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Game Info
Immerse yourself in Little Nightmares, a dark whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears! Help Six escape The Maw – a vast, mysterious vessel inhabited by corrupted souls looking for their next meal. As you progress on your journey, explore the most disturbing dollhouse offering a prison to escape from and a playground full of secrets to discover. Reconnect with your inner child to unleash your imagination and find the way out!
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Average Score
Total Reviews: 104
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46% of scored reviews fell within the range of 80 to 86 / 100
RELEASE DATES:
GENRES:
- Adventure, Horror
DEVELOPER(S):
- Tarsier Studios
PUBLISHER(S):
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
SERIES/FRANCHISE:
- n/a
GAME MODES:
- Single player
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RATING & REVIEWS
Ratings & Reviews
104
Critic Reviews
78
Average Critic Score
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CRITIC REVIEWS
All reviews are from professional critics. Learn more about the critics VSG aggregates.
High Score
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Median Score
80%
Low Score
20%
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell (Eurogamer)
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Recommended
“Media Molecule protégé Tarsier turns in a masterpiece of meat and malice, swiftly consumed but with a lingering aftertaste.”
Samuel Roberts (PC Gamer)
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78/100
“An okay platformer but a deeply imaginative horror game, Little Nightmares is worth playing for its array of disturbing imagery.”
Matt Espinelli (GameSpot)
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8/10
“Little Nightmares’ brief length may leave you craving more, but its haunting story and visuals make it a journey well worth taking.”
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Score Ranges
Read the Reviews (104 total)
| Outlet | Author | Score | Date | Quote | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DNews | Алексей Лихачев | 9 / 10 | 04-22-2017 | Fans of Limbo and Inside should definitely check out Little Nightmares. It’s a big step forward for 2D-horrors and dark platformers, and this game will definitely inspire independent developers in the future if they decide to create something similar. Playdead’s Inside raised the bar sky high, but Tarsier achieved almost similar results and brought plenty of fresh ideas to the table. | Read review |
| ACG | Jeremy Penter | Not Recommended | 04-21-2017 | Video Review | Read review |
| Areajugones | Juan Linares | 8.3 / 10 | 04-22-2017 | Little Nightmares is a powerful project that brings a different kind of narrative. It creates lots of feelings with very few resources and, even though its duration is too short, it brings a very possitive experience. | Read review |
| Atomix | Emilio Reyes | 83 / 100 | 05-01-2017 | Little Nightmares is a thrilling and interesting horror game that feel fresh and creative with a good puzzle design and a rich universe inspired by our child fears | Read review |
| Attack of the Fanboy | William Schwartz | 3.5 / 5 stars | 04-21-2017 | Tariser has come a long way from the bubbly world of LittleBigPlanet with the dark and disgusting world of Little Nightmares. What it lacks in gamplay substance is made up for in visual and audio design. If that’s a trade-off you’re worth making, and Little Nightmares is a decent entry into the genre. | Read review |
| BaziCenter | Hadi Darbani | 8 / 10 | 05-06-2017 | Little Nightmares is an inspiring title with a great story and amazing ending ceremony, beautiful and eye catching graphic with heavy atmosphere make a memorable game which you can forget a bit short gameplay and few flaws. | Read review |
| Cerealkillerz | Gabriel Bogdan | 7.9 / 10 | 04-24-2017 | Little Nightmares catches you with an amazing atmosphere and some scary stages but don’t really manage to delivery more than unimaginative riddles and a clunky gameplay. There’s also not much replay value but you still should go on this abstract horror trip if you want to experience the overbearing feeling this game delivers. | Read review |
