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Bad Dream: Fever
Developer Desert Fox
The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering. From the Steam store page
205 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 23, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
LovedLoved
142 positive · 31 negative
95% range 76–87%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 142 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
383 of 468 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
82% recommend · 146 yes, 32 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 178 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,105 of 1,344 positive).
Players praise the game's unique story and art style, though some find the puzzles frustrating. [1][2][3] Many note the linear gameplay and restrictive puzzle design as drawbacks. [4][5][6] Some reviewers recommend playing the predecessor first for better context. [7][8]
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- [4]
An interesting atmosphere undermined by rigid and overly restrictive puzzle design. Progress often depends on following a very specific path, leaving little room for experimentation. The frustration eventually outweighed the intrigue.
- [2]
Quick impression: Don’t judge a game by its cover I started this game with low expectations, not entirely convinced I’d enjoy its visual style. But I quickly got pulled into its world, ravaged by a mysterious black ink — a sort of unknown plague. The city is abandoned, yet every corner holds signs of fear, loneliness, and suffering. Guided by a masked woman, you must navigate this altered world, avoid the ink, and …
- [16]
This game made me openly weep upon its conclusion. I'm a writer. I was so deeply touched and inspired by this game that it's almost impossible to imagine a world in which it entombs itself in the depths of my Steam library to be forgotten. If I could find some way to get in touch with this game's creators, I would thank them for this incredible gift. The gameplay suits the story perfectly, but I wouldn't know too …
- [1]
It features a different style from the previous work, and while there are some disappointing elements, it’s not bad overall.
- [3]
"Bad Dream Fever" takes players on a haunting journey through a world consumed by a mysterious ink-borne plague. The desolate city appears devoid of life, yet fear, sorrow, and suffering permeate every corner. The game offers an unique gameplay experience, challenging players with creative and unconventional riddles that require out-of-the-box thinking. The abstract and degraded environments create a visually …
Summarised from 34 of the 204 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
82% of the 178 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Bad Dream: Fever. The complaint that keeps coming up: frustrating pixel-hunting and backtracking puzzles. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 205 · most liked firstTiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Bad Dream / Scary Dreams (Game Boy Advance, Treasure, 2002)
neutral · AI labelView post →Garage: Bad Dream Adventure a game that almost was lost to time, only having 3,000 initial copies on release. thoroughly committed to an offputting atmosphere, the game sticks to making itself uncomfortable to experience instead of cheap shock. fishing, drinking breast milk, it's memorably strange.
positive · AI labelView post →Never understood that wish to change Ebert's mind. He thought games not art. Who cares?🤷♂️ ...And Bioshock Infinite? Really? As I remember correctly Roger Ebert actually praised one game. It was Cosmology of Kyoto. Now that's art! I bet he would like Garage: Bad Dream too
neutral · AI labelView post →It features a different style from the previous work, and while there are some disappointing elements, it’s not bad overall.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm 🔴LIVE! starting 🎮 Garage: Bad Dream Adventure ttv / zeldamomoe Ever since tangomushi talked about this game during her streams a bit ago, I've been itching to play it! Backseating is ALLOWED for puzzles (please help me LOL🙈) Also new kofi goal toward a new MacBook😭
neutral · AI labelView post →Similar to Rusty Lake
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Garage: Bad Dream Adventure ($14.92) - "so, what's this Garage game about?" ...that's a good question. in this strange decaying world, you are a machine among machines, looking for your own shadow. explore. drink breast milk. escape. store.steampowered.com/app/1946430/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Important games to me Silent Hill Donkey Kong Country Viewtiful Joe DOA Dimensions Worms Armageddon Resident Evil Revelations Ninja Gaiden Black Resident Evil 1 Remake Metroid Prime Garage Bad Dream Adventure Blazblue Continuum Shift 2 Mata Nui Online Game Soul Calibur 2 Smash Melee ICO Titanfall
neutral · AI labelView post →An interesting atmosphere undermined by rigid and overly restrictive puzzle design. Progress often depends on following a very specific path, leaving little room for experimentation. The frustration eventually outweighed the intrigue.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Garage Bad Dream Adventure" goes right up there with "The Golden Light" for games with truly bizarre and esoteric imagery hiding a story about heavy dissociation and abuse. I highly recommend it just to behold the imagery and story. A truly unique point and click adventure game. Also tons of frogs
positive · AI labelView post →Genuinely do not understand why this and its predecessor get so many glowing reviews. The puzzles are fine but the writing is awful. Broken English seen in every line, and crummy dialogue that doesn't really mean much. Haven't given a proper review in a while but this one made me annoyed enough to do so.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm gonna play some Tiny Toons: Scary Dreams, aka Buster's Bad Dream, aka Treasure's Possible Worst Game, aka Astro Boy: Omega Factor: Prototype Version. But you know what the REAL scary dream is here, folks? Sorry. I probably shouldn't be glib.
