History VideoGame / LittleNightmares

''Little Nightmares'' is a strange, dark, and haunting Horror PlatformGame (similar to ''{{VideoGame/Limbo}}'' or ''{{VideoGame/Inside}}''), developed by Tarsier Studios and Creator/NamcoBandai.It was released on the UsefulNotes/PS4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in April 28,2017.

* EvilIsSexy: The Lady is a tall, lean woman (monster?) wearing a kimono, and having a beautiful voice. She is also a proprietor of [[spoiler: a ¨hotel/bistro¨ which serves human children to huge, disfigured humanoid abominations]].

** The guests in particular are a fantastic example of this- while they dress formally, their true nature is that of a bunch of poorly mannered animals, desperate shoveling more food into their mouths. Some even wear masks to hide their faces, as they are so deformed and fat that their skin looks like it's melting off.

* HumanoidAbomination: All the creatures in the game are somewhat human-like....but not quite.
** The Chefs makes some atrocious pig-like squeals when they spots you and give chase. Both their faces looks like an ill-fitting mask, and indeed, one bit of art shows one apparently peeling it back.
** The Janitor is a squat man that looks like the upper half of his head is peeling and sports CreepilyLongArms in addition to his own inhuman roars.
** The Guests are gigantic, grossly exaggerated caricatures of human beings that only mindlessly eat without end, and who crawl rather than run to chase you.

* WhatTheHellHero?: Six, in a later episode of hunger [[spoiler: devours a friendly gnome, in spite of him offering her a sausage. Her treatment of the Lady is equally savage]].

* ClimacticMusic: The main theme song that plays throughout the trailers and in some parts of the game is given a large part when [[spoiler: Six uses her powers to kill the guests of the maw and walk to freedom]].

* TheSpeechless: No one in the game says a thing besides the occasional grunt from Six or a screech from an enemy. The Lady does sing late in the game, but it's a wordless song. After [[spoiler: Six eats the nome and the Lady]] she can be heard lightly humming the theme song of the game.

* ClimaticMusic: The main theme song that plays throughout the trailers and in some parts of the game is given a large part when [[spoiler: Six uses her powers to kill the guests of the maw and walk to freedom]].

* MeaningfulName: The game's original name while it was in development was ''Hunger'', which is symbolic of the games motif of gluttony and liberal use of the ImAHumanitarian trope. It also represents Six's growing hunger pains throughout the game, [[spoiler: culminating in her devouring the leader of the Maw - The Lady, and taking it over.]] The new name, "Little Nightmares," could possibly reference Six and the other children themselves in the eyes of the monsters [[spoiler: who either see them as vermin or wish to eat them.]]

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Six starts out innocent (as far as we know), but as the game progresses, she starts committing more and more... morally questionable acts [[spoiler: severing the Janitor's arms, eating a rat, eating a friendly gnome, eating the Lady]]. At best she comes out morally ambiguous, at worst, with powers she acquires at the end...
* TheSpeechless: No one in the game says a thing besides the occasional grunt from Six or a screech from an enemy. The Lady does sing late in the game, but it's a wordless song.

* CreepilyLongArms: The Impossible Man, whose' arms are longer than himself.

* EternalEngine: The Structure is an extremely large mechanical-looking place, and it seems some of the areas will be taking place in its inner workings, which are filled with pipes and such.

* HumanoidAbomination: All the creatures we have actually seen in the demo and trailers are somewhat human-like....but not quite.
** The Chef (one of two) from the demo makes some atrocious pig-like squeals when he spots you and gives chase. His face looks like an ill-fitting mask, and indeed, one bit of art shows him apparently peeling it back.
** The other beings seen wear what seems to be coats and sport CreepilyLongArms in addition to their own inhuman roars.

