Waking

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Locked in the darkness of a coma, you dream. In the recesses of your mind, voices call you home, beckoning you towards the light and the void beyond.

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5
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41 reviews
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Developer:
Jason Oda
Publisher:
tinyBuild
Release date:
18 June 2020
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (41)

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Description


Locked in the darkness of a coma, you dream. In the recesses of your mind, voices call you home, beckoning you towards the light and the void beyond. But it is not your time.

Not yet.

Waking is a uniquely personal journey of self reflection and remembrance combining third person exploration and real-world meditation. Traverse the twisted pathways of your mind in a quest to wake, and make choices that shape a uniquely individual experience. Along the way, face your fears and desires as you summon memories of loved ones, and do battle with those who would have you sleep forever.

Features

A true meditative experience - Waking blurs the line between fantasy and reality, taking you deep inside your mind both in-game and out. Third-person exploration melds with guided meditation techniques to create a new type of experience at the intersection of reflection, emotion and memory.

A uniquely personal journey - Battle the forces of entropy surrounded by the ones you love. Waking asks you to draw on your own experiences, fears and desires and bring them with you on your journey to wake. Here in the dream your memories are your protectors, your companions and your weapons.

A world of dreams and nightmares - The Mindscape is a treacherous place, a shifting, twisted maze of shattered thoughts and errant memory. Explore the procedurally generated halls of your mind and experience a dreamworld unlike any other, rendered in stunning cinematic splendor.

A fight to survive. A fight to exist - Trapped within your dying mind you face a choice: give in to oblivion or fight for your existence. Waking’s unique combat system provides a new breed of challenge as you confront your own personal fears and call on aspects of the world itself in your battle against the darkness. Use your memories and willpower to uncover the mystery of your dreaming, and return to the waking world.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 8 and up
Processor:
i5 and up
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
Dedicated video card is required
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
5 GB available space
Sound Card:
Integrated

recommended*

OS:
Windows 10
Processor:
i7 ~3 Ghz / Ryzen 7
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
5 GB available space
Sound Card:
Integrated

User reviews

zoombini666
Not recommended | 17 Jul 2021
1h played

Hoo boy. Just an incredibly pretentious game that warns you it will ask you questions about your real life before immediately asking if you're going to be monetizing it on a stream. Trying desperately at all times to be

Helpful: 21
Agent Zero
Not recommended | 24 Apr 2021
2.6h played

What a huge disappointment… The game concept is interesting. The story is deep (or at least tries to be deep), and I liked that you must pick in-game options which concern your life (even though they might have no

Helpful: 16
Kylewstewart
Recommended | 27 Feb 2023
41.9h played

Waking is 'That Band' that only your friends in bands like, or 'that director' that only your friend who went to film school likes. If you've played a lot of different video games in your life, you might like Waking for

Helpful: 6
SABE
Not recommended | 26 Sept 2021
1.7h played

Waking is a game about duality. Duality of death? Nope... The duality of making an atmospheric walking sim and then adding terrible pointless combat to it. The game has two layers, one being a philosophical, immersive

Helpful: 7
tranceromance
Not recommended | 23 Aug 2021
2.8h played

So gave this game a 2 hour go. It was on sale back in July so I picked it up. Looked interesting and the synopsis intrigued me. What started off pretty cool ended up being a train wreck. I'm not in the mood for 20 hours

Helpful: 5
iv/l
Not recommended | 19 Dec 2022
2.5h played

Can't remember how this got into my library. Reviews are surprisingly on point, there is not much to add. What started with a good premise and showed strong dev's commitment atleast in some aspects turned out to

Helpful: 4