Psycho Dream (1992)

Riot

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Super Famicom · Super Nintendo Entertainment System

2.79 from 19 ratings

79 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 36 backlogged · 14 wish listed

How long? Main story 3h · 100% 2h (from 2 logged playthroughs)

Sayaka Kaori has fallen into a coma. However, she can be reached by a machine that can people into dreams. Dreams are incredibly surreal places, and are often very dangerous. Only experts from The National Public Safety Commission, also known as Diamond Dogs, are authorized to enter. It's up to Ryo and Maria, two of the best Diamond Dog officers, to save Sayaka and wake her from her coma.
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Details

Developers
Riot
Publishers
Renovation, Telenet Japan
Genres
Adventure, Arcade, Platform
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Steam
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Release dates

  • Dec 11, 1992 (Full Release) (Japan) Super Famicom
  • Sep 05, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Sep 05, 2025 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
  • TBD (Cancelled) (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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Featured in lists

NSO Collection - SNES by Roach · 76 games · 1

Rating distribution

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Community All Reviews Statuses

Chawls

Review Chawls 2/5 · Oct 28, 2025

Dreams most unfulfilling

Some neat ideas that ultimately fell short where it mattered most.

Pros:

-a cool sci-fi premise

-an interesting power-up system that suggests varied and interesting action platforming gameplay

-eerie urban backdrops among other interesting level settings

-generous amount of health and checkpoint system to let players retry levels without losing too much progress or starting all over again

-somewhat varied, …

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Some neat ideas that ultimately fell short where it mattered most.

Pros:

-a cool sci-fi premise

-an interesting power-up system that suggests varied and interesting action platforming gameplay

-eerie urban backdrops among other interesting level settings

-generous amount of health and checkpoint system to let players retry levels without losing too much progress or starting all over again

-somewhat varied, spooky, and atmosphere providing music

Cons:

-level design feels all over the place with a crazy amount of enemies and projectiles in some sections that really plummet the frame rate which at times feels barely playable

-Power-ups seem to spawn very rarely and inconsistently to the point I did feel like I could properly explore or engage with the power up system and also found getting the wrong one made progressing in some spots nearly impossible

-The generous player health had me inclined to recklessly rush down and out damage most of bosses instead of playing methodically

-Duller and more frustrating later stages make finishing the game feel like a chore, and plot elements are so light there feels like little to no reward for progressing

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WerqKween

Review WerqKween 2/5 · Jul 22, 2023

I heard good things about this, but what a disappointment. Slow, tedious, the music is (surprisingly, given the composer) not great, there are a couple cool visuals but mostly the graphics are middling, and the game might as well be called SNES lag simulator. I spent half the play through wishing for a run button, then found out there was …

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I heard good things about this, but what a disappointment. Slow, tedious, the music is (surprisingly, given the composer) not great, there are a couple cool visuals but mostly the graphics are middling, and the game might as well be called SNES lag simulator. I spent half the play through wishing for a run button, then found out there was one when I got stuck at one point and had to look up where to go. Which is an achievement for a sidescroller with almost no platforming. I played as Ryo, and then tried Maria out for the first level, and I think I would have liked Maria a lot more (the homing missiles get MVP), but still this is a cumbersome mess.

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