Status anarchistica Mar 5, 2026
Little Nightmares (2017)
Android · Google Stadia · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · iOS
3.83 from 1984 ratings
7452 members have it in their collection · 201 playing now · 3369 backlogged · 796 wish listed
How long? Main story 4h · with extras 5h · 100% 10h (from 83 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Tarsier Studios
- Publishers
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Platform, Puzzle
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Horror, Survival, Thriller
- Series
- Little Nightmares
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Apr 28, 2017 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4
- Apr 28, 2017 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Apr 28, 2017 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- May 18, 2018 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
- Jun 01, 2020 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Google Stadia
- Dec 12, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Android, iOS
Also available on
- Little Nightmares: Six Edition (2017) · PS4, XONE
- Little Nightmares: Enhanced Edition (2025) · Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PS5, XSX
Related
Bundled in
- Little Nightmares: Complete Edition (Apr 2017) · NSW, PC, PS4, XONE
- Little Nightmares: Deluxe Edition (Oct 2017) · NSW, PS4, XONE
- Little Nightmares I & II (Nov 2021) · NSW, PC, PS4, XONE, XSX
DLC
- Little Nightmares: The Depths (Jul 2017) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Little Nightmares: The Hideaway (Nov 2017) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Little Nightmares: The Residence (Feb 2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
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Rating distribution
5 stars
465
4 stars
863
3 stars
522
2 stars
112
1 star
22
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status whiterabbit Jul 30, 2024
Great time. Need to pick up the DLC when they go on sale.
Status n3buresp1997 May 7, 2024
Historia: 4⭐
Jugabilidad: 3⭐
No se hace pesado: 3⭐
Status Jevnation Mar 12, 2024
I've been coming back to this for the second time. Sadly, as much as it's been a popular hit among gamers, I still haven't been hooked enough to get myself through 2nd chapter. The mechanics can be a hit-or-miss and I got stuck in an elevator shaft without a clue where to move. So I'm shelving this game until I …
Read moreI've been coming back to this for the second time. Sadly, as much as it's been a popular hit among gamers, I still haven't been hooked enough to get myself through 2nd chapter. The mechanics can be a hit-or-miss and I got stuck in an elevator shaft without a clue where to move. So I'm shelving this game until I find my spark again, or someone in my house picks an interest for it.
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Status shinespark Dec 10, 2023
Played through this with my niece over the past few days, lately she's been really into spooky adventures and puzzle platformers like this, Oxenfree, and Playdead's Inside.
Does anyone have any recommendations for mildly scary, narrative-focused games in this vein? Horror games are a big blind spot for me.
Status gemmareneeb Oct 14, 2023
i am LOVING this game but i worry i'm missing things bc i'm leaving rooms so quickly out of fear lol
Status FreedomCAT Nov 22, 2022
Complete Edition, along with the 3 DLCs: The Depths, The Hideaway and the Residence
Status TheBeautifulEric Aug 15, 2022 Completed
Not a fan so far, glad I got it for free. It's a slow-paced, puzzle-platformer with a horror theme. Yes, the imagery and enemy designs are creepy, but it isn't the kind of game I'm going to be thinking about when I'm not playing it. Really wish the loading and cutscenes were faster because every failure feels really punishing. There's …
Read moreNot a fan so far, glad I got it for free. It's a slow-paced, puzzle-platformer with a horror theme. Yes, the imagery and enemy designs are creepy, but it isn't the kind of game I'm going to be thinking about when I'm not playing it. Really wish the loading and cutscenes were faster because every failure feels really punishing. There's already been a few spots where it feels like it would hard to avoid failure unless you knew what was going to happen ahead of time. HLTB says this game is pretty short and I'm thankful for that.
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Status DucksOnQuack Jun 25, 2022
Don't want to write a traditional review for this one so pros and cons
Pros
- This game is GORGEOUS! Great designs, great conveyance by making the design of Six stand out, incredible use of the camera to show the game's scale and how small Six is in this world, and incredible sound design (except for one con).
