

Instead, you’re left to listen to the chilling sounds and noises of the creatures and your environment as you make your way through. Little Nightmares opts not to utilize eerie music as a means of upping the ante.

It’s not just what Six sees as she makes her way through the Maw, though. Its puzzle elements may never feel quite as tricky as the likes of Limbo or Inside’s, but there’s a good level of challenge here and you’ll likely die a good few times in each chapter. The sense of accomplishment when you finally overcome these puzzles, though, far outweighs the frustration that precedes it.
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That means throwing toilet roll tubes at switches to open a door, using a rope of sausages to reach a distant vent, or using the full weight of Six’s body to shimmy a key off a giant peg. Aside from that, you’ll just have to use what’s around you to your advantage.

Six has a lighter to guide her through dimly-lit areas or to light lanterns that act as the game’s checkpoint system, and her brains to help her navigate this labyrinth. Unfortunately, the game doesn’t give you a ton to work with. Unfortunately for our protagonist, she’s far smaller than the world she finds herself in and the grotesque creatures that inhabit it. If you’re to guide Six to freedom and avoid being captured, you’ll need to master the art of stealth and making little-to-no noise whatsoever. Players take control of Six, a young child in a yellow raincoat attempting to escape the sinister world known as the Maw. Little Nightmares is a puzzle platformer in the same vein as Playdead’s Limbo and Inside. Like when the monster’s hands clutch you as they pull you towards their chest, Little Nightmares brought a bunch of these uncomfortable moments, and left them branded in my mind long after the credits rolled. There’s something unsettling about watching your character being plucked from atop a shelf by a creature with incredibly long arms.
