Tarsier Studios isn?t a novice when it comes to puzzle-platformers. The studio previously did work on the LittleBigPlanet series, as well as another puzzle-platformer called Tearaway Unfolded before announcing their first IP which they initially called Hunger. The studio took its experience with puzzle-platformers and mixed it with a new and horrific story to create what would finally be called Little Nightmares, a horror puzzle-platformer akin to the likes of Limbo and Inside.
In Little Nightmares, players take on the role of a little girl trying to escape a placed called The Maw. While the girl?s name, Six, is mentioned on the game?s website and in its promotional materials, it and many other of its elements aren?t blatantly revealed within the game itself. There is no dialogue or text in the game but it instead unravels its story and setting completely through its environment and its fairly few cutscenes, of which it does excellently. While the game is fairly short, around six or so hours across five chapters, its puzzles and challenges as well as the unexpectedly horrifying twists and turns the story takes help make the game feel more robust and meaningful. The game?s five chapters each have their own theme and inhabitants and are further divided into several rooms, each being their own ?little nightmare,? so to speak.

Visually and Aurally Horrifying
The game?s visuals are outstanding with environments that are both beautiful and impressively succeed in setting and ke...