About This Demo

Parasomnia: No REM is a first-person psychological horror game in which the protagonist suffers from episodes of sleepwalking.

While you sleep, your mind becomes trapped in the No REM state, a reality shaped by your subconscious where the rules of the waking world can no longer be trusted. Text becomes unreadable, images distort, and familiar things can take on entirely different meanings.

Close your eyes to reconnect with your consciousness in the waking world. Use this mechanic to understand text, recognize images, reveal hidden elements, and uncover the clues you need to progress.

Explore environments reshaped by memory, solve puzzles, and delve into memories distorted by the protagonist’s childhood trauma.

This demo presents an isolated memory from the protagonist’s childhood, centered on one of the events that forever changed his relationship with his family.

After turning to sleeping pills once again, he awakens in a section of his childhood home. His subconscious has brought him back to the place where he first began to feel displaced and replaced by his own brother.

Relive this memory through No REM and reconstruct the family event that gave rise to his pathological sibling jealousy.

The demo concludes with a revelation directly connected to the main story of Parasomnia: No REM.

BETWEEN SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS

Shift between wakefulness and the unsettling No REM state, inspired by a real stage of sleep associated with sleepwalking. Images distort, text becomes unreadable, and your surroundings change as memories begin to surface.

RECONNECT WITH YOUR SLEEPWALKING BODY

While in the No REM state, close your eyes to briefly reconnect with your consciousness in the waking world, allowing you to understand text, recognize images, and reveal hidden clues.

HORROR FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS

The horror does not rely on constant jump scares, but on the unpredictable rules of dreams and the trauma that haunts the protagonist.

Your own perception becomes part of the threat.

SOLVE TO REMEMBER

Explore, connect clues, and solve puzzles using the rules of No REM and the Close Eyes mechanic.

Each completed puzzle reveals a new fragment of the protagonist’s memories.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game may contain content not suitable for all ages. Part of the story focuses on the consequences of taking sleeping pills. Player discretion is advised.