- I really like …
Don't want to write a traditional review for this one so pros and cons
Pros
- This game is GORGEOUS! Great designs, great conveyance by making the design of Six stand out, incredible use of the camera to show the game's scale and how small Six is in this world, and incredible sound design (except for one con).
- I really like the wordless storytelling in the game. Doesn't work as a plot, but moreso as a conveyance of a theme of gluttony. Especially with how the first enemies that you come across are leeches. Love the gradual buildup with a recurring beat.
The order of what Six eats being based on power. From bread > meat > rat > a Nome > The Lady. It shows how much power Six has gained and how much more gluttonous she has become.
Cons
- This game makes a fart noise whenever you get grabbed and I just keep laughing whenever it happens. I can't take this game as seriously as I wanted to.
- I think the stealth is a real hinderance to the game. It makes the enemy AI really stupid and less of a threat than they should. There are animations for the monsters trying to look under hiding spots, but they never reach under. Like bruh, Janitor, you have lanky ass arms. Just use them to search under the table. Hiding spots can sometimes have no other way to go but out and the monsters still can't find Six when she is literally cornered. There are cases where there is only one hiding spot in one situation and I think there could've been more.
All in all, it's OK. I'll play the sequel at some point
Status DucksOnQuack Jun 23, 2022
How to ruin the horror of a monster: add in a fart sound effect when you get killed. I'm not joking. That's literally what it sounds like whenever you get killed by it.
Status maeday Jun 18, 2022
Ugh...trying to finish this DLC and I'm just so sickened at being reminded how bad it is, holy shit. And like, I'm one of those people who vehemently thinks "this single thing ruined the entire thing" concept is absolutely fucking ludicrous, but this DLC really is making me question my stance because boy howdy it's leaving an awful taste about …
Read moreUgh...trying to finish this DLC and I'm just so sickened at being reminded how bad it is, holy shit. And like, I'm one of those people who vehemently thinks "this single thing ruined the entire thing" concept is absolutely fucking ludicrous, but this DLC really is making me question my stance because boy howdy it's leaving an awful taste about the entire game in my mouth as a result of its terribleness.
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Status maeday May 22, 2022
This DLC is honestly...kinda...really really bad? Like, I always had my doubts about ever playing the sequel because to me it worked so well as a single standalone title, and now the DLC is kinda proving those doubts. This honestly kinda sucks.
Six was always somewhat unresponsive - not running when being told to, not grabbing when being instructed …
This DLC is honestly...kinda...really really bad? Like, I always had my doubts about ever playing the sequel because to me it worked so well as a single standalone title, and now the DLC is kinda proving those doubts. This honestly kinda sucks.
Six was always somewhat unresponsive - not running when being told to, not grabbing when being instructed - but this new kid is even worse somehow. This whole thing just reeks of "let's make some quick cash to help fund a sequel". Not to mention he can easily get stuck in spots you cannot get out from and instead have to restart the last checkpoint as a result. Once more, simply proving my theory that this thing was not crafted with as much care and finesse as the base game.
Whatever atmosphere there was is now gone, the looming threat no longer feels looming, and overall it feels like a slightly more colorful "Limbo" set in a ship.
I'm never one for the "this new thing ruined the entire previous thing" camp - like the weirdos who insist a series finale somehow ruins an entire 74 episode series that preceded it, nor will I ever be one of those weirdos - but I have to admit, this does make the original base game feel somewhat worse as a result.
I guess my original gut feeling was right.
Should've been a singular standalone title with no DLC and no sequel.
Status A_Wilmot Oct 25, 2021
Gameplay a three, aesthetics a five—balanced out somewhere between those two. I was frustrated by the one-hit kills followed by rather long load times on the Switch, but overall I love how fucked up and dark this got and continued to get as it went along. Definitely a pleasant surprise.