writ­ten 1/17/26, updat­ed 1/18/26

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• Pub­lished: Join­dots
• Plat­form Played: Nin­ten­do Switch 2
• Price: $7.49; MSRP: $15.99
• Rat­ed: T (Mild Lan­guage, Vio­lence)
• Genre: Adven­ture
• Date Released: Jan­u­ary 15, 2026

Played the 1st game in the series (Dream­scapes: The Sand­man), and this is the direct sequel. This was orig­i­nal­ly released Decem­ber 3, 2014 on PC

Game Start

Watch the intro cin­e­mat­ics

Tutorial: Hospital

• Click on Lau­ra (who looks like a cultist)
• Take the Han­dle from the win­dowsill, use it in the alley
• Back out, use the Shov­el on the patch of snow to the right in front of the pow­er pole
• Take the Key from Door [sic] and use it on the back of the ambu­lance
• Take the Sur­gi­cal Saw and use it on the hos­pi­tal doors

This game has some very notice­able bugs in it, though noth­ing game break­ing. You can’t use the “Y” but­ton to keep your inven­to­ry open and use the items in the inven­to­ry. Then, every time you try to talk to a char­ac­ter in the game, you’ll see some full screen glitch­es

• Go inside
• Look on the desk, take the Valve, look at the file, take the Clip
• Open the doors at the end of the room, and go through (Not sure how the screen is work­ing if time is stopped, but what­ev­er)
• Take the cop’s Gun from his side, use it on the glass cab­i­net to the left
• Take the Oxyge­nous Pil­low (I guess it’s sup­posed to be an oxy­gen reser­voir bag?), use it and the Valve on the yel­low tank next to the cop
• Head all the way back to the ambu­lance, and use the Clip on the locked back inside for Alarm Clock Bell
• Go back to the hos­pi­tal lob­by, use the Oxy­gen Cylin­der on the ele­va­tor door
• Take Dr. Ember’s Card from his pock­et and use it on door to Tim’s room
• Go in, and click on him
• Take the Key from Clock from around Tim’s neck, then use it and Alarm Clock Bell on the alarm clock next to the bed

Dream World 1

• Click on the crea­ture
• Look at the cir­cle on the walk­way, take the Mask
• Look at the TV area, take the Mask on the bear, Mask under TV, Sphere, and Lever
• Look at the pow­er strip, take the Ring
• Look at the TV, take the Chess­piece
• Back out, use the Ring on the cir­cle on the walk­way, take the file, Key, and alarm clock piece
• Use the Key on the TV stand

Hidden Object: TV

• Get Bell
• Back up, use Bell on the rope hang­ing from the ceil­ing, then ring it
• Go for­ward, click on the Sand­man
• Use Lever where it’s miss­ing

Walkway Lever Puzzle

Pull the levers so that all the rocks line up into a walk­way

I just moved them a lot until it worked

• Pick up the Chess­piece then go for­ward
• Take the east­most Sphere
• Take the Mask and Scis­sors from the boat
• Go back and use the Scis­sors on the Mask hang­ing to the right of the TV
• Look at the tree-look­ing thing, take the Chess­piece and diary page, then place a Sphere
• Go up the stairs
• Click on the crea­ture
• Use the Sphere on the left pedestal
• Go up and use the Mask x5 on the door

Mask Door Puzzle

Find the cor­rect place­ment of masks

Nightmare: Car Crash

• Take Buck­et, then move the tire and take Tow­ing Cable
• Look at the sign pole, take the Stone
• Look down the cliff, talk to Tim

• Take the Chess­piece, Fin Piece, and Stone
• Go back, then for­ward down the road
• Click on the debris

Hidden Object: Rockfall

• Get Chain­saw
• Look at the rocks on the low­er left of the screen, take the Chess­piece and Can with Oil
• Go up the path, click on the crea­ture
• Take the Rug
• Look at the right pil­lar, take the Chess­piece and Medal­lion Part
• Go back to the entrance, use the Rug on the bot­tom right por­tion of the pole that’s stick­ing out
• Look down the cliff, use the Met­al Plate on the dried brush
• Go back to the cave entrance, use the Met­al Plate on the dirt in front of the right pil­lar
• Use the Chain­saw on the spike
• Go inside
• Use the Dried Brush, Can with Oil, and Stones on the camp­fire
• Take the Bone from the ani­mal skele­ton
• Take diary entry and alarm clock piece from back wall, then use Stones

