Little Nightmares
Last updated: 2026-01-19
- Masterful sound design enhances immersion deeply
- Stunning art and atmosphere create unique world
- Environmental storytelling excels without dialogue
- Clunky controls hinder precise gameplay moments
- Unfair difficulty spikes frustrate players often
- Frustrating checkpoint system disrupts flow
Emotions
Frustration14%Satisfaction9%Fear7%Excitement6%Disappointment6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 114,370
- Positive
- 108,37394.8%
- Negative
- 5,9975.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 7,261,587
- Estimated revenue
- $217,774,994
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1411.59%
- Estimated copies lost
- 8,952
- Estimated revenue lost
- $268,470
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1421.6% Avg playtime 0.9h | 3554% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 3994.5% Avg playtime 9.3h | 7,99489.9% Avg playtime 15.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.8 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 14.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 184.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,188.7 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,890 total
Organic purchasers4,71953.1%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations4,17146.9%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,889 total
First impression0-2h6307.09%
Voted up: 73%
Mid game2-10h6,15069.2%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h1,52017.1%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+5896.63%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.0%
Global baseline 93.9%
187 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 114,370 total.