| CGMagazine | Jed Whitaker | 9.5 / 10 | 04-27-2017 | Little Nightmares is a one of a kind horror game that you need to play. | Read review |
| Cheat Code Central | Sean Engemann | 4.1 / 5 stars | 04-25-2017 | Giving the story a few rounds of proofreading might have inspired the designers to add more obstacles and offered more flexibility to the players. Still, the well-presented aesthetic and emotional impact make Little Nightmares more than worthy of a playthrough. | Read review |
| COGconnected | Ramin Ostad | 90 / 100 | 04-29-2017 | Little Nightmares takes the budding “hide-and-seek-horror” genre to another level by implementing a visual style that is both grotesque and inescapable. | Read review |
| ComiConverse | Alan Stock | 5 / 5 stars | 05-24-2017 | A dark, atmospheric and immersive adventure, full of memorable moments. Design frustrations and lacklustre puzzles stop this reaching the heights of bedfellows Limbo and Inside – but this is still a captivating experience. | Read review |
| Critical Hit | Geoffrey Tim | 8 / 10 | 04-28-2017 | Little Nightmares is grotesque, creepy, and unnerving – but it’s also beautiful. It’s an odd juxtaposition, but one that carries on through the game. For every bit of ominous ambience, there’s something to marvel at. It succeeds in its goal of evoking child-like fears, with a lingering, pervasive sense of terror that wrenches your gut. | Read review |
| Cubed3 | Albert Lichi | 8 / 10 | 05-03-2017 | Short, easy, and not as good as it could be, but also engrossing, beautiful, and fun, this creepy, narrative-driven puzzle-platformer known as Little Nightmares might not be perfect, but it’s also one of those titles that could very well be so with a little more care. | Read review |
| Daily Mirror | Ryan Brown | 4 / 5 stars | 05-01-2017 | Despite its straightforward gameplay, Little Nightmares is a title worth putting in the handful of hours that it’ll take you to complete, and you’ll be surprised by how much ends up sticking with you. | Read review |
| DarkZero | Dominic Sheard | 8 / 10 | 05-15-2017 | Little Nightmares is a thrilling game of horror built around its twisted and fascinating location. | Read review |
| Destructoid | Cory Arnold | 8.5 / 10 | 04-21-2017 | Little Nightmares could use better pacing, perhaps more build-up in the first chapter, but even in its calmer moments it retains your interest with its macabre world and simple yet goosebumps-inducing gameplay. You constantly feel like a crippled gazelle limping around a lion’s den. I’m excited to watch others play and panic the way I did. | Read review |
| Digiato | Pouria Daneshvar | 85 / 100 | 06-02-2017 | Little Nightmares has some minor flaws such as short length, but creepy and scary atmosphere and excellent hide-and-seek gameplay has made it a worthwhile experience. | Read review |
| Digital Chumps | Chase Fuller | 9 / 10 | 01-27-2017 | Little nightmares is a very good game. The story of Six is a quick one, but you gather everything you need to know as you move along in the game. Think you can brave your childhood fears? If so pick up Little Nightmares and learn about Six’s story. | Read review |
| Digitally Downloaded | Matt Sainsbury | 3.5 / 5 stars | 05-02-2017 | It might not be the most refined experience (something young Burton’s films were often guilty of as well), but that vision, and the rare mastery over a horror many of us feel but struggle to articulate, makes this game frequently surprising, intense, and always sublime. | Read review |
| DualShockers | Tyler Fischer | 9 / 10 | 04-29-2017 | Little Nightmares is a genuinely unnerving and eerie experience that never cheaply earns its thrills and scares. Despite an anti-climactic ending and some maladroit platforming sequences, Tarsier Studios successfully delivers a unique, memorable, and incredibly tense experience. | Read review |
| Easy Allies | Daniel Bloodworth | 4 / 5 stars | 04-26-2017 | Video Review | Read review |