Stone Wall Puzzle

Place stones in prop­er places

• Use the Bone on the rock­face win­dow to remove the climber’s appa­ra­tus
• Go back to the entrance
• Use the Tow Cable on the bot­tom of the sign­post, then go to the cliff and use the Rope

If you haven’t found all the Behold­ers, do it now

• Talk to Tim and pick up the alarm clock piece

Dream World 2

• Take the Medal­lion from the right flower, then use it back near the TV on the left cur­tain
• Use the Scis­sors on the bear’s nose
• Go through, use the Chess­piece x7 on the chess board

8 Queens Puzzle

Place the chess queens such that they nev­er cross paths (8 Queens is a real puz­zle)

• Take the Nip­pers from the ground
• Head back to the boat, use the Buck­et on the water, then use the Nip­pers on the chain
• Look at the boat, then look at the buoy, take the Growth Accel­er­a­tor and Ring
• Go back across the walk­way to the stair­case, and use the Growth Accel­er­a­tor on the left flower
• Take the Fire Sign back to the light pil­lar, use it on the right side, then press the but­ton
• Go up the stairs

Nightmare: Tim-belina

Just a joke on Thum­be­li­na

• Look at the green chair, take the Light­bulb and Ring
• Look at the yarn bowl, take the Knit­ting Nee­dles
• Click on the cat
• Go through the door­way
• Look at the table, take the Glove, click on Lau­ra
• Look at the dress­er

Hidden Object: Hall Dresser

• Get Not Inflat­ed Bal­loon
• Go up the stairs
• Take the Glove from shelf, and Valve from box on ground
• Look at the con­sole, take the diary entry and Key from Mouse
• Look at the left coil, use Glove x2
• Take Bat­tery
• Go back to hall, use Screw­driv­er on wall pan­el, take Light­bulb
• Use the Valve and Not Inflat­ed Bal­loon
• Back in the liv­ing room, use the Ball (they mean bal­loon) on the cat, then the Knit­ting Nee­dles
• Look at Tim, take the Bat­tery, use the Key from Mouse, take the Door Han­dle and Mechan­i­cal Mouse
• On the green chair, use the Bat­tery x2, press the but­ton
• Look at the fire truck, take the Wrench, use the Door Han­dle
• Look at Tim, use the Wrench
• Talk to Tim
• Go into hall, use Mechan­i­cal Mouse on the cat, take the alarm clock piece
• Talk to Tim for A Puz­zle Piece of the Box then take the Insu­lat­ing Tape
• Go upstairs, use A Puz­zle Piece of the Box on the box, take Div­ing Mask, Sphere, and Thread
• Use Sphere on the left coil of the con­sole
• Go back to the hall, use the Thread on Lau­ra
• Take the Part of the Car and use it on the fire truck
• Talk the kids, take the Light­bulb, go up the stairs

If you haven’t found all the Behold­ers, do it now

• Look at the con­sole, use the Light­bulb x3

Rope Puzzles

This is a 3‑part puz­zle, cre­ate the images (Hint: unrav­el the lines first, then solve it. The 3rd puz­zle is the eas­i­est)

• Talk to the kids, pick up the alarm clock piece

Dream World 3

• Look at the pil­lar of light, use the Div­ing Mask on the stairs, then inspect the light pil­lar itself and use the Ring x2

Light Pillar Ring Puzzle

Rotate the rings to com­plete the image

• Take the diary entry and Sphere
• Go back to the TV, use the Insu­lat­ing Tape on the pow­er strip and plug in the plug
• Go to the water’s edge, use the Sphere on the right­most pedestal
• Get into the boat and go for­ward
• Click on the Sand­man, then the crea­ture
• Take alarm clock piece from box
• Go for­ward to the doors, use the Fin Piece on the fins on the ground
• Take the Flip­pers, Han­dle, and Lock­et as well as the diary page
• Go way back to light pil­lar, use the Flip­pers on the stairs, and the Han­dle on the ground to the left of the pil­lar
• Take Scu­ba and Ice Axe (looks just like a reg­u­lar mat­tock)
• Go back to the junk pile, use the Ice Axe on the ice, take the Ice Sign
• Now, you have a choice of where to go next: either use the Ice Sign on the light pil­lar and press the but­ton, or remove the Sphere from the water’s edge and use the Scu­ba on the whirlpool

