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Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes
Developer ICONIK
Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes is a 2026 virtual reality adventure game developed by Iconik and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. A spin-off of the Little Nightmares series, it is the first entry in the series designed for first-person virtual reality. The game was released for PlayStation VR2, SteamVR-compatible Windows headsets, Meta Quest 2, 3, and 3S on 24 April 2026. The game follows Dark Six, a… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
135 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
100 positive · 21 negative
95% range 75–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 100 | 21 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
104 of 126 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
82% recommend · 96 yes, 21 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 117 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (164 of 199 positive).
Players praise the game's faithful atmosphere and immersion, calling it a dream come true for fans. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the lack of VR options like disabling the vignette and smooth turning. [4][5][6][7] Some players note the game is short but still recommend it, especially over Little Nightmares 3. [8][9][10][11]
Liked
Representative posts
- [17]
This game feels like a bad desktop to VR port. When you start the game, you get five slow pop-ups explaining who made the game and what it was made with. If you go into the settings, you can’t turn off the vignette, and it makes me even more motion sick than without it. It also doesn’t feel like a normal vignette, but more like half your screen is cut off so you can see less. You don’t have an option for smooth …
- [1]
Just played half an hour because its midnight here and I have to work tomorrow morning, but I had to try it out. My teenage daughter is a big fan of the LN games. I watched her play them and I liked the atmosphere, characters and story. Now in VR I am really blown away. The atmosphere is so deep and it's so immersive. The music, the art design. It's fantastic. Seems to be lots of stuff to discover. You can try lots …
- [12]
Much better than Little Nightmares 3. It was fun to play and it was scary. The vignette was a little annoying at first but I got used to it and forgot about it really fast. Loved the monster designs :D planning on 100% the game. Edit: I 100% the game :D
- [2]
I've been a fan of the Little Nightmares games for a long time, and it's safe to say they're my favorite game series that I go to often for comfort. I love the atmosphere from these games, and I was thrilled to find that a VR game would get to allow myself to be fully immersed in this fascinating world! Little Nightmares 3 was a bit of a letdown from the other games. It was okay, but not exceptional like its …
- [10]
Right out of the gate, they’ve shot themselves in the foot with forced vignette and no smooth turn option. At 30 dollars the game feels a bit short but seems justified considering the overall quality. If you’re a fan of this IP I’d say go for it but otherwise wait for a sale. My play time as of this review is not accurate. I’ve played simultaneously with someone else using 2 profiles. Taking my time, the game took …
Summarised from 34 of the 131 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes talk about atmosphere and immersion are fantastic; those who didn't talk about forced vignette cannot be disabled. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The review aggregator website Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the PlayStation 5 version of the game a score of 70 out of 100 based on 11 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. The PC version has a score of 80 out of 100 based on five reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Review aggregator OpenCritic assigned a "fair" rating based on a top critic average of 74 out of 100 from 21 reviews, with the game being recommended by 50% of critics. Mike Johnson of UploadVR wrote that the game retained the series' hide-and-seek structure and praised its sense of scale, sound, and presentation, but found it missed opportunities for broader VR interaction…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 135 · most liked firstThis is a VR game that doesn’t have an option to change or disable the vignette, and there’s no smooth turning. It’s hard to fully enjoy the game when a vignette covers more than 70% of your view the entire time. From what I played, the gameplay itself is good, but the lack of VR movement settings is a big turn-off for me. EDIT*** They have fixed most of these problems. It's worth picking up now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just played half an hour because its midnight here and I have to work tomorrow morning, but I had to try it out. My teenage daughter is a big fan of the LN games. I watched her play them and I liked the atmosphere, characters and story. Now in VR I am really blown away. The atmosphere is so deep and it's so immersive. The music, the art design. It's fantastic. Seems to be lots of stuff to discover. You can try lots of things with the environment. I just solved some early puzzles and they are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Experienced on the Meta Quest 3 You can view my full review here: https://youtu.be/5tBEciyU9kA Well, it was bound to happen. You guys know we usually get the low-effort ports to PCVR. VR devs nowadays make games for stand-alone Meta Quest. Then they drop it on the Steam VR store with little work done to take advantage of the power of PCVR and expect us to buy it and like it. This game is good. Except it has many issues which PCVR veterans are un-willing to overlook. You