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Little Nightmares II

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

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Adventure

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

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.

Little Nightmares II is an Adventure game released in 2021, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 58601 reviews).

218
playing now
93%
positive of 59k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9,269
twitch viewers (latest)
9269.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (328 ratings)
29
Nexus mods (25k downloads)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 87% recommend · from 176 critics
4.5h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

218 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Little Nightmares II trailer thumbnail

Little Nightmares II - Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 218 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,060 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~508/week).
  • · Review velocity down 65% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58,934 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 83 of 120 observed days (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: 282 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5921102026-09-15 12:00 — 350 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 185 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 165 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 414 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 241 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 149 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 165 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 224 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 131 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 307 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 222 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 110 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 252 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 502 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 192 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 331 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 484 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 203 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 237 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 418 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 237 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 167 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 218 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k141Feb 2021Aug 2026Feb 2021 — avg 2,616 · peak 5,368Apr 2021 — avg 386 · peak 819Jun 2021 — avg 438 · peak 1,111Aug 2021 — avg 193 · peak 353Oct 2021 — avg 218 · peak 609Dec 2021 — avg 221 · peak 511Feb 2022 — avg 206 · peak 440Apr 2022 — avg 332 · peak 1,452Jun 2022 — avg 201 · peak 569Aug 2022 — avg 160 · peak 287Oct 2022 — avg 552 · peak 2,363Dec 2022 — avg 460 · peak 1,152Feb 2023 — avg 207 · peak 405Apr 2023 — avg 186 · peak 445Jun 2023 — avg 280 · peak 892Aug 2023 — avg 256 · peak 574Oct 2023 — avg 327 · peak 786Dec 2023 — avg 405 · peak 1,302Feb 2024 — avg 456 · peak 1,159Apr 2024 — avg 264 · peak 815Jun 2024 — avg 390 · peak 1,176Aug 2024 — avg 234 · peak 426Oct 2024 — avg 310 · peak 1,081Dec 2024 — avg 460 · peak 1,112Feb 2025 — avg 328 · peak 982Apr 2025 — avg 277 · peak 884Jun 2025 — avg 978 · peak 10,484Aug 2025 — avg 750 · peak 1,777Oct 2025 — avg 621 · peak 1,339Dec 2025 — avg 301 · peak 677Feb 2026 — avg 366 · peak 764Apr 2026 — avg 336 · peak 1,329Jun 2026 — avg 286 · peak 709Aug 2026 — avg 239 · peak 464
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1211212026-09-252026-10-122026-09-25: 121 new positive2026-09-25: 8 new negative2026-09-30: 35 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 13 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 8 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 15 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 13 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 15 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 10 new positive2026-10-09: 13 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 23 new positive2026-10-12: 8 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$4.492020-12-062026-10-102020-12-06 — 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 $8.992026-10-10 — best price $9.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k2082026-05-31 — 259 pageviews2026-06-04 — 327 pageviews2026-06-08 — 268 pageviews2026-06-12 — 301 pageviews2026-06-16 — 362 pageviews2026-06-20 — 605 pageviews2026-06-24 — 339 pageviews2026-06-28 — 423 pageviews2026-07-02 — 248 pageviews2026-07-06 — 277 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1,364 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1,010 pageviews2026-07-18 — 462 pageviews2026-07-22 — 314 pageviews2026-07-26 — 354 pageviews2026-07-30 — 250 pageviews2026-08-03 — 298 pageviews2026-08-07 — 256 pageviews2026-08-11 — 570 pageviews2026-08-15 — 340 pageviews2026-08-19 — 255 pageviews2026-08-23 — 273 pageviews2026-08-27 — 241 pageviews2026-08-31 — 258 pageviews2026-09-04 — 243 pageviews2026-09-08 — 211 pageviews2026-09-12 — 244 pageviews2026-09-16 — 250 pageviews2026-09-20 — 256 pageviews2026-09-24 — 231 pageviews2026-09-28 — 275 pageviews2026-10-02 — 288 pageviews2026-10-06 — 271 pageviews2026-10-09 — 281 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

24752026-09-30 21:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 120 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 178 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 247 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 185 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 70 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 57 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-02-10 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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