Its influence spawned a number of RPG Maker spin-offs and fangames, like .flow, Yume 2kki, and Yume Nikki 3D, and helped inspire like-minded freeware RPG Maker adventures like Ib and Lisa the First.

Yume Nikki doesn’t feature dialogue or plot, ... .flow is one of the most polished fan games, and it’s not for the faint of heart. It’s much darker than its inspiration, ...

"Yume Nikki" was quickly translated into English and exploded in popularity, inspiring image boards, fangames attempting to recapture its slow-boil horror (some, like ".flow," succeeded ...

Yume Nikki, as its Steam store page notes, is a “divisively controversial work.”Despite its cult fanbase, the Windows PC adventure game is a surrealistic journey through a dozen dream worlds ...

Yume Nikki is unsettling but also joyous in its own way, a warm blanket of loneliness, a world entirely the domain of one girl. To save the game, Madotsuki writes in her dream diary.

Undertale creator Toby Fox interviewed Kikiyama, the creator of the indie cult hit, Yume Nikki. The article was Kikiyama’s first interview and they just answered yes or no questions.

Cult classic horror game Yume Nikki unexpectedly appeared as a free download on Steam today, alongside a two-week countdown timer teasing “the next Yume Nikki project.” For years, the ...