Reality Bending Nightmare Lucid Falls Showcases Trailer On 2025 Day of the Devs Event
If you thought sleep was supposed to be a peaceful escape, Eldamar Studio is here to offer a terrifying rebuttal. Lucid Falls is the latest contender entering the survival horror ring that’s aiming to mess with a lot more than just your sleep schedule. We’ve seen a resurgence in psychological horror lately, but there’s something particularly unsettling about experiencing it in a twisted dreamscape.
A Pretty Good Looking Debut for Eldamar Studio
Announced recently during the Day of the Devs showcase, this is the debut title from Eldamar Studio. It’s powered by Unreal Engine, which explains why the environments look so disturbingly tangible. The premise is simply about you being stuck in a lucid dream that has curdled into a nightmare. It’s a standard summary, but the execution is what turns this generic statement into a mind-melding pipe dream that goes down the Eldrinch-like drain.
Creative Director Yurii Radkevych described the game as a “very personal project” for the team. Whenever a horror developer says that, you know you’re in for some heavy, emotional trauma dumping disguised as gameplay. Y’all better be prepared to witness some messed-up stuff. It makes me wonder what the storyline is going to be. Experimental sleep study? Coma patient? The mental power to open portals into another world!?! Okay, I pulled that last one from “Stranger Things,” but y’all get me, right?
Bends Reality in Lucid Falls
The concept of lucid dreaming is usually a power fantasy, such as flying over cities or finally winning that argument you had three years ago. But Lucid Falls turns the screw and has you trapped in a domain of your own making. You’ve experienced various walking style simulators, but this one has a nonsensical mechanic because it is a dream world. The Laws of Physics, the very forces that define our reality, have been rendered as “obstacles.”
The developers have promised gameplay that involves manipulating gravity, space, and time. This opens up some wild possibilities for puzzle-solving. Being able to shift gravity to navigate impossible spaces adds a layer of disorientation that fits the theme snugly. If the combat is as “realistic” as the Steam page claims, balancing the struggle to survive with the need to solve reality-bending puzzles is going to be a stressful juggling act. I wonder how a headache can influence a lucid dream? Food for thought.
The screenshots and the announcement trailer show off a world that feels wet, dark, and hostile. The creature design is leaning heavily into the “grotesque,” with dismembered bodies and supernatural entities that look like they slithered out of a Clive Barker novel. However, Eldamar Studio insists that Lucid Falls isn’t just about the gore, but focuses on atmospheric horror.
Final Thoughts: Ready to Fall into Lucid Falls!
The Day of the Dev showcase gave us a good look at Lucid Falls for a trailer, but we don’t have a demo or release date yet. The debut title looks incredibly ambitious, especially since the devs want to marry high-concept mechanics (time/gravity manipulation) with the gritty, visceral feel of survival horror while making it look good. I hope the crew is about to pull this game off because I’m so pumped to see this nightmare fall into my dreams.
