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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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Gamescom Awards

Winner

2016

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D.I.C.E. Awards

Nominee

2018

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Game Details

Developer

Tarsier Studios

Publisher

Bandai Namco Entertainment

Studio

Bandai Namco Entertainment

Genres

Adventure, Puzzle, Platform, Indie

Platforms

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Android, iOS

Release Date

April 28, 2017

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Game Engine

Unreal Engine 4

Story

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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Tobias Lilja

Audio & Music • Composer

Antonio Lindell-Quelhas

Cinematics & VFX • Cinematics Editor

Håkan Johansson

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Marcus Berggren

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Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

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2018

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Golden Joystick Awards

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2017

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Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Steam

Last updated: 06.08.2026

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

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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.