I’ve been having vivid dreams the last few nights. I wonder if it’s because of SLEEP AWAKE. The psychological horror game explores a world in which going to sleep often means one won’t wake up again. As such, the entire game is presented as a kind of fever dream, with psychedelic visuals, haunting audio, and surreal world and story.
Game Name: SLEEP AWAKE
Platforms: PlayStation 5 (reviewed), Xbox Series X│S, and PC
Developer: EYES OUT
Publisher: Blumhouse Games
Release Date: December 2, 2025
Price: TBA
The design comes courtesy of developer EYES OUT. Cory Davis of Spec Ops: The Line and Robin Finck of Nine Inch Nails co-founded the studio. And the offbeat partnership has led to a suitably idiosyncratic title. Whether or not SLEEP AWAKE is your cup of bedtime tea is up to you. But it’s certainly an original blend.
The game places you into the sleepless shoes of Katja, a young woman living in a city called The Crush. Some time in the recent past, people started disappearing in their sleep from a phenomenon known as The Hush. Nobody can leave the city as it’s surrounded by a wasteland called The Fringe (not all of...
