Dreamwalker

You transfer into the university district of a sprawling coastal city to chase your dream studies, except the game keeps reminding you that "dream" is doing double duty. Reality and dream-state slide into each other often enough that you stop trying to tell which version of a scene you're actually in.

The city is built out of districts, each with its own look and feel, and the university district is where your story starts. That setup, a new student dropped into unfamiliar territory with dreams bleeding into waking life, is the whole premise so far; nothing more elaborate is on the table yet.

You start by building your character, then move through the campus and the city around it, watching for the moments where the world tips from ordinary into dream-logic. It's an early release with a single zone in place, so the sandbox is more promise than sprawl right now, and voyeuristic peeking seems to be as much a part of the loop as anything else you get up to.