Among the Sleep

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Crawl through a nightmare house as a toddler searching for your mother.

Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
Stores: Steam, itch.io
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (89% of 8,423 reviews); Metacritic 66 (PC); 4.35/5 on PlayStation Store; 4.7/5 on App Store; 4.5/5 on Google Play
Length: about 2.5 hours
Players: 1
Made by: Krillbite Studio
Released: 2014

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What frightens You are a two-year-old crawling through a dark house at night looking for your mother. Everything is huge, you cannot fight, and a monster that hums a lullaby stalks you through dream versions of your memories, with only a talking teddy bear for company and light.
Content: jumpscares, dark family themes, mild violence, alcohol reference.

Among the Sleep is a first-person horror adventure in which you play a two-year-old who wakes at night and goes looking for their mother. With only a talking teddy bear for company, you crawl, climb and hide through a home that opens into dream places made of memories, pursued by monsters you are far too small to face. One run takes about two and a half hours.

About Among the Sleep

Among the Sleep is the first game by Krillbite Studio of Norway, funded on Kickstarter in 2013 and released on PC in 2014. It came to PlayStation 4 in 2015 and Xbox One in 2016. The Enhanced Edition followed on PC in 2017 and on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in 2019, and it is the version sold today. It adds improved visuals, reworked puzzles, new dialogue, pyjamas to choose, an art book and the soundtrack, and a museum level with cut content. In June 2026 it came to iPhone and Android, published by Snapbreak Games.

You see the world from a toddler's height. Door handles are out of reach, so you push chairs into place and climb boxes and tables. Crawling is faster than walking and gets you under furniture; run too long on two feet and you fall over. You can pick things up, carry and throw them. Your teddy bear, a birthday present, talks to you, and hugging him lights the dark around you.

The night begins in your nursery and leads to a playhouse that opens onto four memories: an underground playground, a dilapidated mansion grown into a marshy forest, corridors of closets and more. In each you look for something to bring back.

The horror is quiet and heavy rather than violent. When a monster is near, your sight blurs and a grating sound rises. You cannot fight; you run, or hide under tables and chairs until it passes. If it catches you, the game is over, and you touch a hanging pacifier to carry on. Beneath the nightmare is a serious story about a troubled home, told through the dream.

It suits players who want atmosphere and story over combat, and anyone who liked Little Nightmares or other games seen through a child's eyes.

How to play Among the Sleep

Climb out of the cot and explore the nursery to find your teddy bear.
Crawl to move faster and slip under furniture; stand to reach handles, and push chairs into place to climb.
Hug the teddy bear to light up the darkness when you cannot see.
From the playhouse, enter each memory and find what it hides to open the way on.
When your sight blurs and a grating sound rises, a monster is near: run, or hide under a table or chair until it passes.

Screenshots

Among the Sleep screenshot: a toddler's view of their hands in star-and-moon pyjamas on a play rug, with the brown teddy bear looking up beside toy blocks

Among the Sleep screenshot: a sunlit nursery with cloud wallpaper, red curtains, a patchwork rug and toy blocks, seen past the bars of a cot

Among the Sleep screenshot: a wooden attic room with copper pipes around a round vault door and the teddy bear standing on the rug

Among the Sleep screenshot: a museum room with a long brown coat on a plinth under a dark face with glowing eyes, monster sculptures and concept art on the walls

Among the Sleep screenshot: a dark storeroom of stacked crates and bottles under a red-lit bulb, seen from a toddler's height beside a stool and table

Among the Sleep screenshot: two open wooden cellar hatch doors over a hole in a dark garden, among tall weeds by a chain-link fence with blue light behind

Among the Sleep screenshot: a dark kitchen at night half buried in snow, with a frosted window glowing blue and icicles hanging below it

Tips

Crawling is faster than walking for a toddler, so crawl when you need to get away.
Do not run on two feet for long: you will fall over.
Look around for chairs, drawers and boxes to climb on; most puzzles are about reaching something high.
Play with headphones; the lullaby and the grating sound tell you when a monster is close.

Questions

Is Among the Sleep scary?

It is more tense than violent: dark rooms, monsters that stalk you and a few chases, with some jump scares. It is rated Teen by the ESRB and PEGI 12.

How long is Among the Sleep?

About two and a half hours for the main story, by HowLongToBeat's count.

Can you fight in Among the Sleep?

No. You play a toddler and can only explore, hide and run.

What platforms is Among the Sleep on?

PC, Mac and Linux on Steam and itch.io, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iPhone and Android.

Can I play Among the Sleep on my phone?

Yes. Since June 2026 it is on iPhone and Android, published by Snapbreak Games and based on the Enhanced Edition. It is free to try, and one purchase unlocks the full game.