| EGM | Ray Carsillo | 2 / 10 | 04-28-2017 | A stellar atmosphere is not enough to save such a puzzle-platformer that completely lacks any sort of challenge. While the story of Six is a sad one, it’s not for the fact that her adventure begins in a cage—but that the developer failed to find a way to make me care about it at all. | Read review |
| Eurogamer | Edwin Evans-Thirlwell | Recommended | 04-21-2017 | Media Molecule prot’g’ Tarsier turns in a masterpiece of meat and malice, swiftly consumed but with a lingering aftertaste. | Read review |
| Everyeye.it | Francesco Fossetti | 7.8 / 10 | 04-21-2017 | Little Nightmares is a fascinating game. Its style, atmospheres and environments can be quite creepy and it also features some disturbing situations. However, the game doesn’t satisfy the player’s curiosity, leaving them unfulfilled. | Read review |
| Fextralife | Emergence | 8 / 10 | 05-03-2017 | Little Nightmares is an evocative and very creative game. It’s clear that developer Tarsier was invested in making this not only a game but an experience. It explores themes of childhood and some of our deeper fears, although it’s lack of story context does leave it a bit more abstract than it needs to be. The gameplay of the puzzles are well designed and escaping to the next is a harrowing and rewarding experience. Although it’s short, the experience is tense and meaningful. There is enough to ponder here philosophically to merit a look. If unsettling yourself for a few hours is your thing, there are much worse ways to spend $20. | Read review |
| Game Informer | Jeff Cork | 9 / 10 | 04-25-2017 | I wanted to replay it the instant I finished | Read review |
| Game Rant | John Jacques | 4 / 5 stars | 04-23-2017 | Tarsier Studios creates a delightfully grotesque puzzle horror experience with Little Nightmares, where a little girl seeks safety from an oddity-filled world. | Read review |
| Game Revolution | Jonathan Leack | 3.5 / 5 stars | 04-26-2017 | There’s an equal amount of qualities to like and dislike, but when it comes down to it Little Nightmares succeeds at delivering on its promise of being an interesting horror game unlike anything else. | Read review |
| Gameblog | Filipe Da Silva Barbosa | 7 / 10 | 04-24-2017 | Little Nightmares is visually stunning, but it does not really come up with very interesting puzzles, and it ends a little fast, leaving us a bit hungry. | Read review |
| GameCrate | David Sanchez | 8.3 / 10 | 05-10-2017 | Little Nightmares drops you into a mad and scary world that’s worth visiting thanks to some enjoyable platforming mechanics and chilling atmosphere. | Read review |
| Gamefa | Hossein Sadri | 8 / 10 | 05-17-2017 | Little Nightmares is born thanks to Playdead’s games and their effects on video games. With this unique style of narrative, they can say whatever they want! The game looks childish in the first moments but it becomes darker and scarier. Platforming and puzzling and the game’s unique graphic style makes a really good experience. But the narration is the best reason to play Little Nightmares. | Read review |
| GameGrin | Andrew Wowk | 7.5 / 10 | 05-10-2017 | An extremely effective horror experience, but an undercooked horror game. | Read review |
| GameMAG | xtr | 8 / 10 | 04-22-2017 | Despite the lack of original ideas and obvious problems with the controls during the chases, Little Nightmares is very atmospheric stealth adventure game with great graphics, interesting main character, a strange world and impressive music. If you like INSIDE and Limbo, then be sure to play Little Nightmares too. | Read review |
| Gameplanet | Matt Maguire | 8 / 10 | 04-28-2017 | The first multiplatform release from Tarsier is a taut grim fairytale of a puzzle-platformer that’s perfect to explore on a rainy afternoon. | Read review |
| GamePro | Dominik Schott | 75 / 100 | 04-21-2017 | A largely captivating and bizarre-pretty adventure, whose grand finale, however, disappoints in many ways. | Read review |
| Gamers Heroes | Johnny Hurricane | 8 / 10 | 05-07-2017 | At $20, Little Nightmares is a bit expensive for what you get. However, if you like the idea of feeling like a helpless child in a foreign world, you will be hard pressed to find something better than this. | Read review |
