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As I Began to Dream

90% positive of 21 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam

Made by Strayflux. Published by Soft Source.

About the game

As I Began to Dream is a hand-illustrated puzzle platformer telling the story of a young girl's journey of navigating grief and loss. With the power to swap and rotate the world around her, Lily embarks on a journey through a dreamlike limbo world to find acceptance and peace.

Tagged by players

  • Soundtrack
  • Puzzle Platformer
  • Hand-drawn
  • 2D Platformer
  • Platformer
  • Female Protagonist
  • Physics
  • Story Rich
  • Fantasy
  • Cute
  • Atmospheric
  • Puzzle

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Good game! The puzzle is fun, breathtaking art, music is nice, and easy to play. But the gameplay sometimes got too clunky especially in chapter 4, other than that it's still pretty enjoyable for me!

    5.2 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    A beautiful, immersive game, with lots of hours of gameplay to be had solving puzzles. Emotional storytelling too, with the storyline taking you through the 5 stages of grief. My one and only gripe is Act 4 (Depression). I suddenly felt like I was playing a completely different game (being chased by an enemy, platformer, dodging other enemies, etc.) that was incredibly difficult. Dying meant restarting the whole…

    20 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I forgot how awful I am at puzzle platformers so I keep getting stuck </3 Super beautiful game so far, the music and visuals are so gorgeous. Love it. I am going to need a guide however edit after finishing the game: The story, art, world and music were still gorgeous up until the end. Unfortunately the second half felt extremely clunky gameplay wise. The controls feel too clunky for how finicky the mechanics work.…

    15 h played when written. 8 found it helpful.

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