Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One, released in April 2017.

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.

Little Nightmares takes place in a 3D world where the player encounters platforming situations and puzzles that must be solved to proceed.

Six, a nine-year-old girl in a yellow raincoat, awakens from a dream of a woman wearing a kimono and a Noh mask.

In the Prison, where captured children are held, Six evades carnivorous Leeches that infest its depths and artificial eyes that will turn her to stone if she is caught in their lights.

Scaling the hull, Six witnesses a procession of obese, suited Guests marching into the Maw from a separate vessel.

[5][6] A boy called the Runaway Kid wakes up from a nightmare involving him swimming in darkness before being dragged underwater.

The Depths are home to the Granny, who swims underwater and attempts to grab the Runaway Kid either by bumping/destroying the floating platforms he stands on or by snatching him if he is in the water for too long.

After pushing a plugged TV set into the water to electrocute the Granny, the Runaway Kid leaves the Depths, but is then captured by the Janitor.

Wrapped in butcher paper and ascending on a hook towards the Kitchen, the Runaway Kid breaks free and falls into a new level of the Maw, finding an engine room where Nomes throw coal into a furnace.

When the credits for Secrets of the Maw roll, they are eventually shown to be on a television set, which shows a figure reminiscent of the Thin Man.

The game's setting, the Maw, was created as a piece of concept art "where all the worst things in the world could be left to rot".

[9] The team opted to change the name to differentiate it from The Hunger Games series thus making it easier to search for.

There's an equal amount of qualities to like and dislike, but when it comes down to it Little Nightmares succeeds at delivering on its promise of being an interesting horror game unlike anything else.

"[16] Sam Prell of GamesRadar+ awarded it 4 out of 5 stars stating that "At times mechanically clumsy, but artistically sound, Little Nightmares might get on your nerves every once in a while, but its imagery will burrow into your brain and never leave.

"[18] Joe Skrebels's score of 8.8/10 on IGN said that "gleefully strange, unceasingly grim, and quietly smart, Little Nightmares is a very welcome fresh take on horror.

"[19] "An okay platformer but a deeply imaginative horror game, Little Nightmares is worth playing for its array of disturbing imagery," was Samuel's Roberts's conclusion on PC Gamer with a score of 78/100.

[43] The first two episodes of a tie-in fictional podcast series, titled "The Sounds of Nightmares", was released on Bandai Namco Europe's YouTube channel.

[45] A mobile app titled Very Little Nightmares was announced in April 2019 and was released in May 2019 on iOS by Alike Studio and Bandai Namco.

[46] In 2017, Dmitri M. Johnson and Stephan Bugaj of DJ2 Entertainment announced that they will be producing a television adaptation of Little Nightmares.

The series will also involve Anthony and Joe Russo and the pilot will be directed by Henry Selick.