Little Nightmares

Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform game developed by Tarsier Studios and released by Bandai Namco Entertainment in 2017. Three DLCs have been released in summer 2017, and a sequel was released in February 2021.

Plot
In this game you play as Six, a 9-years-old child that must pass through the gloomy tunnels of the Maw, a semi-submarine structure in the open sea similar to a huge buoy that serves as a hotel and oriental restaurant for all guests unaware of what they will live: The Lady is the housekeeper, a a geisha-like creature who is afflicted with a curse that causes her to age quickly, forcing her to use her powers to suck out the life essence of departing guests to stay young.

Overall

 * 1) Excellent caravaggesque graphics. This game differs from other similar ones due to how much darkness triumphs in each room, which makes the atmosphere more disturbing.
 * 2) Great intense soundtrack.
 * 3) The gameplay is similar to Playdead's Limbo and Inside, but while the first two were side-scrolling, in this game you can explore many rooms in every directions in search of secrets and/or to solve puzzles.
 * 4) The game also has a lot of really disturbing elements to it such as Six eating a Nome, the implication that the Guests are cannibals, and so on.
 * 5) Very terrifying but memorable enemies that looks like they came from your nightmares (no puns):
 * 6) * Leeches, black two-legged slimy-looking creatures that suck blood through nasty suckers that tip their wormy bodies. What makes them even scarier? Their speed increases when they're in water.
 * 7) * The Janitor is a waxen dwarf with unnaturally long arms who is blind due to skin sagging over his eyes. He communicates by making disturbing clicking and grinding noises with his jaw. He gets around by climbing the various shelves, book stacks, and pipes. His arms also allow him to reach much farther into smaller spaces.
 * 8) * The twin Chefs wear these saggy, dead-eyed "masks" that almost look like they're actually someone else's skin. They're greasy and unkempt and wheezily lumber around their kitchen, occasionally letting out a horrible squeal when they spot intruders such as Six.
 * 9) * The Guests are just massive beings with faces that look like rubber, crawling and gorging themselves. The game's website implies they literally all eat themselves to death on the Maw with little care on what. And when they die, they're next on the menu.
 * 10) * The Lady. A slender, beautiful woman with a geisha mask that seems to flow through the air and just quietly observe everything that happens on her boat.
 * 11) Good enemy AI. Like Inside, if Six makes a sound while she running or after throwing an object, the Janitor will inspect the area and if the player makes a second noise, it will automatically pounce on him.
 * 12) There three collectables littered throughout each level.
 * 13) *Lanterns: Have the appearance of a look small metal lamp. There are 20 in the whole game.
 * 14) *Statues: These are small statues of the Lady that must be smashed to collect. Once the player collects and smash all ten of these statues, they will be rewarded a porcelain mask, very similar to the Lady's.
 * 15) *Nomes: Small, humanoid creatures with papery white skin and conical heads or hats that resemble mushroom caps seemingly styled after gnomes or dwarves from folklore. There are 13 in the whole game that only be collected by hugging them.
 * 16) **Hugging Nomes is also a nice heartwarming moment in contrast with the rest of the game.
 * 17) Some tiny jumpscares, like a high hanged man in the first level or the Lady's apparitions in the final.
 * 18) If you buy the game in custody, you will also find a cd with all the music and the soundtrack attached!

Secrets of the Maw

 * 1) Instead of playing as Six like every other game, instead you will be playing with The Runaway Kid, a child who tries to escape from the Maws.
 * 2) Introduces a new collectible, which are flotsams that are small grayish green bottles that the player must uncap to collect. Each of the flotsams the player opens unlocks a piece of concept art in the art gallery.
 * 3) Introduces a new monstrosity: the Granny, a shriveled old hag that stalks the Runaway Kid in the depths of the Maw, slowly following after him and dragging down into the water if he doesn't swim away fast enough.
 * 4) There is a new co-op like mechanic in the second level that consist of the Nomes helping The Runaway Kid climb an elevator.
 * 5) The twist of the face reveal of the Lady as an elderly woman.
 * 6) The ending to the boy's story is really disturbing. After the boy gets turned into a Nome, he then wanders down to the dining area where he stands by a sausage on the floor, where Six will eventually appear when she gets another hunger pain.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Just like Inside, the gameplay is short and if you're a speedrunner, you could complete the game in under two hours.
 * 2) The game does not already tell you the story, but let you know it through the gameplay - this could confuse players who would like to know it. However, there are comics that tell it.
 * 3) Early versions of the game were a temple of bugs and glitches, with Six getting stuck in tunnels, AI going mad, and objects teleporting. Despite the numerous patches, the game still contains some bugs in it.
 * 4) With the exception of the statues, you don't get anything for finding all the Nomes and lanterns except an achievement.