| GameSkinny | ESpalding | 8 / 10 | 05-03-2017 | The strangest game of hide and seek you will ever play! | Read review |
| GameSpew | Becca Smith | 8 / 10 | 04-28-2017 | Little Nightmares does a fantastic job of pulling off “childish horror”. It strikes a good balance in introducing horror without ever being too scary; anyone who loves a little bit of the macabre without the intense dread of true terror will love this indie title. | Read review |
| GameSpot | Matt Espineli | 8 / 10 | 04-28-2017 | Little Nightmares’ brief length may leave you craving more, but its haunting story and visuals make it a journey well worth taking. | Read review |
| GamesRadar+ | Sam Prell | 4 / 5 stars | 04-27-2017 | At times mechanically clumsy, but artistically sound, Little Nightmares might get on your nerves every once in awhile, but its imagery will burrow into your brain and never leave. | Read review |
| GameZone | Steve Knauer | 7 / 10 | 04-28-2017 | Little Nightmares is a “child must traverse horrifying and dangerous predicaments” simulator; something ‘Inside’ and ‘Limbo’ fans would find familiar. | Read review |
| GamingBolt | Patrick Lofgren | 9 / 10 | 04-26-2017 | Little Nightmares is a fascinating and wondrous little game that manages to tell a story without using words, reach the uncanny with a cartoonish style, and make a platformer into a horror experience. It’s fun, imaginative, and at times terrifying. It was well worth every moment spent playing. Its flaws are rare, but make brief sections of the game tedious and frustrating. Overall, Little Nightmares is an extraordinary game. | Read review |
| GamingTrend | Zach Faber | 70 / 100 | 04-29-2017 | While Little Nightmares might not scare your pants off, it will definitely get your heart racing. The game’s mix of incredible art design and enjoyable gameplay create a memorable game that gets better with each level. While Little Nightmares’ long load times will hopefully get patched out currently, they make exploring a lot less desirable. Puzzles in the game could be better, but its main gameplay elements come off very thrilling and fun. | Read review |
| GearNuke | Muhammad Ali Bari | 8 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | Little Nightmares attempts to tackle the horror aspects of being a young child in a world full of unknown creatures and succeeds with it. | Read review |
| God is a Geek | Adam Cook | 7.5 / 10 | 04-21-2017 | If you like these artistically pleasing platform puzzlers, then this is going to be something you’ll enjoy. It’s not very challenging, and it has a few issues that will frustrate, but this is a fine one-and-done game, and for the price, it’s well worth investigating. | Read review |
| Hardcore Gamer | Kyle LeClair | 4 / 5 stars | 04-21-2017 | Little Nightmares has its flaws and iffy moments, but when it’s at its best, it creates a tense, nightmarish, action-packed world filled with surreal scenery that contains some classic puzzle design and a host of gleefully creepy characters to chase you all throughout it. | Read review |
| Hey Poor Player | Mark Delano | 3.5 / 5 stars | 05-05-2017 | Little Nightmares is the finest tidbit of creepiness you’re likely to have this year. It does many things right: it’s dark and unsettling, the gameplay is varied enough to keep players interested, and the style and presentation gives it a character all its own. | Read review |
| Hobby Consolas | Álvaro Alonso | 77 / 100 | 04-21-2017 | A unique and very special adventure, with lovely visuals, an incredible atmosphere and an amazing representation of the feeling of being small. It’s not as trascendental as it’s meant to be, but we would be lying if we say that we didn’t enjoy it from beginning to end. | Read review |
