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Through The Nightmares Confirms Mid-June Release Date
Through the Nightmares has been given a release date for June, as you can play a free demo of the game on both consoles and PC
Article Summary
- Through the Nightmares launches in June with a free demo now available on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox.
- Master size-shifting platforming and ruthless precision challenges in surreal nightmare worlds.
- Explore over 45 handcrafted levels inspired by Nordic folklore and children’s fears come to life.
- Uncover narrative-driven secrets, manipulate dreamscapes, and enjoy a haunting original soundtrack.
Indie game developer and publisher Sandman Team has confirmed the release date for their new game, Through the Nightmares. If you haven't seen the game before, this is a challenge-driven platformer where you run through people's dreams, or more specifically, their bad ones, trying to escape and defeat the things that lay within people's minds. The team have confirmed a release date set for June 19, but before that, you can play a free demo of it on Steam, PlayStation,a nd Xbox right now.
Through the Nightmares
A challenge-driven platformer in the footsteps of genre's most exacting entries, Through the Nightmares asks players to help a mythical spirit save children from an endless dream. You'll die hundreds of times, escape from memories manifested as monsters, and overcome tragedies transformed into traps. And if you should die before you wake… press respawn and try again. In Through the Nightmares, players take control of Sandman, a guardian spirit who brings peaceful sleep. But dreams turn dark when Morpheus, a corrupted deity, imprisons innocent children within an endless nightmare. To rescue them, Sandman must journey into a surreal, perilous dream world.
Players will face over 45 carefully crafted levels across three chapters of the game's narrative. Each nightmare is a childhood fear brought to life — from creatures lurking in dark forests to monsters hiding beneath beds. Already praised for its brutal yet deeply rewarding gameplay, Through the Nightmares delivers a ruthless, precision-driven platforming experience. The game's multiple unique twists on the genre are spearheaded by Sandman's ability to change his size, which directly impacts physics — altering momentum, jump arcs, and the ways players navigate obstacles, traps, and secret pathways. The children are waiting. But the dream already knows you're here… and it will stop at nothing to ensure you never leave.
- Size-Shifting Platforming: Change your size to squeeze through tight spaces, manipulate traps, and discover hidden shortcuts.
- Challenge-Driven Gameplay: Enjoy ruthless precision platforming with instant respawns and a unique checkpoint system that lets you control where you respawn by using a collectible item.
- Handcrafted Dreamscapes: Explore dozens of handcrafted levels across three chapters and six different locations based on Nordic folklore, modern-day suburbia, and medieval ruins.
- Reactive Environments: Manipulate the dreamscape with Sandman's abilities to open up new pathways, discover secrets, and solve tricky challenges.
- Narrative-Driven Collectibles: Collect personal items from each nightmare to learn more about the children's past, reveal the deeper story, and piece together the truth of what happened to Morpheus.
- Immersive Visuals and Haunting Soundtrack: Nightmare dreamscapes are brought to life with striking low-poly art and a haunting original score.
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