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Is Don't Wake Me Up worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who want a long, choice-driven story
- Dating-sim players who want romance choices to divide the narrative
- Adventure-game fans who enjoy satirical takes on familiar video-game genres
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking action controls, visual exploration, or conventional combat instead of written choices
- Readers who prefer one linear route rather than romance-based story branches
- Players looking for a consistent fantasy setting instead of shifting virtual worlds and genre satire
Our take on Don't Wake Me Up
Rather than using one stable game world, the story moves through six genre-based settings and makes the romance route determine its central split. Its entirely text-based presentation also replaces visual spectacle with written scenes and imagination.
What is Don't Wake Me Up?
Don't Wake Me Up is a 400,000-word interactive novel set in a malfunctioning virtual reality.
The protagonist has no memories except knowledge of video games and travels through six worlds inspired by different genres. The story combines satire of trapped-in-a-video-game fiction with a tragicomic dating-sim structure. Choices control the story, with a major split halfway through the game based on the selected love interest. Scenarios include a weaponized top hat, a spaceship escape level, a classical music-themed monster-truck rally, and a cyberpunk casino. Romance options include an emo vampire and a video-game “Best Girl” waifu. Players can choose a nonbinary, male, or female protagonist and a straight or queer orientation.
How Don't Wake Me Up plays
- 01Branching romance routes
- The story separates into different paths halfway through the game according to the chosen love interest.
- 02Six virtual worlds
- The journey includes settings such as a spaceship escape, a classical music-themed monster-truck rally, and a cyberpunk casino.
- 03Text-based narrative
- The 400,000-word story presents events through written scenes and player choices.
- 04Character identity choices
- The protagonist can be nonbinary, male, or female, with straight or queer orientation options.
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Don't Wake Me Up: platforms & release
Is Don't Wake Me Up worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who want a long, choice-driven story. Skip it if: players seeking action controls, visual exploration, or conventional combat instead of written choices.
Where can I download Don't Wake Me Up?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Don't Wake Me Up's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Don't Wake Me Up on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
