Inspiring Dreams

Inspiring Dreams is a narrative-driven game about a man who awakens as a ghost. His wife believes he is dead and cannot see or sense him, while an unknown darkness harms her unseen by humans. You try to protect her without her knowing, explore a monster-filled abyss to destroy the source of evil, and search for a way to communicate with her again. The story follows her life as it unfolds without you, in an original world with its own rules. Completing the game takes around 4 hours.

Turn-based combat

Combat is turn-based and uses an energy system that lets you take multiple actions in one turn. Your available attacks are randomized each turn, so you choose from what is on offer for each situation. The combat is simple and closely integrated with the story, and every monster has a role in it.

You uncover enemy secrets to exploit weaknesses in battle. Bestiary entries track each monster’s evolution and the secrets you reveal; your knowledge of each begins at 0% and grows through combat encounters. You must defeat every monster to complete the game.

Hidden story fragments

Optional dialogues are scattered throughout the world. Finding them rewards you with experience and deeper insight into the lore. The game can be completed without these narratives, though they add to the story’s immersion.

Hand-drawn settings

The pixel art is hand-drawn and depicts a range of settings, including a warm summer with wind in the trees, a colorful autumn, a snowy winter, a storm of hard rain and wind, and a dark, forbidden abyss filled with monsters. The game also has atmospheric music, which you can listen to while not fighting evil beings.