Nightmare: Under the Sea

• Look at the ship in the dis­tance
• Look at the right buoy, take the Medal­lion Part and Iron Rod
• Look at the left buoy, take the Elec­trode
• Go back, look at the rocks to the right, use the Iron Rod, take the Knife
• Look at the bathy­scape, use the Elec­trode on the device, look at the port­hole, take the Ring
• Go to the ship­wreck
• Look at the right buoy, use the Knife
• Take the Buoy back to the bathy­scape, use it on the han­dle
• Take the Bal­loon (pret­ty sure they mean oxy­gen tank) and Flash­light
• Back at the ship­wreck, use the Flash­light in the dark­ness

Hidden Puzzle: Shipwreck

• Get Rope
• Look at the buoy, use the Ring in the crack, the Weld­ing Appa­ra­tus on the ring, the Rope on that, then the Bal­loon in the port
• Take the Buoy to the bathy­scape and use it on the oth­er han­dle
• Go up

Find all the Behold­ers before pick­ing up the alarm clock piece

Dream World 4

• Head to the next night­mare. If you just did the under­wa­ter one, go back to the light pil­lar, use the Ice Sign, take the alarm clock piece, and press the but­ton
• Go into the night­mare

Nightmare: Swamp

• Talk to Tim
• Take Boards x2
• Look at right­most post, take Nail
• Look at walk­way to left of Tim, take Nail
• Go for­ward
• Look at water­wheel, take Mag­net and Nail
• Go back, use Mag­net on walk­way left of Tim
• Go to the door next to the water­wheel, take the Nail, then use the Ring

Barn Lock Puzzle

Fig­ure out the solu­tion, answer is how many legs each ani­mal has

Solu­tion: 2480

• Go into barn, take Board from ground
• Look at box, take Nail
• Look at scythe, take Nail
• Look at pile of stuff

Hidden Object: Barn

• Get Ham­mer
• Look at bro­ken lad­der in the back, use Boards x3, Nails x6, and Ham­mer
• Take the Lad­der out to the water­wheel and use it on the gut­ter above
• Take the Crow­bar into the barn, use it on the wood­en box
• Take the Shov­el, Screw­driv­er, and diary entry
• Look at scythe, use Screw­driv­er, take the Scythe
• Go out to the gut­ter, use the Shov­el
• Look at post in front of barn door, use Scythe
• Go back, look at right­most post, use Scythe
• Back at the water­wheel, click on the rope end
• Talk to Tim, take the alarm clock piece

Dream World 5

• Go to the junk area
• Click on the big book, use Medal­lion Part x2
• Go in

Nightmare: Up at Tree

• Go left, take the Lad­der from ground, and Garage Key from the grass
• In front of the house, take the Hose
• Use the Garage Key on the garage door
• Take Can from next to sleep­ing mouse
• Look at motor­cy­cle

Hidden Object: Garage

• Get Razor, use on the bags in front of the house, get Sol­id Grease
• Go left to the mail­box, use the Razor on the pack­age inside, take Valve
• Back in the garage, use Lad­der on the mechan­ic’s pit, and go down
• Use the Hose and Valve on the blue tank
• Con­nect the han­dle end, then use Can and Sol­id Grease
• Pick up the wand (make sure you turn the valve)
• Take the Grease up to the win­dowsill and use it
• Go inside
• Take Knife from the wall
• Look under the bed
• Look on the desk, click on the bread, take the Bulb
• Go back to the garage, use the Bulb on the Flash­light
• Look under the bed, take the Pan­el, use the Flash­light

Hidden Object: Underbed

• Get Key, use it in the garage on the met­al box
• Take Sleep­ing Pills back to the desk, click on a piece of meat, use Knife, then use the Sleep­ing Pills (not quite sure how the pills stay in there…?)
• Go back to the tree, and put the Sleep­ing Sausage on the grass where you got the keys

If you haven’t found all the Behold­ers, do it now

• Talk to Tim, take the alarm clock piece

Dream World 6

• Go way back to the TV, install the Pan­el, turn the knob
• Go into the screen

Nightmare: On the Edge

• Look at sofa, move pil­low, take Glass
• Look at win­dow, take Pic­ture Part
• Look at bed, moved blan­ket, take Pin and Pic­ture Part
• Use Pin on door
• Click on crea­ture, pick up diary entry
• Look at bath­tub