neutral · AI labelView post →tune is "Garage Theme" from the game "Garage: Bad Dream Adventure"
neutral · AI labelView post →Bought this and Coma to play. I noticed Coma was older so i decided to play that first and was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it a lot. But this. Well, its not bad, but still a disappointment and boring especially after playing Coma. i think its suppose to be a sequel of some sort to Coma but it feels like only the graphics were improved and the gameplay was downgraded. The story and art was enjoyable but the gameplay felt VERY railroaded and linear. pros: - Like i said the story and art…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art style is fun and good to look at and it's a solid game, but, like some of the other reviews say, it's less of a point-and-click game and more of a story walk through. There's a linear story and plot and you have to follow it exactly to progress. It's not bad, just not what I expected and not something I would play again :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The soundtrack to surreal 1999 point-and-click adventure game Garage: Bad Dream Adventure is getting a vinyl release from @stumpyfrog.bsky.social and it is available to preorder from Stumpy and @lostincult.co.uk now: blipblop.net/garage-bad-d...
neutral · AI labelView post →(So I totally don't forget) JUST A TINY BAD DREAM FOR A LITTLE BIT!! THEN MAYBE NEW GAME?? A PROTOCAL MAYBE?? OF THE CALLISTO VARIETY??
neutral · AI labelView post →Garage: Bad Dream Adventure has seen some of the highest average viewership for me ever, a rerelease of an incredibly obscure game of grotesque psychosexual imagery and content. The lesson is, stream whatever you want.
positive · AI labelView post →(Garage Bad Dream Adventure) This game has serious atmosphere and intrigue from the moment of starting. Pile on the point and click gameplay of old adventure titles and I think I'm in for a treat. Now let me ignore all of that while I spend 3 hours making bank fishing via huge luck.
positive · AI labelView post →It's not very clear what you're supposed to do at any given point, and the art style can make it difficult to figure out what items are active and clickable and what aren't - especially skinny things like wires and antennae. After a while, I just gave up trying to reason through it and had more luck spam clicking because I couldn't tell what the next step was. It's definitely a really unique concept and interesting game, I just couldn't get myself to enjoy it. I wanted it to be fun and kept…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel like I would've enjoyed this game more if I had played Bad Dream: Coma first, unfortunately I didn't realise it was a sequel before I started playing. Playing it without the knowledge or any nostalgia, love, or even familiarity for the previous game - a vast majority of the game's narrative fell incredibly flat, amounting to a story that shifted from a curious horror narrative of a town being slowly eradicated through uncertain means, to a narrative about a whiny perfectionist man who…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quick impression: Don’t judge a game by its cover I started this game with low expectations, not entirely convinced I’d enjoy its visual style. But I quickly got pulled into its world, ravaged by a mysterious black ink — a sort of unknown plague. The city is abandoned, yet every corner holds signs of fear, loneliness, and suffering. Guided by a masked woman, you must navigate this altered world, avoid the ink, and try to uncover the origin of the epidemic. The gameplay experience is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →continuing more GARAGE BAD DREAM ADVENTURE!! ill let itch io cool off and cook for a bit before i mow through short horror again heheh.... and this game is genuinely awesomeful LIVE NOW vvv 🔴 twitch.tv/savehymn 🔴 twitch.tv/savehymn 🔴 twitch.tv/savehymn
positive · AI labelView post →If there’s one game I want to buy and review next year it’s Garage Bad Dream Adventure. I think visually, the game seems like it’d be interesting albeit unsettling; looking into its history is also quite interesting tbh.
positive · AI labelView post →If you want to play this game, go outside, touch some grass, get a fever dream yourself, I don't know. I assure you, it will be much more interesting that this. Because "meh" would be an understatement, honestly. I loved "Bad Dream: Coma", so I hoped for a similar experience here. Well... I played this game for this long only because I kept telling myself "okay, no worries, this is going to get good from now on", "this girl will stop being annoying pretty soon", "the puzzles will start to make…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it on another account, I personally like it more than Coma and I may have fallen in love with the girl a bit..
