Tarsier Studios’ Little Nightmares will launch digitally for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in spring 2017, publisher Bandai Namco announced at Gamescom 2016.

Only six days after its announcement, Little Nightmares has been stamped with a spring 2017 release window. To accompany the release date announcement, publisher Bandai Namco also released a new trailer.

First time hearing about Little Nightmares? Want to know more? Well good news: I’ve come prepared with a handy-dandy overview:

Overview

The Maw arrives every year. Always at the same time, but never in the same place, it creeps and crawls and buries its claws deep beneath the glistening water. And there it sits in vast silence. Waiting.

Soon after, they start to arrive. The guests. The monstrous, sweating, hungry guests. All seams bursting, bodies bulging, eyes dead with boredom. They shuffle up the gangway and into the mouth of The Maw. And then they are no more.

For none of those that enter have ever returned to tell the tale. At least, not yet…

Immerse yourself in Little Nightmares, a dark whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears as you help Six escape The Maw—a vast, mysterious vessel inhabited by corrupted souls looking for their next meal.

Features

• Embark on a Grim Adventure – Confront your childhood fears in this darkly whimsical tale, set in an immersive world of great sensibility, interactive storytelling, and outstanding sound design. Discover the foul secrets of The Maw and survive the attentions of its monstrous residents as you bid to help Six escape to the world outside.
• Visit the Most Intriguing Dollhouse – Explore a disturbingly charming dollhouse, a place that is both prison and playground. Peek into Six’s world, part dream, part nightmare, where every step feels like a leap, and every shadow a vast darkness. Start from the bottom of The Hull and look for a way to The Above.
• Rekindle Your Childlike Joys – Each room is a cell, each resident a threat, and both are puzzles to untangle. Reconnect with your inner child, unleash your imagination, and stay out of harm’s way. Master Six’s every movement in a super-sized world where even the smallest doubt can lead to a fatal misstep.

A price point still hasn’t been divulged.

My Opinion:

The initial teaser  left me a bit skeptical about this game, but following the latest trailer, I’m sold. It looks uncanny, unique, and atmospherically charged, and with Bandai Namco behind it, I’m confident it will be decent at the very least.

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Tyler Fischer is a Senior Writer for MONG who plays video games when he’s not busy researching alien conspiracy theories at 2AM. You can find him on Twitter.