Reanimal Reviews
REANIMAL is Tarsier Studios at their darkest, and at their most confident. It takes familiar ideas and expands them into something bigger, scarier, and more deliberate. It’s not perfect, but its atmosphere, co-op design, and standout set pieces left a strong impression. One of the most memorable modern horror games I’ve played in a while.
Tarsier Studios returns with a spiritual successor to Little Nightmares that captures everything that made those games special - and makes it even better.
Reanimal is a game whose greatest strength clearly lies in its atmosphere. The world feels denser, more oppressive, and emotionally more intense than in Little Nightmares III. Anyone looking for a horror adventure that prioritizes mood over complex puzzles will find a very compelling experience here. The varied and sometimes disturbing mask designs, the minimalist storytelling, and the charming German voice acting give the game a distinct identity. At the same time, technical shortcomings such as merely average visuals and somewhat imprecise controls prevent it from receiving a higher score. Despite these criticisms, Reanimal remains a remarkable game that stands out primarily because of its atmosphere and visual identity. It is not a perfect title, but one that demonstrates how powerfully atmosphere alone can carry a gaming experience. But to answer the initial question: even if the score doesn’t reflect it, I like this game more than Little Nightmares 3.
Review in German | Read full review
With Reanimal, Tarsier Studios builds on Little Nightmares, combining psychological horror with immersive cooperative gameplay. Polished visuals, cinematic pacing, and refined mechanics create a cohesive experience. Layered mysteries and an open-ended narrative hint at a larger world, making it a strong foundation for a potential series.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
While its gameplay remains familiar, REANIMAL elevates itself through its dense atmosphere, an unwavering commitment to delivering a consistently tense horror experience you cannot take your eyes off, genuine emotional weight driven by voiced characters with deeply personal stakes, and impressive technical polish, standing as Tarsier’s most cohesive and fully realized project to date.
REANIMAL is a high-quality horror adventure that elevates Tarsier Studios’ signature elements to new heights. Blending distinctive gameplay with deliberately cryptic storytelling, it delivers an experience that is both gripping and deeply unsettling. Grotesque design, meticulous direction, and a strong co-op mode enhance the formula, making this new IP a meaningful evolution and an essential addition for horror fans.
Review in Italian | Read full review
REANIMAL is a dark, unforgettable horror experience that showcases Tarsier Studios at their best, even if familiar frustrations and a steep price for its short runtime remain, making it an unleashed beast worth embracing if you can accept those flaws.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
REANIMAL is not a horror game you casually play on the side. It is an experience. One that gets under your skin, that suffocates you, and doesn’t let go even after you’ve turned it off. The Swedish studio impressively demonstrates how modern horror can truly work: relying less on cheap jump scares and more on atmosphere, psychological pressure, and a constant feeling of unease.
Review in German | Read full review
Ultimately, the game’s few technical issues are completely overshadowed by Reanimals' excellence across world design, environmental storytelling, and set-piece moments, not to mention its eerie use of audio, especially via headphones.
Reanimal's cinematic camera work, outstanding sound design, and varied set pieces pull me into a suffocating world steeped in horror. From a gameplay perspective, however, the experience falls short of its potential. Trying to equally accommodate both single-player and co-op seems to limit creative freedom. There’s a noticeable lack of ambition when it comes to meaningfully evolving the established formula or experimenting with new ideas.
Review in German | Read full review
REANIMAL is just a better Little Nightmares. The game introduces many important improvements and features a well-implemented co-op mode. If only the playtime were two hours longer, it would be absolutely PERFECT!
Review in Polish | Read full review
REANIMAL is a game that takes everything Tarsier perfected in Little Nightmares and sharpens it into something darker, more relentless, and emotionally punishing. It rewards patience, observation, and careful thinking, but it doesn’t coddle you—the world is cruel and the horror lingers long after each encounter. It’s a more ruthless evolution of the formula, delivering a tense, interconnected journey that stands on its own while building on Tarsier’s legacy.
REANIMAL is the Little Nightmares 2 sequel that fans deserved, which is simply indicative of how much dark platformers are engrained in the DNA of Tarsier Studios. REANIMAL is exactly the type of psychological horror that you’d expect from the minds behind Little Nightmares 1 and 2, which is great baseline to start from. What wasn’t expected was just how much a slight perspective change would evolve the experience. Tarsier now have more freedom to greatly increase the scale, broaden their environmental storytelling and even go into darker territory than before. As a result, this epic adventure through hell is much more immersive than their previous work, as REANIMAL shakes up the status quo of the genre.