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
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
Full buyers guide →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.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
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 23 August 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, look at the tier picks above.