already heard about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game had potential, but not this time. The game feels outdated for VR. There's no body (it doesn't really matter), hands disappear when you grab an object, and the hands have no physics(collision), but the body does. People complain about the forced vignette and the lack of smooth rotation, I personally don't care, but these are basic VR features and can't be configured. The physics are terrible, all objects are stuck to the floor. Portable graphics. It feels like the assets from previous…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm giving this game a completely fair review as someone who understands the series deeply. for starters, the gameplay is generally better than the gameplay in little nightmares 3, and at times has more depth than any mainline game. the stealth has open areas with many hiding spots, and it's very likely you'll be seen and have the ability to escape. stealth also has a big focus, the big 3 chapters have stealth as its core gameplay loop, ending things with a chase to break tension, just like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Much better than Little Nightmares 3. It was fun to play and it was scary. The vignette was a little annoying at first but I got used to it and forgot about it really fast. Loved the monster designs :D planning on 100% the game. Edit: I 100% the game :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They added smooth turning and made the hood/ vignette optional for those who disliked it, good job developers. This game is a recommend from me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reviewed this game for UploadVR. I sincerely hope the decision to not allow disabling the vignette or adding smooth turning is changed later. Even for the sake of motion sickness, you can leave those as the default settings and allow players a choice. A real shame. That aside, I thought this was terrific. About the right length for a LN game and nails all the atmosphere and sound design these games are great for. YMMV, but I thought this was terrific.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game feels like a bad desktop to VR port. When you start the game, you get five slow pop-ups explaining who made the game and what it was made with. If you go into the settings, you can’t turn off the vignette, and it makes me even more motion sick than without it. It also doesn’t feel like a normal vignette, but more like half your screen is cut off so you can see less. You don’t have an option for smooth turning, and if you turn off snap turning, you can’t turn with the stick anymore.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YOU CAN NOT REMOVE THE HOOD, ITS NOT TOGGLABLE ITS THERE FOREVER!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely love the Little Nightmares franchise, yes even the third game. And I do love this game as well, in every aspect besides gameplay this is a 7/10 Little Nightmares experience. I have some small complaints but they mainly have to deal with the fact that this is a VR title, some awful lag, simplified mechanics and odd visuals are basically expected. However what is NOT expected and has me unfortunately not be able to recommend this title is LITERALLY one main feature present…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is way better than Little Nightmares 3. Straight up better than that sh*tty f*cking game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A little janky, and there is no smooth turning. Did I get through it in 2 and a half hours? Yes. Did it get the atmosphere of Little Nightmare correct? CAPITAL **Y E S** I'll have to think about lore implications, I will say I LOVED the big photo man boss. The train guy I ended up finding more "cute" than anything else. Each section with every boss does feel a little slow, and I managed to finish the game with 6% left in my battery. It actually has more than 3 puzzles, unlike Little…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can draw a penis with the crayons
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a complete hack job. The only good things about it are the atmosphere and a couple of new locations. But otherwise, it’s a game with poor textures, a dead world (in the worst sense), and - to top it all off - nothing but filler instead of a plot. If you don't play it, you won't be missing out on anything. I just want to remind you that Bandai Namco has a lot of money and they just want to release trash game to collect money from funs...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been a fan of the Little Nightmares games for a long time, and it's safe to say they're my favorite game series that I go to often for comfort. I love the atmosphere from these games, and I was thrilled to find that a VR game would get to allow myself to be fully immersed in this fascinating world! Little Nightmares 3 was a bit of a letdown from the other games. It was okay, but not exceptional like its predecessors. After LN 3, I had no expectations for the quality of this game. I had…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its not bad... its just not something that's exactly a marvel either. As someone who loves 1 and 2, it's deeply saddening to see the series just stray further and further from the original idea after Tarsier left. Lore aspects? Literally all over the place, makes absolutely no sense. There was no depth to this game, nothing that hit. Kinda just feels low effort as an actual contribution to the series, like they just threw Six's shadow in to spark interest, but then nothing in the game gives any…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very bland cash grab by Bandai.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game. Everything about it is perfect in my eyes. I am a huge fan of little nightmares and the new levels blew me away. Only negative thing per usual is the cost of the game for the amount of time spent within said game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far so good. My very first VR game, and I am having a blast! There is so much more climbing than I expected though. I mean, not that I'm complaining, since I am a big White Knuckle fan, but the trailers definitely could have shown that aspect more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How Little Nightmares VR is Powered by Unity, Lighting, and Spatial Design #Unity #GameDev #Interviews #80lvl