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was a pain click here click there re-visit re-do over and over. but overall a good game. I don't understand all the plus reviews on this. This one by far was the worst of the Bad Dream Series. I did find it fun but it was a pain.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fever pales in comparison to Coma. The story has legs, but sadly the partner in this journey is not likeable. The constant commentary on my actions is annoying, and thankfully dies off about midway. Saying this about my unnecessary clicking of objects felt rude considering the genre of this game, though I understand the humor that was being attempted. While the story is worth a playthrough, I find these games to be difficult to navigate at the best of times. The inability to pick up…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good graphics, interesting setting, but I don't see any other way to play this game other than pixel hunting =( this is not for me
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice and weird game. Really nice! .. but weird. Better play Coma first.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Creative and cool! love it! :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm live now!! Changed my mind with the starting game. I've been waiting forever for the new Bad Dream game so we're starting with that www.twitch.tv/l0tusf4ngvt #malelvtuber #vtuber #vsky #vtlive
neutral · AI labelView post →#35: Garage: Bad Dream Adventure Keeping the fever dream train chugging! This game finally saw an official English release after 20+ years. It's uh... like if a life sim was totally abstracted from reality and also became a nightmare, so of course I love it. There's a fishing minigame. 🎣
positive · AI labelView post →Ignore most of the positive reviews, Theyre either fake, paid for or written by non-gamers. This is an honest review by a real gamer. I played this all the way through and I pulled no punches and I'm giving it to you straight. This game is hilariously bad. It starts tedious, gets painful, melts your brain and circles back. You can spot the moment where the dev was high as bells. You know how "B-movies" are a thing? This is like a B-move but worse and in video game form. There are some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In an hour, I'm gonna start up playing Garage: Bad Dream Adventure, a delightful game with no uncomfortable imagery or blatant political metaphors about gender to be found at all. www.twitch.tv/jazzahol
negative · AI labelView post →NOT RECOMMENDED - misleading narration and possibly a broken game. So early on in the second room puzzle there there is a knob and super glue. It tells you to wait 5 seconds before using it. You can wait 5 seconds after applying the glue, after applying the knob to the glue and before turning the knob and it will still fall off. Even the more detailed description tells you to wait five seconds before the the glue starts to bind. My real life experience is that it is the pressure that binds the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A challenging and fulfilling endeavor- I recommend this game if you're a lover of adventure games with a horror vibe!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got the Garage: Bad Dream Adventure vinyl from Lost in Cult cause it's so damn pretty and an amazing game
positive · AI labelView post →I think I missed two things by not playing other games in this series first - an adaptation to the unusual puzzle logic the dev was expecting of me, and a willingness to accept baffling story/dialog (yes, yes, fever dream, I know). Anyway, after having to consult a guide twice in the first fifteen minutes - with each solution being something I was already trying - but not outlandishly enough - I gave up. I had enough moon logic in 1980's point-and-clicks, and have no patience for it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even though most puzzles boil down to remembering where you saw a particular item (since a lot of items you can't pick up until you need them) It was surprisingly engaging. The story went in a direction I didn't expect; it gets real meta towards the end there was some really unique and interesting inception style game-play. The only cons for me was that game is locked to 24fps which can make the mouse pointer a bit laggy but its a free game so its hard to complain. Overall highly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game is 'ok', i've given it several chances. however, i barely can interact with small objects, its explicitly complicated and annoying, and the gameplay is tedious
