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Little Nightmares

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Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares cover
Developers
Tarsier Studios
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows April 28, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 81
OpenCritic 79
IGDB 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform, Puzzle
Art styles Stylized
Themes Horror
Series Little Nightmares
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Collector's "Six" Edition.
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Windows
GamersGate
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
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GOG.com key
Complete Edition also available.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Complete Edition also available, Region Locked in Latin America.
Windows
Humble Store
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows

Version differences

The Complete Edition includes the Secrets of The Maw expansion pass.

Monetization

No monetization information; you can edit this page to add it.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Scarecrow Sack Included in the Complete Edition
Windows
Upside-down Teapot Included in the Complete Edition
Windows
Tengu Mask Free DLC from the Bandai Namco EP!C Rewards Club. No longer obtainable.
Windows
Wallpaper
Windows
Fox Mask Free DLC from the Bandai Namco EP!C Rewards Club. No longer obtainable.
Windows
The Depths Included in the Complete Edition
Windows
The Hideaway Included in the Complete Edition
Windows
The Residence Included in the Complete Edition
Windows
Original Soundtrack
Windows
Secrets of The Maw Expansion Pass Included in the Complete Edition
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Atlas\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/424840/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Atlas\Saved\SaveGames\[Note 2]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/424840/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Approx. 93 GB available.

Video

General settings
General settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Native anamorphic support (16:9 letterboxed).
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
See the WSGF entry.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Max Framerate is capped to 144fps
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Enable borderless fullscreen[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open GameUserSettings.ini.
  3. Add or modify FullscreenMode=1 under [/Script/TarsierUtilities.TarGameUserSettings].

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Set anisotropic samples[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following to the file and save it.
[SystemSettings]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16

Chromatic aberration

Disable chromatic aberration[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following to the file and save it.
[SystemSettings]
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Depth of field

Disable depth of field[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following to the file and save it.
[SystemSettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

Input

Haptic feedback

Disable controller vibration[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game and press Ctrl+ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
  3. Expand "Input Management" and "Gamepad".
  4. Enable "Disable ALL Rumble" and close the Control Panel.
  5. Press Ctrl+ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Fan-translation (Aldw الضوء).
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation
Italian
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Little Nightmares (DX11).
vorpX
G3D, Z3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
DirectX 11 compatible
Other SSE 4.2 is required
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.13.1.0[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  3. 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/424840/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (424840) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-24
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-11-10