* MeaningfulName: The game's original name while it was in development was ''Hunger'', which is symbolic of the games motif of gluttony and liberal use of the ImAHumanitarian trope. It also represents Six's growing hunger pains throughout the game, [[spoiler: culminating in her devouring the leader of the Maw - The Lady, and taking it over.]]
* NothingIsScarier: We currently know next to nothing about what is actually happening in the game outside of basic details, which makes the details in the environment and the monsters that much more terrifying. [[spoiler: The Maw itself acts as a Hotel for the guests that visit it, but where they come from or why they choose ToServeMan is unknown.]]
** The Lair is home to the "Impossible man" (possibly the long arms) where everything forgotten within the Maw goes.

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Six starts out innocent (as far as we know), but as the game progresses, she starts committing more and more..morally questionable acts [[spoiler: severing the Impossible Man's arms, eating a rat, eating a friendly gnome, eating the Lady]]. At best she comes out morally ambiguous, at worst, with powers she acquires at the end...
* TheSpeechless: No one in the game says a thing besides the occasional grunt from Six or a screech from an enemy.
* [[spoiler: ToServeMan: Little children, to be more precise]]

* WhatTheHellHero?: Six, in a later episode of hunger [[spoiler: devours a friendly gnome, in spite of him offering her a sausage. Her treatment of the lady is equally savage]].

* BigEater: The patrons who board the Maw and gorge themselves on food, and maybe even a small being like Six if they can catch her.

* MeaningfulName: The game's original name while it was in development was ''Hunger'', which is symbolic of the games motif of gluttony and liberal use of the ImAHumanitarian trope. It also represents Six's growing hunger pains throughout the game, [[spoiler: culminating in her devouring the leader of the Maw and taking it over.]]

* VillainousGlutton: The corrupted creatures are looking for their next meal after all...

''Little Nightmares'' is a strange, dark, and haunting Horror PlatformGame (similar to ''{{VideoGame/Limbo}}'' or ''{{VideoGame/Inside}}''), developed by Tarsier Studios and Creator/NamcoBandai. The was released on the UsefulNotes/PS4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in April 28,2017.

Alongside her are small, friendly, childlike creatures in white hoods and coats called Nomes that seem to hide from the various Monsters ranging from [[HumanoidAbomination the strange humanoid workers]] to [[NothingIsScarier an unseen beast digging its way through a pit full of discarded shoes.]] The girl, using her wits alone, must survive the awful things in her way and aid the child-like creatures as she makes her way through the various rooms.

''Little Nightmares'' is a strange, dark, and haunting Horror PlatformGame (similar to {{VideoGame/Limbo}} or {{VideoGame/Inside}}), developed by Tarsier Studios and Creator/NamcoBandai. The was released on the UsefulNotes/PS4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in April 28,2017.

-->''Play with your childhood fears...''

''Little Nightmares'' is a strange, dark, and haunting 3d Survival-Horror Platforming (similar to {{VideoGame/Limbo}} or {{VideoGame/Inside}}) game set to be released on UsefulNotes/PS4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in Spring of 2017 by ''Tarsier Studios'' and Creator/NamcoBandai. The game itself runs on the Unreal Engine.

The game stars a very small girl in a yellow raincoat [[YouAreNumberSix named Six]], who travels through a strange, unnerving, dark, and massive structure that is hidden below the waves of the ocean and is filled with a variety of different rooms of various shapes and purpose. [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast It is known as The Maw.]]


Of course, she is not the only inhabitant of this dark building.

Currently, a demo featuring a single set of rooms has been made available on PS4.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Six kills all the residents of the Maw and manages to escape from it, presumably taking it over and freeing the other children.]]

Of course, she is not the only inhabitant of this dank building.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The little girl, Six, and the friendlier Nomes are absolutely tiny compared to their surroundings and adversaries, but are by far the most human-looking characters seen yet.

* MeaningfulName: The game's original name while it was in development was ''Hunger'', which is symbolic of the games motif of gluttony and ImAHumanitarian. It also represents Six's growing hunger pains throughout the game, [[spoiler: culminating in her devouring the leader of the Maw and taking it over.]]
* NothingIsScarier: We currently know next to nothing about what is actually happening in the game outside of basic details, which makes the details in the environment and the monsters that much more terrifying.

