Little Nightmares II

Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares	2017
Little Nightmares II	2021
Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition	2025
Little Nightmares III	2025
Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes	2026

Little Nightmares II is a singleplayer side view and scrolling platform, puzzle and stealth game in the Little Nightmares series.

On August 27, 2021 the game received a free Enhanced Edition update with ray-traced reflections, improved volumetric shadows, interactive particles and immersive audio.^[2] The game was also updated to make use of DirectX 12, in comparison with DirectX 11 which the original version makes use of.

General information

Official Discord server

Developer Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		TV Edition.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition also available
		Deluxe Edition also available
		Deluxe Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
GOG.com		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition also available, Region Locked in Latin America.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available. Both the original and enhanced editions require the Steam client to be running.^[3]

Demo

A demo is available from Steam.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Digital Content Bundle	Includes a small in-game side quest, the soundtrack, an artbook, wallpapers, and avatars.
Enhanced Edition	Provided to all owners automatically for free.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Helios\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\*.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/860510/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Helios\Saved\SaveGames\*.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/860510/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		93.13 GiB available.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Main settings.

Advanced settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use Little Nightmares II Reshade addon or Lyall's fix. The game may have trouble centering the camera around the character.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use Little Nightmares II Reshade addon.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Exclusive fullscreen also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Scales with texture quality settings, with "Ultra" being 8x filtering.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray-traced reflections in the Enhanced Edition (DX 12 only)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Controller bindings.

Keybindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Negative acceleration for camera adjustments.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		Can't be disabled.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Supported in the base version. The Enhanced Edition features a "new 3D soundscape mix".
Subtitles		This game contains no spoken dialog.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Kazakh				Fan translation, download.
Slovak				Fan - #1
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes

Native 3D

Dual-View Rendering
Use Geo-11 fix

Uses SBS by default, or with direct_mode=sbs.^[4]
For TAB set direct_mode = tab.
For Interleaved set direct_mode=interlaced or direct_mode=checkerboard.
For Frame Sequential set direct_mode=nvidia_dx11.
For Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays place files within 3D Game Bridge GUI.
For Anaglyph use with ReShade shader 3DToElse

Dual-View Rendering (3D Ultra) or Single-View Depth Reprojection (3D+)
on Acer SpatialLabs monitors. Use NewAxis for all Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays.

Dual-View Rendering on Samsung Odyssey 3D monitors.

Nvidia 3D Vision

See Native 3D for Frame Sequential or Interleaved.

Issues fixed

Game does not launch on Windows 7

The game shows the error "The application does not support your operating system" when trying to launch it on Windows 7.

Modify game executable^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>\Helios\Binaries\Win64\.
Open Little Nightmares II.exe with a hex-editor such as HxD.
Go to offset 51FBB1 and change 75 to EB.
Save the file.

The offset for the Enhanced Edition is A1D21D. It also needs to be launched with the -d3d11 or -dx11 Command line argument.

The Steam version executable needs to be unpacked with Steamless before modifying it.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	The original release uses D3D11, while the Enhanced Edition uses D3D12.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

Change number of save slots

Increase the number of saveslots

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open or create new file Game.ini.
Add the following to the file, save it and set flag "Read only" in file properties:

[/Script/Helios.WidgetSettings]
NumberOfSaveSlotsPC=7

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD FX-4350	Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 AMD Radeon HD 7850 1 GB (Nvidia), 2 GB (AMD) of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.24^[1]
↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26^[1]
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/860510/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (860510) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2021-09-25
Tested on latest GOG version as of this time.
↑ Steam - Dive into an unforgettable nightmare with the Enhanced Edition ✨ - last accessed on 2023-11-27
↑ Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-09-06
Confirmed that EnhancedEdition\Little_Nightmares_II_Enhanced.exe requires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder containing the executable, regardless of whether a EnhancedEdition\steam_appid.txt file containing the game's Steam app id 860510 or the EnhancedEdition\Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\Steamworks\Steamv151\Win64\steam_api64.dll library were present in <path-to-game>. Confirmed that Helios\Binaries\Win64\Little Nightmares II.exe requires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder containing the executable, regardless of whether a Helios\Binaries\Win64\steam_appid.txt file containing the game's Steam app id 860510 or the Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\Steamworks\Steamv146\Win64\steam_api64.dll library were present in <path-to-game>.
↑ Helix Mod - Announcing: New Geo-11 3D driver

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.24^[1]

[3] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26^[1]

[Proton_path_note-6] 3.0 ^3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/860510/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (860510) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/860510/.

[6] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[7] The app ID (860510) may differ in some cases.

[8] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[9] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Waschb-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2021-09-25
Tested on latest GOG version as of this time.

[4] Steam - Dive into an unforgettable nightmare with the Enhanced Edition ✨ - last accessed on 2023-11-27

[5] Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-09-06
Confirmed that EnhancedEdition\Little_Nightmares_II_Enhanced.exe requires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder containing the executable, regardless of whether a EnhancedEdition\steam_appid.txt file containing the game's Steam app id 860510 or the EnhancedEdition\Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\Steamworks\Steamv151\Win64\steam_api64.dll library were present in <path-to-game>. Confirmed that Helios\Binaries\Win64\Little Nightmares II.exe requires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder containing the executable, regardless of whether a Helios\Binaries\Win64\steam_appid.txt file containing the game's Steam app id 860510 or the Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty\Steamworks\Steamv146\Win64\steam_api64.dll library were present in <path-to-game>.

[Geo11-7] Helix Mod - Announcing: New Geo-11 3D driver

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

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[Note 3]

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Developers

	Tarsier Studios
Enhanced Edition	Supermassive Games
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Enhanced Edition	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 2]}
Release dates
Windows	February 11, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	82
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view, Scrolling
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform, Puzzle, Stealth
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Horror
Series	Little Nightmares