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Little Nightmares

Developer
Tarsier Studios
Publisher
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Released
28 April 2017
Age rating
PEGI 16
UK price
£15.99

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Genres: platform , puzzle , adventure , indie

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.

Best gaming PC for Little Nightmares in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Little Nightmares today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Bandai Namco Entertainment on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows 7 / 64-bit Windows 7 / 64-bit
CPU Intel CPU Core i3 Intel CPU Core i7
RAM 4 GB 8 GB
GPU Nvidia GTX 460 Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660
Storage 10 GB 10 GB
DirectX 11 11

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Little Nightmares?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel CPU Core i7 and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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