Reanimal
February 13, 2026
The creators of Little Nightmares™ I &a; II have returned to take you on a darker, more terrifying journey than ever before. In this horror adventure game, a brother &a; sister go through hell to rescue their missing friends and escape the island that they used to call home.
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Critic Reviews (25)
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78.0
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68.0
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88.0
"Tarsier&s;s new horror platformer takes all of the lessons learned from Little Nightmares and creates a darker, more sinister, and more impactful experience."
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80.0
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85.0
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75.0
"If there&s;s one thing Tarsier Studios knows how to do, it&s;s a horror-tinged co-op adventure. It may not be groundbreaking, but it&s;s certainly a great way to spend eight hours with friends."
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80.0
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80.0
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80.0
"Tarsier&s;s Reanimal is a fun and creepy adventure to spend alone or with a friend for a few hours. The co-op experience doesn&s;t add much, but you&s;ll be able to bounce ideas off the deeper story as you&s;re escaping from …"
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75.0
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70.0
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85.0
"Reanimal is a very cinematic experience, in which platform and co-op mechanics are simply an addition. The plot takes centre stage here, and the themes and experiences suggested by the authors are probably more mature and serious than those in …"
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75.0
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80.0
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78.0
"As the credits rolled after my four hour and 30-minute journey, I found myself a little lost trying to decipher exactly what had happened, but the experience getting there was the compelling next step of the gameplay seen in the …"
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85.0
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78.0
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92.0
"If you love the Little Nightmares series , you&s;ll find something very special here: it not only draws on its essence, but elevates it and takes it a step further, a must-have in the Xbox catalog."
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85.0
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88.0
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92.0
"It’s a true evolution of the Little Nightmares formula, and while some technical issues can frustrate at times, and it loses a bit of its tension as it draws to a close, it’s still an experience that I would easily …"
Read original review"In the new puzzle-platformer from Tarsier Studios, Reanimal, you get to drive an ice cream van. That may come as a shock, given that this developer m..."
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85.0
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85.0
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90.0
"Reanimal is Tarsier Studios at its darkest and most uncompromising. This is not a continuation of Little Nightmares, but a bolder, more disturbing evolution that proves Tarsier is fully unleashed."
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70.0
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60.0
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65.0
"Tarsier Studios&s; greater scope from past works - presentationally &a; thematically - leads to both unforgettable moments and unfortunate mechanical setbacks."
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30.0
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55.0
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80.0
"Playing Reanimal feels like flicking through playable concept art"
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95.0
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88.0
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70.0
"By improving upon its work from the Little Nightmares series, Tarsier Studios has crafted its greatest horror game yet. Reanimal is an impressive, smooth mix of action, platforming, and top-of-the-line presentation. It&s;s a very gripping and intense experience, both in …"
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65.0
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70.0
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60.0
"Reanimal understands horror on a visual and emotional level, but isn&s;t able to support it with the amount of friction in the game. When it works, it&s;s great; when it doesn&s;t, the cracks are impossible to ignore."
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60.0
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75.0
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90.0
"Reanimal takes its cues from primal childhood trauma and the deep-seated fears that most people carry through life. It adds layers of familiar-feeling puzzles and terrifying monsters to a game that looks a lot like a Little Nightmares sibling. With …"
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80.0
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85.0
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75.0
"Tarsier returns to horror with a rich, meaningful evolution of its familiar Little Nightmares formula. And while it could perhaps be a little more radical, Reanimal remains utterly compelling; bleak, nasty, and full of menace."
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95.0
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85.0
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90.0
"With Reanimal, Tarsier Studios delivers its darkest, boldest work yet. Expanding on the Little Nightmares formula with non-linear exploration, striking audiovisual design, and bombastic set pieces, this is an imaginative horror experience that confidently delivers its vision while offering accessible …"
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70.0
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85.0
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92.0
"Reanimal is exactly what you might expect from the original Little Nightmares team, and yet, wondrous in its own right. Like venturing down the rabbit hole of unrelenting terror, it&s;s an experience that will stay with you long after the …"
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38.0
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42.0
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39.0
"Reanimal doesn&s;t meaningfully develop Tarsier&s;s approach to gameplay in the Little Nightmares games, but it&s;s a grim sight to behold, and a worthwhile horror adventure."
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92.0
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84.0
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86.0
"Bold and brilliant, Reanimal is a strangling, grim adventure that’s anything but little or nightmarish, leaning into legitimate, unsettling horror through its stellar artistic direction, tense atmosphere, and grisly, haunting world."
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75.0
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85.0
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75.0
"Reanimal is a short thrill ride, packed with stylish albeit somewhat repetitive set pieces, and truly nightmarish imagery. Despite its obvious connective tissue to Tarsier&s;s previous franchise, it does enough to never feel derivative, and instead comes off as more …"
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85.0
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80.0
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90.0
"Reanimal is bold and uncompromising evolution of Tarsier&s;s signature style, darker, stranger, and far less forgiving than anything that came before. I was repulsed, I was unsettled, and I loved it."
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90.0
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75.0
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85.0
"For some, it may not reach the same tightly crafted heights as Little Nightmares, but it successfully captures that same uneasy magic that made those games special. It isn’t perfect, much like all things in this vast expanse of the …"
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85.0
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80.0
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85.0
"But it is thought-provoking and stimulating, and if you can stomach combat suicide, animal harm, and more – all proxies for the effects of war on the people who wage it and the victims of that destruction – Tarsier has …"
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85.0
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90.0
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70.0
"Reanimal is a horror story, a journey through hell made up of the simple, elegant gameplay that Tarsier has honed to a feather&s;s edge over the last decade."
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