One thing I’ve come to accept with the indie space over the last generation is that sometimes there are just titles where you’re along for the weird ride, and you just need to try to accept it. Whether that’s in the form of play that’s hard to put a finger on, odd themes, or just some combination of all the above, there’s a sizable contingent of games out there that just does their own thing. It’s safe to say that A Dream About Parking Lots is one of them.

If you’ve ever struggled to find your car at the height of a holiday season, finding yourself out in the middle of a packed parking lot, and not quite sure where you put your vehicle… you should get a bit of the idea. It seems that your character is somewhat haunted by dreams of being stuck in that situation, over and over, and it has come up in their therapy. While having a conversation with your therapist over a number of chapters you’ll find yourself in quite a variety of parking lot situations, somewhat lost, and left to using your key fob to try to trigger your alarm to help you find your car. Navigating these parking lots often ends up feeling like you’re in a maze, with you honing in on its position by listening for the beep and then looking for the headlights going off and on to help you find it.

While for the most part this is a take-it-or-leave-it proposition in terms of play, the dialogue that you’ll get into with your therapist can be interesting, depending on how you decide to answer their questions. Whether or not you happen to dream of being lost in parking lots, there are still some general concepts and themes regarding dreams that most people should in some way relate to. That said, whether or not the melding of these two elements would be considered interesting, even for just a scant few hours, would be a fair question, so at best it’s a super-niche sort of experience without any particular fun factor to latch onto.