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Little Nightmares II

Tarsier Studios · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2021-02-10

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 11, 2021 (Google Stadia), Feb 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 11, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Feb 11, 2021 (Xbox One)

Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.

169
playing now
93%
positive of 58k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,733
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (328 ratings)
4.5h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

169 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Little Nightmares II is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The story follows Mono, who must work together with Six, the protagonist from Little Nightmares, to survive the horrors of the Pale City and discover its dark secrets. The game was released for Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One on 11 February 2021. An upgraded version, titled Little Nightmares II: Enhanced Edition, was developed by Supermassive Games and released on 25 August 2021 for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S and on 29 May 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 169 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,492 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~562/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58,417 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$8.88-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.88-70%
Microsoft Store$9.89-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 86 of 123 observed days · $6.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.5k5.5k20212026Week of 2021-02-01: 5,506 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,988 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 744 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 939 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 982 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 732 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 668 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,240 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4,407 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 554 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,212 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 967 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 829 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 39 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4621312026-08-06 21:00 — 164 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 191 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 375 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 153 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 280 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 439 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 188 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 288 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 462 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 178 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 221 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 368 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 167 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 223 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 386 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 143 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 180 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 397 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 225 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 167 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 269 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 185 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 176 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 291 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 208 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 131 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 245 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 206 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 169 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.492020-12-062026-08-292020-12-06 — best price $27.592021-03-06 — best price $29.992021-08-21 — best price $21.002021-10-31 — best price $29.992021-12-31 — best price $29.992022-03-21 — best price $19.992022-05-13 — best price $29.992022-07-05 — best price $15.002022-08-29 — best price $24.462022-10-24 — best price $9.892022-11-29 — best price $25.192023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-03-20 — best price $26.962023-05-04 — best price $8.502023-06-29 — best price $8.312023-08-10 — best price $26.992023-09-26 — best price $29.992023-11-29 — best price $8.802024-01-18 — best price $9.892024-03-11 — best price $7.492024-04-25 — best price $7.882024-06-04 — best price $29.992024-08-01 — best price $25.792024-09-21 — best price $29.992024-10-29 — best price $8.392024-12-19 — best price $8.462025-02-25 — best price $25.462025-04-28 — best price $25.792025-06-16 — best price $29.992025-08-18 — best price $8.712025-10-09 — best price $29.992025-12-12 — best price $26.392026-02-18 — best price $29.992026-04-02 — best price $29.992026-06-01 — best price $25.792026-08-03 — best price $8.992026-08-29 — best price $9.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k2132026-05-31 — 259 pageviews2026-06-03 — 377 pageviews2026-06-06 — 311 pageviews2026-06-09 — 248 pageviews2026-06-12 — 301 pageviews2026-06-15 — 333 pageviews2026-06-18 — 985 pageviews2026-06-21 — 649 pageviews2026-06-24 — 339 pageviews2026-06-27 — 350 pageviews2026-06-30 — 331 pageviews2026-07-03 — 252 pageviews2026-07-06 — 277 pageviews2026-07-09 — 613 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,075 pageviews2026-07-15 — 581 pageviews2026-07-18 — 462 pageviews2026-07-21 — 340 pageviews2026-07-24 — 319 pageviews2026-07-27 — 306 pageviews2026-07-30 — 250 pageviews2026-08-02 — 314 pageviews2026-08-05 — 260 pageviews2026-08-08 — 316 pageviews2026-08-11 — 570 pageviews2026-08-14 — 269 pageviews2026-08-17 — 402 pageviews2026-08-20 — 233 pageviews2026-08-23 — 273 pageviews2026-08-26 — 258 pageviews2026-08-28 — 233 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.0k12026-08-29 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 485 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 108 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 87 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 80 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 3,155 viewers2026-08-30 00:12 — 5,002 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 4,384 viewers2026-08-30 01:12 — 4,733 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "Foraged"
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)26,99535%35
PS5 (PlayStation)25,74235%35
Steam (Steam)14,74219%35
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)11,63919%35
Switch (Nintendo)6180%0
Switch (Nintendo)2060%0

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

DarkIndieHorrorPuzzleStealthAdventurePlatformerStory RichAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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