The Best Surreal Games for Playstation 5 - Page 2

Update : Stasis Valley added at rank #21.
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Dreaming Sarah (2015)

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Dreaming Sarah is a surreal adventure platformer game with puzzle elements, an engaging environment, an incredibly diverse cast of characters, and of course, a young girl named Sarah. Sarah has been in an accident and is currently in a coma. It's up to you to help her wake up by exploring her dream world. Features: * Explore mysterious psychological areas * Collect, equip and use items * Interact with a vast cast of weird characters * Solve brain-teasing puzzles


  • surreal
  • philosophical
  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • psychological
  • psychedelic
  • walking-simulator
  • puzzle
  • abstract
  • supernatural
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • adventure

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The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales (2023)

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The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure in which you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to journey between reality and book worlds, and steal legendary items like Thor's Hammer and Excalibur to restore your ability to write.


  • turn-based
  • isometric
  • surreal
  • noir
  • lore
  • dystopian
  • partner-in-crime
  • fiction
  • story
  • book
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • thriller
  • puzzle
  • dark

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Paper Beast (2020)

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Dive into the enchanting universe of Paper Beast, a whimsical journey that blends adventure, exploration, and puzzles. As the first human in this strange ecosystem, you'll team up with intriguing creatures to solve engaging puzzles. Control the environment, change the course of rivers, and unleash tornadoes in a surreal sandbox mode. Revel in the stunning visuals and captivating soundtrack as you navigate this dreamlike world created by Eric Chahi.


What we like:
  • Unleashes your imagination with beautiful art direction and gameplay
  • Offers a unique VR experience with amazing visuals
  • Engages you with captivating puzzles and sandbox mode
  • Expands the universe with intriguing creatures and environments
  • Delivers stunning performance
What could be improved:
  • May feel too guided at times
  • Puzzles may not be challenging enough for some players

  • sandbox
  • puzzle
  • surreal
  • simulated
  • physics
  • beautiful
  • nature
  • simulation
  • abstract
  • vr
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • controller-support
  • adventure

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OVIVO (2018)

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OVIVO is mesmerizing platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in the metaphoric world filled with illusions and hidden messages awaits you!


  • abstract
  • psychedelic
  • minimalist
  • platform
  • surreal
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • physics
  • exploration
  • controller-support
  • mystery
  • ambient
  • single-player
  • adventure

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Summertime Madness (2021)

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Prague, July 1945. An artist has made a deal with the devil and he is now trapped inside one of his canvases. He has to find the way back to the real world or his soul will be stuck forever in the painting.


  • puzzle
  • surreal
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • dystopian
  • narration
  • abstract
  • hand-drawn
  • stylized
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • nature
  • colourful
  • platform
  • story

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Dreamcore (2025)

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Step into the surreal with Dreamcore, a body-cam styled psychological horror game that plunges you into the eerie beauty of "liminal spaces." Unravel the mysteries of Dreamcore’s non-linear worlds and uncover its hidden secrets. Can you discover what lies beyond the edge of reality?


  • horror
  • nonlinear
  • surreal
  • escape
  • walking-simulator
  • psychological
  • room
  • investigation
  • underwater
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • relaxing
  • 3d

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Call of the Sea (2020)

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Call of the Sea is an otherworldly tale of mystery and love set in the 1930s South Pacific. Explore a lush island paradise, solve puzzles and unlock secrets in the hunt for your husband’s missing expedition.


  • puzzle
  • surreal
  • adventure
  • walking-simulator
  • lovecraftian
  • first-person
  • horror
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • story
  • exploration
  • investigation
  • atmospheric

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Discolored 2 (2025)

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All the colors have gone missing from the world. While on a mission to bring them back you discover you are being hunted by those who would see the colors banished. Your only hope is a woman in red who may be holding the key to preventing the world from becoming discolored.


  • horror
  • lore
  • surreal
  • vampire
  • psychological
  • thriller
  • puzzle
  • first-person
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • mystery
  • story
  • survival-horror
  • difficult
  • survival

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Papetura (2021)

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Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.


  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • psychedelic
  • stylized
  • hand-drawn
  • surreal
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • family-friendly
  • 2d
  • relaxing
  • beautiful
  • moth
  • adventure
  • thought

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Manifold (2021)

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The game takes place in a "universe with a different set of physical laws" where the player can manipulate gravity, being able to "turn walls into floors".[6] The player must solve puzzles using the world's geometry in addition to devices within the architecture of the world.[6] To aid the player, the world's tone takes on one of six colors depending on which direction they have manipulated gravity. Several facets of the game's world may only be interacted with when the gravity is oriented directly, with these objects sharing one of the six colors.


  • puzzle
  • philosophical
  • abstract
  • 3d
  • nonlinear
  • platform
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • psychedelic
  • atmospheric
  • experimental
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • artificial
  • intelligence

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