1. A dream that cannot be explained
Yum Nikki - This is not a game in the usual sense. There are no tasks, enemies or final goal. This is a journey on someone else's subconscious, where the only thing you can do is go forward and try to understand.

2. Acquaintance with Madotski
The main character is a girl named Madotsky. She lives in the room and does not leave her. The only way out is through dreams. When she goes to bed, the journey begins - quiet, anxious, complete symbols.

3. Gameplay without words and explanations
The player explores dreams, moving from one world to another. All you can do is walk, collect “effects” and interact with others. The game does not say a word. Everything that happens - you must feel yourself.

4. The atmosphere of detachment
The worlds of dreams are diverse, but united by a sense of loneliness. Somewhere you go along the endless desert, somewhere-along the corridors where nothing changes. The visual style is simple, but it works: you feel lost, but intrigued.

5. Fear without threats
IN Yum Nikki There is no danger in the usual sense. But anxiety is growing. In some locations, you cannot leave. Some creatures are just ... watching. There are moments that are inexplicably scare - not because it is scary, but because it is incomprehensible.

6. Symbolism that cannot be ignored
Each object, creature or sound in the game seems significant. The game does not tell the story directly, but offers the player to read it through sensations, guesses and emotions. Everything is a hint. Everything is a fragment.

7. Music - pulse of someone else's sleep
The sound design of the game is minimalist, but clings to the subconscious. Looping, muffled melodies, repeated noises, rare bursts of sound - all this creates a feeling of strange, uncomfortable calm.

8. Loneliness as the main motive
In all this journey, you are almost always alone. Even when you meet other creatures, they are silent, do not react or behave strangely. Yum Nikki - This is a study of inner silence, a sense of isolation and detachment.

9. Effects as keys to perception
In the process, you collect “effects” - objects that change the appearance of Madotsky. Some give new opportunities, but the majority are simply symbolic. These are not the tools of passage, but parts of the inner world of the heroine.

10. Labyrinth without a card
Orientation in the game is a test. There are no tips, directions or interface. You walk in a circle, remember the path, try it again. Sometimes it is annoying. But this is precisely this is lost control - and the real immersion begins.

11. The final leaving the void
When the journey ends, it does not explain anything. The ending is concise and deaf, but at the same time leaves a strong impression. The game will not say anything directly, but the emotion with which you will stay is real.

12. Yum Nikki as personal experience
This is not a story, this feeling. This is not a game that you go through - this is the game that you live, alone, in silence. She is not clear to everyone, but those who will hook will remember her forever. This is a dream from which I do not want to wake up.