Oniria Crimes

Oniria Crimes is the kind of mystery game that lives or dies on its dreamlike premise, so it mostly appeals to players who want atmosphere first and tidy logic second. By our assessment, its likely strength is the odd, surreal case structure suggested by the name, which can make ordinary clue work feel less routine. The trade-off is obvious for this sort of game: if the puzzle flow is thin, the dream setting has to carry a lot of weight on its own. In play, that usually means piecing together fragments, following leads that feel a little slippery, and tolerating some confusion as part of the mood. It sits closer to story-led mystery games than to clean deduction sandboxes. The name promises a strange casebook, and that is the kind of promise this type of game has to keep.