Hidden Object: Bathtub

• Get Spot Remover
• Look at sink, take Lock­et and Safe Part
• Use Glass on faucet
• Look at mir­ror, take Soap Ball and Pic­ture Part
• Back in the room, use Spot Remover on sofa
• Use Hot Water on win­dowsill
• Use Pic­ture Part x3 on pic­ture
• Under­neath that, use Safe Part

Wall Safe Puzzle

Fig­ure out the com­bi­na­tion based on clues found

Solu­tion: 278

• Take Han­dle, use Soap Ball, take Sling­shot
• Use Han­dle on win­dow, go out
• Take Coin, use on bed
• Back out­side, use the Sling­shot, then the Board

If you haven’t found all the Behold­ers, do it now

• Talk to Tim, take the alarm clock piece

Dream World 7 (END)

• Get on the boat and go past the junk area to the door
• Use the Lock­et x2

Ball Puzzle

Rotate the lev­el to get drop the balls in accor­dance with their col­ors

Yeah, I tried, but I hate this type of puz­zle. Got this far and just skipped

• Go in
• Take the last alarm clock piece
• Place the Clock in the device and close the door

GAME OVER!!

Beholder Locations

Dream World

Nightmare: Car Crash

Nightmare: Tim-belina

Nightmare: Under the Sea

Nightmare: Swamp

Nightmare: Up a Tree

Nightmare: On the Edge

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Extra Gameplay

• Talk to Lau­ra

Extra: Dream World 1

• Look at the boat, take the Oar­lock
• Go to the stair­case, take the Mir­ror, Fun­nel, and Vine
• Go to the junk­yard, and con­tin­ue for­ward
• Look at the hole, use the Oar­lock and Vine, go down
• Take the Stone from the mid­dle cocoon thing
• Take the Han­dle from the right­most cocoon thing
• Go back to the junk­yard and use the Han­dle on the refrig­er­a­tor
• Go in

Extra Nightmare: Frozen

• Go to the cab­in
• Look at the win­dow, use Stone, take Key
• Back up, then go towards the vehi­cle
• Take Ket­tle from wheel treads and Mir­ror Shard from side­view mir­ror
• Use Key in door

Hidden Object: Snow Vehicle

• Take the Hook over to the tow­er, and use it to pull down the lad­der
• Go up, take the Crow­bar
• GO back­wards to the junk­yard and use the Crow­bar on the box to the left
• Take the Rag and Jar­rycan[sic] (They mean jer­rycan), then use the Mir­ror Shard on the Mir­ror
• Use the Rag on the bro­ken win­dow at the cab­in, then back­track again to the stair­case with the flow­ers
• Use the Glass Knife on the left flower
• Take the 3 Mir­rors to the spi­der’s nest, and put each one in a cocoon hold­er

Spider Mirror Puzzle

Turn the mir­rors to bounce the light at the spi­der

• Use the Glass Knife on the cocoon where the big spi­der was
• Take the Torch back to the door­way, use it on the cable fire, then use it on the hole in the spi­der’s den with the red eyes
• Take the Hose
• Go back to the red vehi­cle, look at the fuel tank, then use the Jer­rycan and Hose
• Go to the gen­er­a­tor, use the Fun­nel and Gaso­line
• Look at the snow in the cor­ner of the cab­in, take the Stove Han­dle, then use the Ket­tle
• Oh look, the door is open now! Go inside
• Look at the table in the back, take the Pli­ers, then use the Stove Han­dle and Ket­tle of Snow
• Remove the cloth, take the Starter, then use it on the gen­er­a­tor
• Turn the knob of the hot plate, take the Boil­ing Ket­tle up the tow­er, then pour it onto the icy anten­na (I’m not actu­al­ly sure if you can use the hot plate before turn­ing on the gen­er­a­tor)
• Use the Pli­ers on the cord
• Go back down, talk to the crit­ter
• Go inside and talk to Tim…? I think he… smashed the crea­ture?
• Look at the con­sole, remem­ber the num­bers, then go the red vehi­cle and look at the back pan­el

Vehicle Lock Code

Input the num­bers seen ear­li­er to unlock the hatch

Solu­tion: 30, 31, 22

• Take the Sleep­ing Dart way back to the boat, and use it
• Take the Tran­quil­iz­er (Blow­gun) back to the cab­in and shoot Tim
• Search his pock­et for Sal Ammo­ni­ac and use it on the crea­ture

GAME DONE!

Extra: Beholder Locations

Extra: Dream World

Extra Nightmare: Frozen

Fun fact: this scenery is the same as in the pri­or game

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