Little Nightmares can't live up to the stomach-clenching dread of its second act
Little Nightmares isn't going to keep you awake, but it certainly has its moments.
Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platformer best likened to Limbo and Inside, in that you run left to right, solving puzzles and platforming, while occasionally suffering anxiety in the face of escalating tension and expecting at any moment to suffer a gruesome death.
Little Nightmares offers some absolutely sublime moments of dread and intrigue, but just can’t sustain that momentum.