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game! It always had me guessing what would happen next. It was also quite the plot twist for me. The game makes you remember certain things and were they are placed and so on. I really enjoyed this game and may even replay it in the future!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surreal Japanese point-and-click GARAGE: Bad Dream Adventure - originally released in 1999 - is getting a modern remaster for the Switch on June 6: nintendoeverything.com/garage-bad-d...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's alright. The gameplay is a pain, as in all pieces of the Bad Dream series: pixel-hunt and click around, re-visit all places, rinse, repeat. The game also commits the cardinal sin of teaching you how the mechanics work ... until they don't: all of the sudden, you have to interact with items which don't have a new cursor symbol on mouse over (e.g. the chair), or you sometimes have to place items which become larger at the correct position, until all of the sudden that's not the case anymore…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short and sweet, I was pleasantly surprised. I thought I was embarking in a simple point-and-click like thousands of others, but it wasn't what I was expecting. The game play is a classic point-and-click, but I can't explain any further because it's impossible without spoiling the whole thing. Pros: +Very original and out-of-the-box story/plot +Beautiful artwork Cons (?): -Puzzles a bit too easy -Rather short The game takes you by the hand a bit too much (up to you if that's a pro or a con).…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoy all kind of point&click games with interesting visuals and twisted story - and whole Bad Dream series is like that. The game is not very long, sometimes you might feel stuck, but it's not overly hard too. If you like weird and creepy story but chill gameplay - try it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poor example of the comtemporary point and click puzzle genre, go play Rusty Lake
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game made me openly weep upon its conclusion. I'm a writer. I was so deeply touched and inspired by this game that it's almost impossible to imagine a world in which it entombs itself in the depths of my Steam library to be forgotten. If I could find some way to get in touch with this game's creators, I would thank them for this incredible gift. The gameplay suits the story perfectly, but I wouldn't know too much about that, because I'm a writer and not a gamer. So really, leaving a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Garage: Bad Dream Adventure completed! This is an absolutely stunning game. The world design is so well done and compact in a way where you always want to keep on exploring. While the game can seem esoteric, the logic it runs on is consistent and I was able to navigate this dreamscape without issue.
positive · AI labelView post →The game Garage: Bad Dream Adventure looks like something you would enjoy. It's been on my radar for a while now.
positive · AI labelView post →I owe this game a review and an apology. The first time I played it I didn't really like it. Too much handholding, and an inability to pick up items until they were needed, resulted in pixel hunting every location after every new task given by the main character. Unfortunately, this made the first half of the game feel really slow and boringly linear. There's also an annoyingly lot of whining from The Author, whom I suspect is supposed to portray the developer himself to some extent. What…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Garage: Bad Dream Adventure has to have the most underwhelming ending I have ever come across in any piece of media. The overall game is such a giant mindfuck and pretty much shows and flaunts its hands towards the player, yet so many questions are still left unanswered.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's okay. Maybe I'm too late to the party and have played too many meta games? Maybe the writing is just kind of bad? Hard to say which is more true, probably a bit of both. Either way, it shares the same frustrations I had with Coma - the puzzles are cumbersome to get through and just not very fun - but without the branching options and more engaging story. That being said, I enjoy the art style and atmosphere very much, and I really liked the interesting graphical effects related to the ink…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a veeery slow game and you have to walk back and forth because you can only pick stuff up when you need them. I also found the female character that "leads" you through the game very annoying and exhausting. In the 20 minutes or so i played, i had to look at a guide 2 or 3 times because i didn't understand what the game wanted me to do. I quit the game and have no intention of continuing the story because i don't vibe with the gamplay and am not hooked by the story enough to sit…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an unplayable PRANK. Game breaking bugs, uninspired graphics, extremely lineal gameplay (you wont be able to pick up obvious items until you have completed a sequence of events in a specific order, making game play frustrating). This has to be THE worst game ever, and I use the term "game" very loosely. Literary none of "puzzles" make any sense. ALL of the game play involves 100% randomly clicking on uninspired graphics until something does or does not happen. That's the entire…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting story and is fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like classic horror point and click games give this one a go.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute Cinema! Play Bad Dream: Coma first.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't usually write reviews, but I wanted to say that I really like the game (even if it was a bit hard to do for me) and it should be more famous.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely amazing game!! Enjoyed every minute of it. Did not expect where it was going and was so pleasantly surprised! 10/10
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