The game looks great, but story is a bit confusing and feels like way too much is thrown at you at once to easily digest and understand. Gameplay is also quite lacking. Not worth the price.

Sleep Awake – My Impressions

Sleep Awake is a psychedelic horror game published by Blumhouse Games. Since Blumhouse is well known for its innovative horror films, I was curious to see if they could bring that same DNA into the world of video games.

Sleep Awake is a walking simulator in the sense that gameplay takes a back seat, serving mainly to support the story being told. It’s a genre I personally enjoy, though it doesn’t appeal to everyone. It’s somewhat like Still Wakes the Deep, for those familiar with it.

Sleep Awake takes us to a world in decay, where falling asleep leads to death and the inhabitants rely on various technologies to “sleep while awake.”

Visually, Sleep Awake is incredibly well executed — it’s beautiful. The game is a real visual achievement, featuring environments that range from collapsing cities to locations brimming with psychedelic mystery.

The hallucinations and surreal sequences are genuinely surprising and creative. The game excels at disorienting the player and capturing that dreamlike logic where the subconscious feels both bizarre and inconsistent. It’s not easy to pull off, but I think they nailed it.

That said, the story didn’t really grip me; it felt more like a pretext to explore the world and uncover its mysteries.
The audio design, on the other hand, is excellent. The soundtrack, composed by Robin Flinck from Nine Inch Nails, stands out and adds a great deal to the immersion.

If you’re a fan of this kind of experience or just looking for a trippy, psychedelic journey, this game is definitely worth checking out.

It was quite the experience. I remember playing the demo and quite excited for the release actual game. The demo in my opinion gave the impression there would be more to the gameplay. However it was more an experience really. I can’t say I hate it because I normally don’t finish games. It intrigued me. Lots of beautiful and creepy scenes which I adore yet I’m still left with this frustration of incomplete? If there is a part two I may get it, but I think that incompletion and left with questions is intentional on the game devs part