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Little Nightmares II

February 10, 2021PlatformerESRB T

Overview

About Little Nightmares II

Little Nightmares II is a puzzle-platformer and survival horror game in which players control Mono, a young boy navigating a nightmarish world warped by the transmission of a distant Signal Tower. Gameplay combines environmental puzzle-solving with stealth and light combat, as Mono and his AI companion Six work together to evade grotesque enemies and traverse dangerous environments. The game is a prequel to the original Little Nightmares and features collectible items that unlock additional story content.
Story setup
Mono, a boy wearing a paper bag over his head, awakens alone in a dark forest haunted by recurring dreams of a hallway and a door marked with an eye. After discovering Six imprisoned in a remote shack, the two children escape her captor and drift toward the Pale City, a fog-shrouded urban ruin littered with old television sets. Drawn by some connection between the televisions and his strange dreams, Mono pushes deeper into the city alongside Six, passing through a schoolhouse ruled by monstrous figures and a hospital crawling with unsettling patients. Ahead of them looms the Signal Tower, the source of a pervasive broadcast that has twisted the city and its inhabitants into something terrible.
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At a glance

Released
February 10, 2021
Platforms
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genres
Platformer, Puzzle, Adventure, Action
Play modes
Single Player
Age rating
ESRB T
Time to beat
~5 hours
Media

Screenshots

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for Little Nightmares II.

Rushed
4hoursMain story only
Typical
5hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist
8hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 8 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

Little Nightmares II offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Little Nightmares II. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBM

Horror themes

CEROC
  • Horror
  • Violence
CLASS_IND14
  • Violência (Violence)
ESRBT
  • Blood
  • Violence
GRAC15+
  • Fear, Horror, Threatening
  • Violence
PEGI16
  • Violence

This game contains frequent depictions of realistic looking violence towards human-like characters. The player character can be killed in a multitude of ways, either by attacks from enemies or by falling victim to various traps. The player can be shot, crushed and bludgeoned. In none of these instances are blood effects or any other visible injuries shown. However, the characters do struggle realistically and fall limply to the floor before the screen fades to black. There are also depictions of violence towards fantasy characters, including humanoid characters with porcelain heads. The player has to defeat these characters by smashing their heads with blunt objects. Their heads simply smash, with no gore or blood, and the characters fall to the floor.

USK16
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