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Mobile game · 2023

Little Nightmares

Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platform horror adventure game developed by Tarsier Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Set in a mysterious world, Little Nightmares follows the journey of Six, a hungry little girl who must escape the Maw, an iron vessel inhabited by monstrous, twisted beings.

Estimated daily players

~2,7000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1K6.9K

Estimated total players

~720,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 120K4.1M

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Dec 12, 2023AndroidiOSACB MCLASS IND 14PEGI MUSK 12ESRB 18GRAC 15

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 40%
  • Steam 27%
  • App Store 21%
  • YouTube 7.3%
  • Twitch 5.2%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Little Nightmares, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, YouTube, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~2,700

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 1K6.9K

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~720,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 120K4.1M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Little Nightmares per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~700,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Little Nightmares where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

13,657

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.5
Installs
1M+

Ratings left on the Android listing. It is the broadest signal in the catalogue — about half of all games here have a Play page.

App Store ratings

1,986

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.4

Ratings left on the iOS listing, read from Apple’s public lookup endpoint.

Steam players in game

240

+33.3% vs Aug 8, 2026
Reviews
116,421

Only the games with a PC port appear here, but where Steam does report it is a real concurrent-player count rather than a proxy for one.

Community signals

How many people gather around Little Nightmares outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

YouTube subscribers

32,400

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s official channel. The API quota is shared, so this refreshes daily for the highest-scoring games rather than for all of them.

Twitch viewers

19

−56.8% vs Aug 8, 2026
Live channels
7

People watching this game on Twitch right now, summed across every live channel in its category.

Not tracked for Little Nightmares: Discord, Reddit. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

Storyline

Little Nightmares follows Six, a small, raincoat-clad child trapped in a mysterious underwater vessel called the Maw. The Maw is inhabited by grotesque, monstrous residents who prey on the helpless. As Six navigates through disturbing environments, she must solve puzzles and avoid being captured. The journey gradually reveals the dark and oppressive nature of the Maw and its inhabitants. Driven by hunger and desperation, Six’s actions ultimately reflect the cycle of predation within the world she inhabits.

Trailers

Teaser

Deep Below The Waves Trailer

Launch Trailer

Nine Deaths of Six Trailer

Reveal Trailer

Screenshots

Frequently asked questions

How many people play Little Nightmares?

We estimate that about 720,000 people have played Little Nightmares — plausibly between 120K and 4.1M. Around 2,700 of them play on a given day, in a range of 1K and 6.9K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Little Nightmares still active?

Yes. Little Nightmares is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Little Nightmares player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.

How big is the Little Nightmares YouTube community?

Little Nightmares has 32,400 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Little Nightmares Twitch community?

Little Nightmares has 19 viewers on Twitch, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Little Nightmares released?

Little Nightmares was released on December 12, 2023 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Little Nightmares available on?

Little Nightmares is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play and App Store (iPhone).

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