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Dream Sketcher

Dream Sketcher is a 1-4 player investigative adventure game. As an investigator of the special agency Dreamland Security, you will form a team and enter the weirdest dreams to conduct brain-diving investigation. Danger is imminent, investigate, make choices, roll the dice, and fight!

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Developer
RisingPunch Studio
Publisher
RisingPunch Studio
Release
August 25, 2023
2 years and 343 days ago
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Mixed493 reviews58.6%

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About the Game

This is a game for adventurers. The mad dream crisis swept humanity. As an investigator, you need to dive into dreams, solve puzzles through investigation, and save the mad dream patients trapped in crisis.

A Subversive TRPG Exprience

New r*oguelike* DBG gameplay introduced, explore your deck-building in random maps. Infiltrate the unpredictable Infinite Reincarnation Tower, encountering Chinese horror folk events such as calling souls, chasing corpses, and ghost brides. Participate in horror game variety shows, and engage in thrilling player duels at American mansions. Who will be possessed? Under the classic TRPG rules, enjoy a subversive experience!

Diverse Adventures

【Rich Themes】Disaster, folk horror, adventure, mystery......Multiple themed scripts can be played anytime, anywhere, with an immersive experience.
【Strong Randomness】Each adventure introduces random scenes, encounters, and deduction plots, providing stronger replayability. Hidden items and clues lead to unexpected truths, which requires you to explore and win by unexpected means.
【Multiple Endings】Each script has more than 5 endings, your choice determines the plot direction, and the story is written by you.

Dice Rolling

Roll the dice to determine your fate! Inheriting the essence of TRPG, the game's development is determined by random dice rolls. Will you win in danger or have an unexpected accident? Be kind to your dice, and your dice will be kind to you!

Deckbuilding Strategy

You can choose from more than 150 cards to build your deck around an investigator's expertise and genre. Explore different possibilities based on the cards in your hand.

Happy Interaction

Team up and enjoy the fun of multiplayer interactions, such as whipping the "masochist" and scaring the "fright addict" when they are under "crazy mode". Whether to sacrifice your teammates or not is up to you.

Become a Legendary Investigator

Become investigators with different abilities and use their expertise to face challenges. Each investigator may have an unknown past, and the NPC you like may also become an unlockable investigator.
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