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Little Nightmares

Tarsier Studios · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2017-04-27

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Dec 12, 2023 (Android), Apr 28, 2017 (Xbox One), Apr 28, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jun 01, 2020 (Google Stadia), Dec 12, 2023 (iOS), May 18, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Little Nightmares is a 2017 Adventure game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 and a Very Positive (95% of 116577 reviews) sentiment.

97
playing now
95%
positive of 117k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,752
twitch viewers (latest)
4752.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (18 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (731 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (9.2k downloads)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (63,326 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 71% recommend · from 138 critics
3.6h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

97 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set in a mysterious world, it follows the journey of Six, a hungry little girl who must escape the Maw, an underwater vessel inhabited by monstrous beings. The game was released in April 2017 for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One. A Nintendo Switch version was released in May 2018, followed by a Google Stadia version in June 2020. Mobile versions were released in December 2023 and published by Playdigious. An upgraded version of the game, titled Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition, was released in 2025.

Trailer

Little Nightmares trailer thumbnail

Little Nightmares - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 97 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,338 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~292/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.9M–7.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 116,719 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at WinGameStore (2020-07-24) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 85 of 118 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.3k3.3k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,097 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,081 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,732 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,267 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,268 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 835 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 796 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 812 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

347802026-09-15 11:00 — 83 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 123 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 85 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 154 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 214 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 108 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 88 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 191 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 140 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 170 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 183 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 107 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 139 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 277 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 238 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 142 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 238 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 199 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 135 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 221 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 241 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 118 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 99 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 97 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.8k1Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2017 — avg 3 · peak 20May 2017 — avg 280 · peak 1,182Sep 2017 — avg 137 · peak 441Jan 2018 — avg 162 · peak 543May 2018 — avg 60 · peak 127Sep 2018 — avg 96 · peak 335Jan 2019 — avg 113 · peak 360May 2019 — avg 60 · peak 122Sep 2019 — avg 129 · peak 439Jan 2020 — avg 125 · peak 333May 2020 — avg 251 · peak 891Sep 2020 — avg 172 · peak 613Jan 2021 — avg 879 · peak 19,023May 2021 — avg 4,789 · peak 77,529Sep 2021 — avg 619 · peak 1,206Jan 2022 — avg 609 · peak 1,120May 2022 — avg 403 · peak 924Sep 2022 — avg 355 · peak 830Jan 2023 — avg 446 · peak 952May 2023 — avg 267 · peak 840Sep 2023 — avg 384 · peak 1,037Jan 2024 — avg 438 · peak 1,059May 2024 — avg 395 · peak 1,084Sep 2024 — avg 696 · peak 3,688Jan 2025 — avg 466 · peak 902May 2025 — avg 348 · peak 832Sep 2025 — avg 302 · peak 625Jan 2026 — avg 202 · peak 382May 2026 — avg 260 · peak 781Aug 2026 — avg 158 · peak 310
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.61$0.002017-01-172026-10-152017-01-17 — best price $16.832017-07-17 — best price $19.992017-10-13 — best price $19.992018-01-16 — best price $9.992018-04-20 — best price $10.952018-07-20 — best price $7.952018-10-08 — best price $17.842018-12-13 — best price $5.792019-03-01 — best price $18.022019-09-17 — best price $19.992020-01-30 — best price $17.882020-05-05 — best price $16.882020-07-18 — best price $15.992020-09-03 — best price $3.492020-11-25 — best price $3.992021-02-22 — best price $15.982021-05-28 — best price $0.002021-09-17 — best price $4.432021-12-13 — best price $16.992022-03-25 — best price $18.422022-06-20 — best price $4.492022-09-11 — best price $16.882022-11-07 — best price $5.002023-01-20 — best price $4.992023-04-17 — best price $16.792023-06-29 — best price $4.162023-09-04 — best price $4.502023-11-22 — best price $4.992024-02-05 — best price $4.502024-04-22 — best price $17.202024-06-19 — best price $14.392024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-10-31 — best price $17.992025-01-10 — best price $17.202025-04-25 — best price $4.242025-08-16 — best price $16.882026-02-28 — best price $16.882026-05-18 — best price $3.872026-08-16 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k4182026-05-29 — 802 pageviews2026-06-02 — 943 pageviews2026-06-06 — 840 pageviews2026-06-10 — 563 pageviews2026-06-14 — 794 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,263 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,194 pageviews2026-06-26 — 646 pageviews2026-06-30 — 548 pageviews2026-07-04 — 529 pageviews2026-07-08 — 561 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,381 pageviews2026-07-16 — 755 pageviews2026-07-20 — 630 pageviews2026-07-24 — 603 pageviews2026-07-28 — 541 pageviews2026-08-01 — 633 pageviews2026-08-05 — 493 pageviews2026-08-09 — 613 pageviews2026-08-13 — 490 pageviews2026-08-17 — 624 pageviews2026-08-21 — 523 pageviews2026-08-25 — 439 pageviews2026-08-29 — 502 pageviews2026-09-02 — 418 pageviews2026-09-06 — 520 pageviews2026-09-10 — 468 pageviews2026-09-14 — 459 pageviews2026-09-18 — 465 pageviews2026-09-22 — 461 pageviews2026-09-26 — 465 pageviews2026-09-30 — 578 pageviews2026-10-04 — 688 pageviews2026-10-07 — 646 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7.3k422026-10-02 14:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 182 viewers2026-10-05 22:12 — 7,323 viewers2026-10-05 23:12 — 4,752 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 150 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 126 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
51.3%
earned "The Prison"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing9 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2017-04-27, latest 2023-12-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)105,2383%22
Steam (Steam)62,5626%22
Xbox One (Xbox)27,3232%22

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2.5DDarkIndieHorrorPuzzleStealthAdventurePlatformerStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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