Every Little Nightmares game, ranked
All 2 Little Nightmares games we hold, spanning 2017 to 2021: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 174,984 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Little Nightmares (GamingPickz Score 8.3), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The Little Nightmares games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best Little Nightmares games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
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Little Nightmares
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
8.3GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceLittle Nightmares at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 95% positive of 116,529 Critics 81/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 10 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 95% shrinks to 95.0 on 116,529 reviews, then blends with the 81 critic aggregate, giving 8.3.
What the data supports- 95% positive across 116,529 reviews is a strong signal at that volume, where a few enthusiasts cannot move the number.
- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 10 GB.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 95 against 81. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
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Little Nightmares II
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
8.2GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceLittle Nightmares II at a glance Released 2021 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 93% positive of 58,455 Critics 83/100 Price $29.99 Steam Deck verified Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 93% shrinks to 92.9 on 58,455 reviews, then blends with the 83 critic aggregate, giving 8.2.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Little Nightmares game we can score is Little Nightmares at 8.3. The lowest is Little Nightmares II at 8.2, a 0.1-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Little Nightmares at $19.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Little Nightmares, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Little Nightmares entries on Steam:
- Verified: Little Nightmares, Little Nightmares II
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 Little Nightmares games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
The Little Nightmares series, game by game
Every Little Nightmares game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2017
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. (Steam)
Plot
Six, a nine-year-old girl in a yellow raincoat, awakens from a dream of a woman wearing a kimono and a Noh mask. Equipped with only a lighter, she sneaks through the bowels of the Maw, a massive, underwater iron vessel. Throughout the Maw, she encounters Nomes: small, skittish creatures that either flee from her or passively observe her efforts. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Little Nightmares received critical acclaim. Review aggregator Metacritic , which applies a weighted average to reviews on its website, reports "generally favorable" reviews. Cory Arnold said on Destructoid " Little Nightmares hypnotized me with ever-present suspense," and awarded it a score of 8. (Wikipedia)
- 2021
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. (Steam)
Plot
Mono, a boy wearing a paper bag on his head, awakens in the Wilderness from a dream of a door marked with an eye at the end of a hallway. He enters a decrepit shack and frees Six , who is being held prisoner by the masked Hunter who lives there. The Hunter pursues the pair until he corners them but they kill him with a shotgun. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Little Nightmares II received "generally favorable" reviews, depending on a platform, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Jordan Devore from Destructoid wrote: " Little Nightmares II has this entertaining intensity to it that's as fun to watch as it is to play. " He awarded the game an 8. (Wikipedia)
Little Nightmares, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Little Nightmares vs other series
How Little Nightmares stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Little Nightmares games are there?
We hold 2 Little Nightmares games in the catalogue, released between 2017 and 2021. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Little Nightmares game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Little Nightmares rates highest at 8.3. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Little Nightmares games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2017 to 2021. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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