| IBTimes UK | Ben Skipper | 4 / 5 stars | 04-25-2017 | Little Nightmares is the kind of horror game we don’t see often enough, one that doesn’t shock with fountains of viscera but crawls under the skin. Its flavour of terror is unnerving, burrowing its way deep inside you to nest and feed. Its story is one of hope, innocence and corruption that plays, often sadly, to contemporary fears. Issues with its presentation rob it of the same classic status as Inside, but if you’re in the market for a slice of horror rich in artistry and carnal dread, Tarsier Studios have crafted a must-have. | Read review |
| IGN | Joe Skrebels | 8.8 / 10 | 04-26-2017 | Like Hide and Seek, Little Nightmares confidently captures the exhilarating fear of waiting to be found by something that’s hunting you. But it also replicates the alien horror of being a child that doesn’t understand what’s happening to and around them, and of a seemingly familiar environment turned into a series of opportunities for safety and danger. Smart, grotesque and never-endingly weird, this is a very different, extremely welcome kind of horror game that left me wanting more than its brief five hours provides. | Read review |
| IGN Italy | Marco Mottura | 8.3 / 10 | 04-21-2017 | A twisted fairy tale that dwells in the grotesque and in the macabre, Little Nightmares is a narrative platformer that you will eventually remember for its fascinating atmosphere (and its remarkable graphics and audio design) rather than for its gameplay. | Read review |
| IGN Middle East | Nick Rego | 7.5 / 10 | 04-24-2017 | Without a doubt, Little Nightmares is a visual treat. After a while, the dark and gritty environment begins to affect you, and the soundtrack elevates the feeling of dread in this brilliantly designed game. The characters you come across are varied enough to always present a new challenge and the game is generally a pleasure to play and even fall in love with. However, it’s downsides, such as a lack of a clear story, steals a sense of purpose from the actions that you have to perform. | Read review |
| IGN Spain | Jose A. Rodríguez | 8.7 / 10 | 04-24-2017 | Little Nightmares is an awesome platforming videogame with an horrifying background and an outstanding atmosphere. A great experience with an interesting Tim Burton’s aftertaste. | Read review |
| Impulsegamer | Sean Warhurst | 4.1 / 5 stars | 05-02-2017 | Little Nightmares is an effective little thriller that provides a breezy four or so hours of gameplay and some of the most intense scares of the year, high praise in a year where Resident Evil VII and Outlast II have also released. | Read review |
| LevelUp | Rodrigo Muñozaltea | 8 / 10 | 05-30-2017 | Little Nightmares is a small game with a really great atmosphere. It may be best described as an early Tool video with a French stop motion short film scored by Danny Elfman and a pinch of a twisted version of Spirited Away. This mixture gives the game a lot of personality and makes it unique. Character design is simply superb and really adds to the overall eerie feeling of the game. Environmental puzzles are a little bit too simple, and that is it’s only strong shortcoming. We really enjoyed every creepy second of this game and wished it would be a bit longer. In short, Little Nightmares is a great interactive experience that is difficult to find anywhere else. | Read review |
| Luis Alamilla | Luis Alamilla | 7 / 10 | 04-28-2017 | Video Review | Read review |
| Marooners’ Rock | Mike Robles | 7.6 / 10 | 06-15-2017 | If you’re looking for an atmospheric, creepy game that will make you feel uncomfortably alone, then I recommend Little Nightmares. | Read review |
| Metro GameCentral | GameCentral | 7 / 10 | 04-24-2017 | It has some unfortunate gameplay failings, but in terms of disturbing atmosphere and surprisingly serious subject matter this is one of the best horror games of the year. | Read review |
| MonsterVine | Samantha Lienhard | 4.5 / 5 stars | 05-01-2017 | Little Nightmares might leave you with more questions than answers, but the strange, macabre journey should keep you wanting more. | Read review |
| Nerd Much? | Bobby Bernstein | 8.6 / 10 | 05-01-2017 | While not actually frightening, its otherworldly characters are well conceptualized, and they’re each ugly and punishing enough to make gameplay interesting. | Read review |