* OrangeBlueContrast: The darkened tunnels of the Maw have a consistent, dulled, dark blue color to them, which ultimately contrasts against the shots of the surface, where the sky is colored orange.

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Six, and she's has spent an unspecified time in The Maw alone, without shoes, and starving. [[{{Determinator}} But she's also refusing to give up.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: More like she doesn't have any shoes to wear. The only ones we've seen are her size (as in, almost ''as big'' as her).

* EatingTheEnemy: [[spoiler: Six does this to the woman who runs the Maw near the end of the game.]]
* EvilChef: One of the monsters seen is a butcher preparing a meal and mucking about in his kitchen, which is what the rooms in the demo focus on. Turns out to be one half of a pair of twins.

* LightIsGood: Six has a lighter available to her as her only constant tool, depending on the situation, though, it could become LightIsNotGood.

* ReducedToRatburgers: Six gets so hungry at a point that she eats a rat that had been caught in a trap.

* VillainousGlutton: The corrupted creatures are looking for their next meal after all...
* TooDumbToLive: Apparently, in spite of their own skittish nature, the Nomes try to make friends with the other inhabitants. As a result, they often don't live long.

* DreamWithinADream: whenever Six is caught or dies, she'll respawn in a fetal position and startle awake, as if she woke up from a nightmare.

''Little Nightmares'' is a strange, dark, and haunting 3d Survival-Horror Platforming (similar to {{VideoGame/Limbo}} or {{VideoGame/Inside}}) game set to be released on UsefulNotes/PS4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in Spring of 2017 by ''Tarsier Studios'' and Creator/NamcoBandai. The game itself runs on the Unreal Engine

Alongside her are small, friendly, childlike creatures in white hoods and coats called Nomes that seem to hide from the various Monsters ranging from [[HumanoidAbomination The strange humanoid workers]] to [[NothingIsScarier An unseen beast digging its way through a pit full of discarded shoes.]] The girl, using her wits alone, must survive the awful things in her way and aid the child-like creatures as she makes her way through the various rooms.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: more like she doesn't have any shoes to wear. The only ones we've seen are her size (as in, almost ''as big'' as her).

* EldritchLocation: The Maw is a huge, mysterious monstrosity that travels through the waves, and resurfaces at the same time every year to allow more "guests" (the monsters, apparently) to arrive like a twisted hotel. It latches itself to the seafloor with giant metal claws and simply waits until the next time it can resurface. not to mention all the places ''inside'' this thing, like The Lair and the Shoe Pit.

* TooDumbToLive: Apparently, in spite of their own skittish nature, the Nomes try to make friends with the other inhabitance, as a result, they often don't live long.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The little girl and the friendlier white-hooded creatures are absolutely tiny compared to their surroundings and adversaries, but are by far the most human-looking characters seen yet.

* EternalEngine: The Structure is an extremely large mechanical-looking place, and it seems some of the areas will be taking place in its inner workings, which are filled with pipes and such
* EyeMotifs: The Structure's rooms are riddled with eyeball designs, usually on doors. More notably, one of the traps shown in the trailer is a spotlight-eyeball that apparently [[TakenForGranite turns its victims to stone.]]

* NothingIsScarier: We currently know next to nothing about what is actually happening in the game outside of basic details, which makes the details in the environment and the monsters that much more terrifying.

The game stars a very small girl in a yellow raincoat named Six, who travels through a strange, unnerving, dark, and massive structure that is hidden below the waves of the ocean and is filled with a variety of different rooms of various shapes and purpose. [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast It is known as The Maw.]]

''Little Nightmares'' is a strange, dark, and haunting 3d Survival-Horror Platforming (similar to {{VideoGame/Limbo}} or {{VideoGame/Inside}}) game set to be released on PS4 and Steam in Spring of 2017 by ''Tarsier Studios'' and Creator/NamcoBandai. The game itself runs on the Unreal Engine