…the game is undeniably beautiful, and the artistic vision is comprehensive and complete from the first moment of the game up to its finale at the top of a tower at the center of the city. Some of the small details that go into designing an area players will pass through only once are deeply impressive, and every scene in the game has a hand-crafted feel that is almost never present in video games. Every piece of Little Nightmares 2 feels bespoke, and is a thoughtful, aware artistic representation that ties the imagery of a single scene to the wider work.

‘Little Nightmares is a game with a lot of blank space, where many of the expected systems, attributes, and mechanics of a title are simply absent. What remains is something pure, a pristine reminder of why people love video games, why the format offers something that can’t be replicated in other media, and like horror itself, why they should be taken seriously’