| New Game Network | Josh Hinke | 60 / 100 | 05-06-2017 | Little Nightmares is like the long, intense screech of a violin before the jump scare | Read review |
| Nexus | Anesca Dames | 7.5 / 10 | 05-04-2017 | The fantastic tale of Six and her surreal adventure through the uncanny valley is one that will not be forgotten, especially after the startling character development of Six and the haunting ending. The artwork of this game is assuredly one of my all-time favourites, challenging the horror genre to step away from excessive gore and lazy jumpscares. | Read review |
| NZGamer | Ben Wilson | 6 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | Ben received a digital copy of Little Nightmares from Bandai Namco for review. | Read review |
| Oyungezer Online | Utku Çakır | 8 / 10 | 05-03-2017 | Little Nightmares won’t rock your world but it breathes new life into both side-scroller platformers and horror games. | Read review |
| Pardis Game | Ali Rajabi | 8.5 / 10 | 05-09-2017 | At the end of Little Nightmares, any player will agree on something firm and thats the desire for more content. This means that Little Nightmares is not that Little and in fact, it was totally successful in bringing back childhood nightmares, along with a descent psychological platformer which all along it had its own small problems but nevertheless, Little Nightmares is one the most vital indie games that we’ve ever had in the current generation | Read review |
| Paste Magazine | Jeremy Winslow | 8 / 10 | 05-26-2017 | Merriam-Webster defines maw as “the throat, gullet, or jaws especially of a voracious animal.” By the end of it all, Six becomes the voracious animal, devouring anything and everything in her path. Little Nightmares is a vicious cycle where the prey becomes the predator, and an effective one at that. | Read review |
| PC Gamer | Samuel Roberts | 78 / 100 | 04-24-2017 | An okay platformer but a deeply imaginative horror game, Little Nightmares is worth playing for its array of disturbing imagery. | Read review |
| Player2.net.au | Dylan Burns | Not Recommended | 05-23-2018 | All said, while I appreciated what the game was trying to do, I only persisted in order to review it. Obscure sequences got in the way of the narrative and those loading times made everything more horrifying than intended. | Read review |
| PlayStation Universe | Thomas Halston | 7 / 10 | 04-26-2017 | Inventive and disturbing puzzler with beautiful environments, Little Nightmares is well worth a look for fans of the genre looking for something a little different. | Read review |
| Polygon | Whitney Reynolds | 8.5 / 10 | 04-21-2017 | Little Nightmares’ creepiness makes a lasting impression | Read review |
| Post Arcade (National Post) | Chad Sapieha | 8.5 / 10 | 05-05-2017 | Tarsier Studios’ new puzzle/platformer uses dark whimsy and a sympathetic protagonist to make us ponder the consequences of modern excess | Read review |
| Press Start | Toby Berger | 8 / 10 | 05-28-2018 | Tarsier Studios’ unique take on horror is immersive and terrifying, and, barring some load time issues and small technical problems, finds a good home on the Switch. | Read review |
| pressakey.com | Darius Kubisch | Recommended | 06-02-2017 | Little Nightmares appeals to your childlike imagination, especially the dark childhood fears. A solid, entertaining puzzle adventure for in between, which you can complete in 2-4 hours and which combines the usual puzzle food with a great atmosphere. At the end of the journey many questions remain unanswered, yet the game leaves a good feeling and remains in your memory. | Read review |
| PSX Brasil | Francisco Maia | 86 / 100 | 05-04-2017 | When talking about gameplay, it’s impossible not to compare Little Nightmares to Limbo or Inside. Although similar in that, this platform and horror game from Tarsier Studios delivers an unique atmosphere, inhabited by creatures that cause some discomfort (which is something good in this context, by the way). Its polished design, allied to a functional and intelligent gameplay, make the game an excellent choice to any gamer that might want a macabre and unconventional experience. | Read review |
