The Weird Dream

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The Weird Dream casts you as a rabbit navigating a crumbling cityscape in a 2D action-platformer with Metroidvania elements. Hand-drawn visuals give the world a loose, anime-adjacent feel while combat revolves around battling distorted residents and collecting upgrades. Exploration is key as you backtrack through shifting environments to unlock new movement abilities and piece together the fractured story. The game’s art style stands out most, every frame feels like a sketch that’s almost but not quite finished. Player progression focuses on incremental power boosts that open up vertical and horizontal sections of the map. With a March 2024 release on PC and Switch, it’s a compact experience clocking in under ten hours for most completists. The rabbit protagonist’s silent resilience contrasts nicely with the chaotic, dreamlike threats lurking in every alley.