Alright. Sea of Dreams is done and dusted. Kind of an innocuous name, but in reality, it’s a lite horror RPG Maker puzzle game. Took me right around ninety minutes to complete, and quite a few of those were spent making one puzzle way harder on me than it actually was supposed to be, lol.

The premise is you’re on a luxury cruise. You wake up in your cabin, get up to go grab some food and what have you, and realize you’re the only person on this ship. You then go about solving the mystery of why, and trying to find your way off the ship while avoiding death.

I think the developer did a great job with both the graphics, which were evocative, and the soundtrack, which was atmospheric. Although one particular track was quite annoying, and I suspect this was actually intentional. One of the puzzles was also tied to a musical piece, which I did think was pretty cool.

A cool thing that happens here is, when you find a solution or hint to a puzzle, you don’t have to remember it despite there not being a journal. Instead, while doing said puzzles (with one exception), your notes appear on screen. Most of the puzzles are numerically based, and I’d recommend not overthinking them. Instead, look for the pattern presented in each.

I played this on the Steam Deck, and it ran perfectly with no adjustments. It used 35% of the battery in my ninety minutes.

I did receive this license via my Robilar’s Reviews curator program, but the $2.99 asking price is definitely on point. The game was fun, well paced, interesting, and a perfect length for the experience offered. I’d give it a look.