| Push Square | Sammy Barker | 7 / 10 | 05-01-2017 | Little Nightmares is like a fledgling chef’s interpretation of a gourmet dish: it looks the part and hits the spot – but it won’t live too long in the memory once you’ve greedily gobbled it up. Outstanding presentation is paired with some forgettable puzzles and a slightly fragmented fiction, leaving a feast that will satisfy without ever really forcing your tastebuds to explode. | Read review |
| Rectify Gaming | Wh1plash96 | 8 / 10 | 05-12-2017 | Little Nightmares is a surprising game. It combines creepy and exuberant art with vivid and innocent colors. It’s a very short experience but a satisfying one. | Read review |
| Reno Gazette-Journal | Jason Hidalgo | 8.5 / 10 | 05-30-2017 | Part Spirited Away and part Tim Burton-style narrative, Little Nightmares serves up an intriguing suspense-horror platformer with great visuals, a nice dose of mystery and a compelling narrative. The game is a bit brief and leans toward the easier side of the difficulty scale. That short experience, however, is definitely sweet and will tickle fans of Limbo, Inside and other games in the genre. All in all, Little Nightmares is a sleeper hit. | Read review |
| Rock, Paper, Shotgun | Adam Smith | Recommended | 04-21-2017 | It’s precisely the kind of horror game I love – grotesque but not gross, and interested in thoughtful pacing and escalation rather than jumpscares and shocks. Also, linear though it is, there are some collectibles I’d like to hunt for and the whole game is short enough that I’ll happily play it again, or watch someone else playing. | Read review |
| Saudi Gamer | مصعب التركي | 8 / 10 | 04-24-2017 | A game rich in a diverse cast of characters and an evocative world, with a masterful use of sound and lighting, resulting in a unique and powerful experience. | Read review |
| Saving Content | Scott Ellison II | 3 / 5 stars | 05-08-2017 | I enjoyed my short time with Little Nightmares, but I wish there was a bit more substance in its subject matter for me to care just a bit more. As it stands, Little Nightmares is a neat distraction, and I hope Tarsier Studios goes a bit further with the story and world they’ve built, because Little Nightmares goes in some interesting places. The fact that Six’s hunger becomes insatiable by game’s end raises a lot of questions, but the real hunger is that I wanted more that Little Nightmares wasn’t able to deliver. | Read review |
| Sirus Gaming | Lexuzze Tablante | 9 / 10 | 04-23-2017 | Little Nightmares gives you what a platformer game needs to be. I enjoyed every bit of its level design and its creepiness. There’s nothing more I can say about Tarsier Studios latest title – it’s a nightmare you probably would love to spend your whole night in. | Read review |
| Slant Magazine | Aaron Riccio | 1.5 / 5 stars | 04-30-2017 | The game is beautiful to look at from a distance but disappointing up close and ultimately functionless. | Read review |
| SomHráč.sk | Róbert Herda | 90 / 100 | 05-17-2017 | The dark and beautiful visuals combined with an unique atmosphere make Little Nightmares a great game that you shouldn’t miss. | Read review |
| SpazioGames | Mario Petillo | 8 / 10 | 04-21-2017 | A unique experience with an incredible atmosphere: leaves too many unanswered questions, but the five hours of gameplay flow fast. | Read review |
| TechnoBuffalo | Eric Frederiksen | 3 / 5 stars | 05-14-2017 | The art, in itself, makes Little Nightmares worth checking out. The story, the gameplay, and the length that come with it make it a bit harder to justify the price. As polished as the art and animation are, the other parts of the game feel like unfinished ideas. Little Nightmares deserves a look, but waiting for a sale might make more sense for many gamers. | Read review |
| TechRaptor | Courtney Ehrenhofler | 4 / 10 | 08-02-2017 | While Little Nightmares has an interesting premise and plenty of promise, the lack of a story, any definable characters and the frustrating save point system are just too much for the interesting aesthetic and standard gameplay to overcome. | Read review |
