Can I Run Little Nightmares?
Little Nightmares is an adventure game from Tarsier Studios, released in 2017. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment published it. It offers a single player campaign. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Its Metacritic score stands at 81. Its Steam review count passes 51 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Its 9 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Completionists have 22 achievements to work through. Steam lists support for 13 languages. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel CPU Core i3 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 460 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| OS | Windows 7, 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel CPU Core i7 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| OS | Windows 7, 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a horror setting. Play is structured around self contained puzzle rooms. The view is from a third person view. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Little Nightmares is demanding
Disk footprint is light, near 10 GB. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Little Nightmares?
Little Nightmares targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GTX 460 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Little Nightmares?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Little Nightmares?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel CPU Core i3; GPU: Nvidia GTX 460; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7, 64-bit.
How much storage does Little Nightmares need?
Little Nightmares needs about 10 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Little Nightmares?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Little Nightmares is the CPU.