Dream Cycle (2022)

Cathuria Games, Raw Fury

Main
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Main + Extra
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Platinum
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Trapped in a cursed alternate dimension, arcane apprentice Morgan Carter faces an epic quest to save both her soul and the shattered Dreamlands. Use stealth, spells, and weapons to defeat enemies and purge the corruption while exploring thousands of shards of this ever-expanding action adventure.

About the story

Discover the next evolution of action adventures with Dream Cycle, an ever-expanding portal into the unknown brought to you by the creator of Lara Croft, Toby Gard. Trapped in a shattered dimension, you take the role of Morgan Carter, a modern-day arcane apprentice. Defeat the corrupted inhabitants of the Dreamlands to break the curse. Use stealth, traps, spells, and illusions to quietly clear the way or challenge enemies head-on, exploiting their weaknesses with conventional weapons. Only by destroying these soulless opponents can you venture deeper into the Dreamlands, discover the truth of your story, and maybe… just maybe… find a way out. When her Essence is stolen by a long lost relative, arcane apprentice Morgan Carter finds herself trapped in the Dream Realms on the edge of death. With the Realms shattered and corrupted, she must track down her legendary Great Great Grand Uncle Randolph Carter in order to take back her power, thwart his plan to become a God, and bring light to the Dreamlands.

Platforms

PC

Genres

Adventure

Themes

Action

Languages: English

Interface Audio Subtitles
English

Media

Critic Reviews

Wccftech

By Rosh Kelly
69

Dream Cycle is doing a lot. And it does a lot of it well. But the parts that fall flat, bouncing off the strangeness of the game's own design, make it hard to recommend.

10 Sep, 2022 Read full review

Eurogamer

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
75

An exhilarating, fluid, incredibly broken mage-'em-up set in tortured procedural worlds.

31 Aug, 2022 Read full review

COGconnected

By Mark Steighner
65

When I previewed Dream Cycle nearly a year ago, I connected with the game’s premise and still-in-development combat mechanics and movement. Those promising elements remain, but in the full game, they’re obscured by some technical issues and the need for a lot more polish and refinement. A third-person, Lovecraft-inspired action game is a great idea. Dream Cycle comes close to making it happen. It’s not quite a nightmare, but not the sweet dream I hoped it would be.

16 Aug, 2022 Read full review

Screen Rant

By Jacob Zeranko
60

Ultimately, Dream Cycle is an interesting and creative take on Lovecraft's world and one that should have been so much better. While it's hard to recommend Dream Cycle in its current state, some may feel that these issues are miniscule compared to what the game is trying to do and that's enough reason to give it a go.

10 Aug, 2022 Read full review

TechRaptor

By Will Quick
65

An expansive dream world with lots of mechanics, but little control over them.

10 Aug, 2022 Read full review

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