| The Digital Fix | Katie Fanthorpe | 9 / 10 | 05-01-2017 | Little Nightmares is a beautiful, clever, and at some points breathtaking game, that is only let down by a few minor frustrations. | Read review |
| The Games Machine | Davide Mancini | 7 / 10 | 04-20-2017 | Behind the creepy mood and the awesome graphics, Little Nightmares has very little (pun intended) to say, gameplay-wise. Too simple, with some basic platforming and uninspired stealth sections. | Read review |
| The Outerhaven Productions | Clinton Bowman-Christie | 3.5 / 5 stars | 05-31-2017 | Little Nightmares is an amazing experience, albeit there are some things that are left to be desired. However, for a first attempt by the studio that gave us Little Big Planet content, as well as Tearaway Unfolded, Little Nightmares is an easily recommended time-killing adventure. | Read review |
| TheSixthAxis | Tuffcub | 8 / 10 | 04-26-2017 | Little Nightmares is something of a minor classic. Gorgeously gross and surprisingly inventive, it creates a genuine feeling of terror and tension. It’s a bit odd to say a game that involves skipping over corpses is enjoyable, but it is, just don’t blame Tarsier if you have nightmares. | Read review |
| TheXboxHub | Neil Watton | 4.5 / 5 stars | 05-05-2017 | If you’re after a tense game that will have you questioning every little moment from start to finish, then Little Nightmares is most definitely for you. | Read review |
| Thumbsticks | Joshua Wise | 3 / 5 stars | 05-04-2017 | Transient, vague, and awash with macabre sights and sounds, Little Nightmares is aptly named. Its gameplay is rote and minimal but its skew of images will stick in your craw like the fleeting fragments of a nightmare upon waking. The rest will fade. | Read review |
| TrueAchievements | Mark Delaney | 4 / 5 stars | 04-23-2017 | Unlike the nightmare realm out of which Six is desperate to escape, Little Nightmares is a dream of a game that, upon completion, you may wish you could experience anew. | Read review |
| TrueGaming | عمر العمودي | 8 / 10 | 04-21-2017 | This game may not receive a lot of attention but it still deserves a chance especially for fans of survival horror and strange ideas. It is indeed one of the games I enjoyed a lot this year. | Read review |
| Twinfinite | Chris Jecks | 3.5 / 5 stars | 04-21-2017 | If you liked Limbo and Inside, then Little Nightmares is definitely for you. Though its puzzles may not have you stumped for quite as long, its sinister world will consume your attention throughout its five to six-hour duration. | Read review |
| VG247 | Brenna Hillier | Recommended | 05-03-2017 | Little Nightmares isn’t going to keep you awake, but it certainly has its moments. | Read review |
| VGChartz | Daniel Carreras | Recommended | 04-25-2017 | Little Nightmares is a delight to experience for the first time. So long as the obvious negatives aren’t a deal-breaker for you then this a definite purchase for any Inside or Tim Burton fans out there. | Read review |
| VideoGamer | Alice Bell | 9 / 10 | 04-21-2017 | Little Nightmares is frightening, in a way that gets under your skin. A way that whispers in your ear that you won’t sleep well tonight. Little Nightmares takes things you were afraid of when you were a kid, and reminds you you’re still afraid now. | Read review |
| Washington Post | Christopher Byrd | Recommended | 05-11-2017 | “Little Nightmares” is a taut game that is creepy and atmospheric. It doesn’t extend the margins of video game aesthetics so much as grow the market for dark, video game fairy tales. At present, I’m fine with that. | Read review |
| Wccftech | Jorge Jimenez | 7.8 / 10 | 04-27-2017 | Little Creatures is a freshly scary experience that feels like a like gothic storybook come to life despite some technical hiccups and awkward controls. | Read review |
| WellPlayed | Jordan Garcia | 7.5 / 10 | 05-10-2017 | I wasn’t quite expecting to enjoy the relatively small experience that is Little Nightmares as much as I did. It captured the clever puzzles that I loved from Limbo, while also having a great visual style that gives it a good sense of identity | Read review |
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