The horrifying Yume Nikki looks mundane — until it’s absolutely not

The upcoming Yume Nikki: Dream Diary reimagines the cult-favorite, terrifying RPG Maker game, according to publisher Playism. But for those who haven’t played the PC original — which is free to play on Steam — a sneak peek at the updated version’s opening should give you a sense of what to expect … and it’s very creepy.

Out Feb. 23, Dream Diary stars a teenage hikkikomori, a Japanese word for young people who prefer the safety of their own rooms to the unknowns of the outside world. In dreams, however, she adventures to a variety of places — including, at the game’s beginning, the streets of Japan. Based on this teaser, it sure looks like there’s nothing to be afraid of. She’s just on a pleasant jog through town, it seems.

And then she reaches a pool of blood at the end of her path, with no explanation or remains.

Good things it’s all a dream, and one she immediately wakes up from. Playism says that these kinds of inexplicable, creepy occurrences are what players can expect to experience throughout Dream Diary, just as they did in the original Yume Nikki. It’s admittedly not as … bizarre as the opening of the original game, however. Feel free to compare ahead of Dream Diary’s Feb. 23 launch.

What we’ve seen so far suggests this will be a fascinating and surreal adventure, one that we may be better off not trying to understand. There is a gallery of nearly 30 images to peruse below, however, if you’d like to see more of these dream worlds.