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SeriesGiana Sisters

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

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First release
Oct 22, 2012
Engine
Vision
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Platform, Puzzle · Action, Fantasy
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds. Warp Giana’s vivid dreams to alter your abilities and destroy the twisted creatures lurking within. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams combines the challenge of retro era platforming with graphics that pack a visual punch and tight controls. Fluidly morph between two dynamically different dream worlds to solve puzzles and combat grueling enemies. Players will have to intertwine sweet Giana's twirling jump attack with Punk Giana's hammering dash attack to survive the dualling dimensions.

Also known as Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Director's Cut

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Storyline
Maria is abducted to the Dream World, where a giant dragon holds her prisoner. It is up to her sister, Giana, who has become a teenager in the time since the last entry in the series, to enter the Dream World and rescue her. Because she is in a stage of her life that is all about transformation, she has learned how to manipulate her dreams. She must use this newly developed ability to jump between dreams and transform herself into a "Cute" and "Punk" persona in order to deal with her inner conflict and fear while she searches for her sister. As in the past, Giana can pick up crystals for points and discover secrets.Read more

Maria is abducted to the Dream World, where a giant dragon holds her prisoner. It is up to her sister, Giana, who has become a teenager in the time since the last entry in the series, to enter the Dream World and rescue her. Because she is in a stage of her life that is all about transformation, she has learned how to manipulate her dreams. She must use this newly developed ability to jump between dreams and transform herself into a "Cute" and "Punk" persona in order to deal with her inner conflict and fear while she searches for her sister. As in the past, Giana can pick up crystals for points and discover secrets.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 22, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 23, 2012
Xbox 360
Mar 20, 2013
All 7 release dates
Xbox 360
Mar 21, 2013
PlayStation 3
Jun 18, 2013
Wii U
Aug 22, 2013
Wii U
Sep 05, 2013
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
pirates, ghosts, ninja, death, rabbit
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79
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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 1,006 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Local co-opIGDB · 7 Oct
  • Shared or split screenIGDB · 7 Oct
  • Shared or split screen PvPSteam · 16 Oct
  • Steam Remote Play TogetherSteam · 16 Oct

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