Among the Sleep

It's been quite a while since "Among the sleep" first were released, but 10 years later, I still think of this game as one of the better horror / dark adventure games I've played. This game has a really cool vibe to it, and the fact that you're in the role of a toddler makes for a more terrifying experience. You are helpless, and have no ability to defend yourself. The best aspects of this game is definitely the world building and the atmosphere it creates. It really feels like you're navigating through a nightmare.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☐ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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Among the Sleep is a Norwegian-developed first-person horror walking sim, where you play as a toddler. Oh also, this is probably the only game in existance to feature the Swedish nurse rhyme "Trollmors vaggsång" which is pretty funny as it's something I recognize from my own childhood.
You wake up in the middle of the night, looking for your mother together with your new best friend - the Teddy Bear. While he has no name, he is actually voiced! The voice-acting is pretty decent, however as someone from Scandinavia it would have actually been fun to play it with Norwegian voice acting (I only noticed this existed due to the credits). You realize quickly that your house is not really the same during night...
During the game itself you are also told a secondary story, a story about your parents and the biggest anxiety of the child you are playing. The big monster so to speak.
So gameplay-wise you have 4 levels + the prologue. They're not very long, but different puzzles and segments makes some levels more tedious than others. The main downside of this game is the monster. I know right? Well, much like other games of the genre and era this game is the worst when the monster makes an appearance. Perhaps it's just me liking the athmosphere of "maybe a monster being there" rather than it actually existing, or more the type of horror game where you can actually beat the monsters. Eitherway the puzzles are mostly 3D platforming or collecting items, nothing complicated but it's not really simple either.
This isn't a very long game, you can definitely finish it quicker than I did who chased down all of the collectible drawings (and re-did some segments due to the previously mentioned monster). But I'd say it's recommended for people who are fan of this genre and type of games!

General Info
Among the Sleep allows you to fill the shoes of a 2 year old child and see the world from that perspective.
It takes you on a journey through a fantastical dreamscape and allows you to navigate the world in a unique and compelling way.
My Thoughts
Among the Sleep, while not diverging much from the walking simulator style formula, has some very interesting visuals and art design. This isn't a bad thing, I personally am a fan of walking simulator style games as a method to tell a story.
There are some puzzle and stealth elements baked into the experience, but nothing so exceptionally difficult and definitely seems to focus more on driving the story along rather than having you have to pause all that much at any given point.
I do not want to spoil too much about the game, so I won't go too much into the themes that the game tackles other than to say I was not expecting it based on how the game looks on face value.
The Enhanced Edition, which I think is the only one you can buy now, also comes with a Prologue DLC for free. You have to go into the Chapters Menu to find it, and it's a good 30ish additional minutes of game play you won't want to miss.
Recommendation
I thought this game was great, and if you are someone that is not against walking simulator style games as a genre then I think this game is definitely worth experiencing. It's certainly a game that has a story to tell and it looks amazing while doing it.
Video Example and Shameless Self Promotion
I have a youtube gaming channel where I upload all my play through experiences, if you would like to check out the play through for this game (if nothing else to see how it looks before you buy), feel free to visit the links below. I will also out the link to the Prologue DLC play through if you're interested in that.
Main Story Play Through:
Prologue DLC Play Through:

The game's unusual protagonist is a two-year-old boy. After a day full of excitement on his birthday, he falls asleep, but a disturbing commotion disrupts his peace. All ensuing events leave room for various interpretations.
The storyline isn't straightforward, and its ultimate explanation only emerges towards the end of the tale. While not revolutionary, it addresses interesting and serious themes, primarily encouraging reflection on how children perceive certain phenomena.
The creators intriguingly depict the workings of the youngest imaginations, who don't fully comprehend the world around them. We experience strange and unsettling events that gradually start making sense. Even in the absence of typical monsters, the game's conclusion suggests that certain events could be scarier and darker for a two-year-old than encounters with terrifying creatures.
In "Among the Sleep," monsters are present, and their existence and behavior are closely linked to the plot. The exposure of these monsters constitutes a key element of horror. The first encounter with a monster happens relatively late, avoiding the impression that the developers forced it solely to frighten the player.
Throughout the game, there's a well-crafted atmosphere of tension and fear, even though the source of these feelings isn't visible. I couldn't shake off the unease, not even for a moment.

WOW just.. WOW! Its amazing and really cute!
You can change your pajamas which is one of the things I love about this game! I love when I can customize the characters I play as.
The story is wonderful, the game play is 10/10 SO COOL.
The ending is like a crazy plot twist and the whole game is just a masterpiece.
Give it a try!

The game is very original and fascinating but the difficulty here is precisely at the children's level, if it weren't for the fact that children would probably be terrified by this game because well it is a horror game of adventure and exploration, the ending gives it an added value (even if I had already guessed it halfway).
In short, to spend a few "happy" hours I could recommend it to almost everyone, preferably aged 10 and up, if only because only adults could well understand some of the nuances of the plot.
My Final Score is
70% /100