It's all about keeping the nightmares at bay in your sleep in this week's Ahead of the Game series, where we tell you about a new mobile endeavour that's playable in one form or another despite its unofficial launch. 

I suppose now that we're slowly heading into Halloween territory, it only makes sense for me to feature horror-themed (or horror-adjacent, since I'm such a scaredy cat) adventures on mobile - and it's Dream Siege that's caught my eye this week.

It is, quite literally, you facing off against nightmares as your character needs to be asleep to fight the things that go bump in the night. At its core, Dream Siege is essentially a backpack management game - a trend I've been seeing a lot of these days, and it's very welcome. In battle, you'll need to outlast hordes of nightmarish foes across multiple waves, with each wave offering you randomised boons to help you upgrade your gear. You'll unlock slots across your grid-based "backpack" as you go along, and with each new slot, you can then deploy more weapons to aid you on your noble quest.

It's nothing that hasn't been done before, really, but I suppose what gives this a fresh twist is its theming - it's all about the cartoonish macabre here, with a distinct visual style that adds a certain Burton-esque feel. You'll also need to strategise whether you'll prioritise dreamers first or go for weapons right off the bat, because without dreamers, your weapons won't be of any use and vice versa.

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