Heavy Dreams
Desktop puzzle adventure tracing the life of a laptop's owner
JMC Games · Released Sep 1, 2018
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 40% of 206
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Sep 5, 2018
What is Heavy Dreams?
In this single-player puzzle adventure set in 2060, you explore an old laptop found in your attic. You browse files, read journals and comics, and use apps and retro games to solve puzzles that reveal what happened to its former owner, Jay Zhang.
For you if...
- +you enjoy reconstructing a teenager's life through digital clues
Not for you if...
- −you prefer puzzles with clear goals and little reading
What players say
40% of 206 reviews are positive
One reviewer praises the story's payoff despite struggling with the puzzles. Other players repeatedly criticize the computer interface and an opening login puzzle that requires consulting an external screenshot with hard-to-read characters.
Screenshots and trailer
Heavy Dreams system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 970, 8 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Heavy Dreams?
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- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i3-8300T Processor 3.2 GHZ or equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4 GB or equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 140 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i3-8300T Processor 3.2 GHZ or equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4 GB or equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 140 MB available space
Does Heavy Dreams have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Heavy Dreams run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 6
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Heavy Dreams use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
