fractures—hallways loop into themselves, and the once-cozy interiors become an unsettling puzzle. Time flows in cycles of day and night, the warm hum of vintage jazz filling the air during daylight. Yet, instead of comfort, the melodies deepen the isolation. As dusk falls and the shadows stretch long, a single question takes root: are you truly alone in this place? 
Playrooms: A sequence of spaces inspired by children’s play areas, recreated with an artificial and silent aesthetic. Throughout the map, you’ll explore padded rooms, plastic castle structures, ball-filled corridors, netted tunnels, oversized blocks, and printed city carpets. Each area follows the logic of childhood entertainment but is stripped of functionality or human presence. There are no instructions, no sounds, and no clear direction; progression is entirely up to the player.
Liminal Hotel presents the definitive version of the famed “Level 188” Backrooms meme, offering a wide variety of styles within its rooms. Using elevators, you’ll traverse the hotel floor by floor, and as you descend, you’ll notice the hotel’s atmosphere becoming increasingly unstuck in time.
Dead Mall lets players loose on a nightmarish plaza with all the staples of childhood shopping, but contorted into an uncanny ordeal. Delve into its subliminal arcade, parking lot, food court, and bevy of isolated shops.
Every level in Dreamcore is a standalone experience that offers a unique blend of exploration and atmosphere. Two additional maps have already been added, and a final map is currently in development, further expanding the game’s world. Early players will receive all future maps at no extra cost.
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Languages: English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian +6 more
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Many amazing crafted maps that extend in aways I did not expect.
The best backrooms game by far
マジでなにもない ずっと似たような風景の繰り返し 敵もいない、ホラー要素もほぼない オブジェクトもほぼない、やってて苦痛 だがそれがいい
プレイするたびに脱出しないといけない圧迫感が迫ってくるので、没頭しやすい人は気持ち悪くなりやすいと思います。僕は気持ち悪くなりました。二度とやりません。タイトルすら見たくないです。
Suuuch a good escape. I loved firing up an episode a day and just spending my evenings with this game just getting lost, and figuring out the levels. A lot of great work was done on this game and I had a most enjoyable time with it all. I only wish the levels were even larger and would take more than a couple evenings of work to complete. But they already did create pretty grand levels, so check this game out, and give the devs some love and support, because they put out a fun and impressive Backrooms game.
Отличная игра!!!! Просто супер!!!!!! Жду вырезанный и не добавленный в игру контент в самой игре в недалёком будущем, жду просто новые уровни и механики, контент. Я рад тому, что вышел Фильм Великий по Великому Закулисью!!!!!!! Фильм - "Закулисье Реальности"!!!!!! Ну и дополнительный фильм "Закулисье: Всё должно уйти" (Распродаться типо, хаха, если по смыслу этой фразы напрямую переводить). 00:16. 09.07.2026. Четверг. ЮТС+3.
Super relaxing liminal space game. I'm glad there's no entity to chase you in Dreamcore since chases ruin the vibe for me. I played the demo and gave it a follow. I saw the hotel when it came out and gave it a wishlist. Finally, I saw the mall release and could no longer resist! The mall level could be more/longer. It was my favorite, so it is possible the time just flew by on that one. The hotel comes in second. I could be biased because I love The Shining, and the carpets are a nice touch! The suburbs and the playrooms are tied for me. One part of the suburbs gave me a little of The Dark Tower. I liked there was an objective in the playrooms other than to simply escape, and I liked the castle that had a bit of a MagiQuest feel. Coming in last is the pools. It may have been because I'd already played the demo for this game (the pools level) and a demo of a similar game which was also the pools. There is a level select (yay!), so I was able to jump straight into the mall and then the hotel. There's a nice variety of liminal spaces in this game, so you're not stuck in one place which has been a concern for me with similar games. Also, I love finding Fren. 🙂 I recommend if you like liminal space games, especially with no chases!
I've played the Dreampools and the Eternal Suburbia for now, so do with my feedback what you will:) I genuinely really love this game. I am not a big fan of jumpscares, stalker horrors or chasing sequences, so this game was right up my alley. I don't know how else to describe this game other than anxiety-inducing and meditative both. I can't wait to play the rest of the maps. I loved the Dreampools more - the map was more creepy and intuitive, IMO. I don't like Suburbs as much because I had to do a lot of backtracking; the first suburb was amazing though, and reminded me a lot of stale and eerily peaceful urbanist paintings (like Carol C. Young's ones). Truly dream-level creepy sh1t. Big thanks for Ukrainian localization as well - it's surprisingly rare to see it in games, but always a pleasure. Please do more games for us chicken sh1ts who love horror games but are scared to play them and can only do the ambient ones!
Definitely a amazing game if your looking for liminal without monsters trying to chase you. You can take your time exploring and take in all the views this game has to offer and along with being able to pick your levels and a lot of replayabillty with a lot of exploration and easter eggs to find.
Got this game because I love liminal spaces. This game does well with scaring me without throwing jupscares in your face. I know my PC specs arent top of the line because I run it on an older laptop but its often very choppy even when I run it on the lowest graphics, its unfortunate but overall the game is great. If you enjoy liminal spaces and atmospheric horror this is the game for you
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