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Little Nightmares

Original title: Little Nightmares - April 28, 2017
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Director:Dennis Talajic
Studio:Bandai Namco Entertainment
Stars:Henrik Larsson, Christian Vasselbring, Tobias Lilja - Full View
Soundtrack:Little Nightmares (Original Soundtrack) - Tobias Lilja, 2017, 24 tracks, BANDAI NAMCO Games; also sold as Steam DLC appid 601710 (27 April 2017), Little Nightmares: Secrets of the Maw (Original Soundtrack) - Tobias Lilja, digital, 13 tracks, 30 June 2021, Bandai Namco Entertainment
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Award
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Gamescom Awards
Winner
2016
D.I.C.E. Awards
Game
D.I.C.E. Awards
Nominee
2018

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Game Details
DeveloperIGDB
Tarsier Studios
PublisherIGDB
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Studio
Bandai Namco Entertainment
GenresIGDB
Adventure, Puzzle, Platform, Indie
Platforms
PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Android, iOS
Release DateIGDB
April 28, 2017
Metacritic ScoreMetacritic
78
Game Engine
Unreal Engine 4

Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set in a mysterious world, Little Nightmares follows the journey of Six, a hungry little girl who must escape the Maw, an iron vessel inhabited by monstrous, twisted beings.

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Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Metacritic
Last updated: 30.07.2026
Business
Budget
Not disclosed
RevenueEstimated
2 million copies sold by May 2020
Little Nightmares alone, across all platforms; the first game passed 1 million in August 2018, and the wider franchise reached 20 million units by June 2025
gamesindustry.biz

BUDGET: never disclosed - documented-empty after checking Wikipedia, GamesIndustry.biz, Bandai Namco press material and Tarsier interviews. What IS documented is the funding structure: Tarsier self-funded prototypes through work-for-hire, pitched the game to Sony (its exclusivity partner since 2010) as "Hunger" and was TURNED DOWN, after which Bandai Namco financed it under a worldwide publishing agreement announced in August 2016 with plans for multiple titles. No figure was attached to that deal. REVENUE: unit sales are publisher-official. This game specifically passed 1 million in August 2018 and 2 million in May 2020. The 20 million milestone announced around 25 June 2025 is FRANCHISE-WIDE and must not be attributed to this title alone. Estimated gross ~$40M (2M units x $19.99 Steam/console launch list price); excludes discounts, refunds, regional pricing, bundle and subscription allocation and the ~30% platform cut, and is not official. Note the game has been discounted as low as $4.99, so realised revenue per unit is materially below list.

Time to Beat
Main Story2h
Main + Extras3h
Completionist9h
Language Support
Language
AudioSubUI
Chinese (Simplified)
French
Spanish (Spain)
German
Russian
Swedish
English
Japanese
Polish
Korean
Italian
Portuguese (Brazil)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish (Mexico)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Turkish
Content Rating
Fear
Horror
Threatening Content
Violence
Blood
Alcohol and Tobacco References
PEGI 16
GRAC 15+
CLASS_IND 14
USK 12
ESRB T
ACB M
System Requirements
Minimum
OS:Windows 7, 64-bit
CPU:Intel CPU Core i3
RAM:4 GB RAM
GPU:Nvidia GTX 460
Storage:10 GB available space SSE4.2 required
DirectX:Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection
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Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Metacritic
Last updated: 30.07.2026