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Weird Dreams is a puzzle game released in 1988 for the MS-DOS platform, developed by Best Ever Games Company and published by Medalist International. The game presents a third-person perspective and is set within the subconscious mind of a character named Steve, who is undergoing brain surgery. The narrative premise, which extends from a separate novella, involves Steve being trapped in a surreal dreamscape by a daemonic entity.

Players control Steve as he navigates through a series of bizarre and abstract levels, each representing a different part of his subconscious. The primary objective is to locate four orbs to secure an escape, with each orb hidden within a distinct, self-contained mini-game. These segments involve various puzzle-solving challenges and environmental navigation. Steve can interact with and collect certain weapons or items within a level, though these typically cannot be carried over to subsequent areas. There is no traditional health system; contact with enemies or hazardous obstacles results in immediate death, and lingering in specific zones can also trigger fatal events.

Progression is measured as a percentage rather than a score, and the game lacks save points. Upon Steve's death, the perspective returns to the operating room where surgical efforts are shown, before the player resumes the attempt from the beginning of the current dream sequence. The structure involves moving through increasingly intense and visually strange environments, with the core gameplay revolving around exploration, item interaction, and solving the esoteric puzzles presented in each unique setting.