Through the atmosphere that it creates, you put yourself in the mind-set of a child, it made me think back about the mundane things that I once found scary. The game manages to make this feel quite sinister. There is a moment when you’re simply making your way through a darkened closet full of huge coats. It manages to do a wonderful job of capturing the colourful imagination and fears of a young child. I’ve been aware of this game for quite some time and have been eager to try it out for myself so what did I think?Īmong the Sleep is extremely imaginative. Teddy instructs the player to find four memories the child shared with their mother that will take them to her. The search leads them to a small cabin that acts as a sort of gateway on a journey through several surreal environments. The child leaves the bedroom and rescues Teddy, the bear grunts that ‘something is not right’, and that they need to find mother. Their crib becomes overturned, and the player escapes. The baby wakes in the night to find Teddy being taken by an unseen force. The gift is revealed to be a sentient teddy bear that climbs out of the box and hides in the chest until the child finds him.Īfter being introduced to the basic mechanics of the game, it is time for the baby to sleep. Instead, she carries the child and gift upstairs to the child’s room, a place of bright, warm colours and streaming sunlight.īefore the present is given to the child, the telephone rings, and the mother leaves her baby in the bedroom to play alone. Quickly, the mother returns with a gift, but the mother doesn’t tell who the gift is from. The mother’s angry tone frightens the toddler, whose fear is presented as blurred vision. The conversation is muffled and partly kept from the player as the mother raises her voice, refusing the persons request to see the child. The celebration is interrupted by a visitor at the front door who is hidden from the player. The story begins as a toddler is having his birthday celebration at his home with his mother. There is no denying that it can be tough to stand out from the pack but Among the Sleep manages to do this by putting you in the shoes of a stumbling two year old child. This fact alone might not sound particularly unique in a medium where first person horror games are in abundance. Among the Sleep is a first person horror adventure game.

Among the sleep xbox download free