neutral · AI labelView post →For fans of the first two Little Nightmares games, this was a rather fun entry. The game takes place during the events of Little Nightmares II and gives us a deeper dive into one of the story elements within. By no means does the game reinvent the wheel or really add anything new gameplay wise, but it's rather interesting to see how the gameplay mechanics of Little Nightmares translates to VR, and quite enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea is great, the actual game is alright. First up I didn't mind the hood being on as it added to the immersion but thankfully the game has been updated so you can turn that off if it annoys you. The only section I found of the game to be scary was the schoolteacher, that actually kicked the adrenaline into gear. But as the game has no jump, which I'm surprised doesn't seem to annoy people more than your character wearing a hood, the gameplay is simplified af. It's also very short.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah this hits the spot. Now don't get me wrong, this has some "flaws" in quotes because I don't agree per say, but I think it's fair that some players don't want to see the hood on the edges of their view, i personally don't mind it, i think it's a fun addition. But aside from the complaints that you can see in the other reviews and in the discussions, I will say this with my chest: give this team control over the IP going forward. Little nightmares 3 was a disaster that just did not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're a fan of the franchise and were worried about having to buy an expensive (not so expensive) headset, you can relax, this is a hack job, the game looks more like a cheap mobile mod: the VR-lenses require much higher quality graphics and detail than you see in the screenshots - the entire image is jagged, the light beams are literally square, and even the signature purple-glowing doors won't let you immerse yourself in the atmosphere with such a budget design, and even these very doors…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is pretty damn good. Please just add an option to disable the hooded vignette and smooth turning and then we're golden.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Black screen and crash trying to connect to steamvr. Only starts when steamvr not running to tell me it needs steamvr.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished the game, and wow. I loved it! Admittedly, you can tell the game was made to run on ancient hardware, and it does let the game down in places, but overall an amazing experience. I got genuinely unsettled in spots, so good job there. Not quite what I had hoped, but I was wanting a Little Nightmares VR game for years now, and this was not a disappointment. I hope we get more in the future!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't make it 5 minutes before getting a headache. For a VR game in 2026 it's missing a lot of features, no smooth rotation is a huge one, snap is bad enough as is but I saw no snap degree adjustment. The lighting in the opening left a lot to be desired and it is upsetting we got this instead of the LN 3 DLC in a timely manner. I've loved the series for a long time and wanted to give this a chance but it's lacking in so many areas and speedrunning a headache isn't on my wishlist.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →to be honest I had doubts about this game after LN3 cause it wasn't great but this one exceeded my expectation it ties in with the 1st and 2nd game story. My only downside with it is 1. No death animations 2. Chases CAN get boring when you get used to it but the first time you get chased it's terrifying. But other than that I really recommend this game Not finished it yet but still had alot of fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes Review - A Faithfully Terrifying Adaptation. Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes is the best VR horror game in quite some time. Much like Batman Arkham Shadow, Half-Life: Alyx, and Metro Awakening before it, Altered Echoes stays faithful to its series while still shining in VR. The gameplay is nothing groundbreaking, but the same can be said for the series as a whole. Altered Echoes keeps it simple and executes at a high level, getting nearly everything…
positive · AI labelView post →You didn’t get this from me but I’d keep an eye out for a Little Nightmares VR release date during The Game Awards.
neutral · AI labelView post →Like if teacher crackable broo (kopstoot toad ahh)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played for an hour and then I lost intrest during the first "dont get spotted" section. You play as shadow six and the actions you take in the game feels like all the effort you go through is for nothing. The gameplay is slow and boring and use the same characters from the sequel to reel you in "remember the scary teacher" "remember the tall man" its all nostalgia bait and its not worth my time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is good, but I beat it in 3 hours. If you like LN 1 & 2, I'd recommend it but not before the aformentioned games played with UEVR. Altered Echoes annoyed me in the beginning with the many random purple doors, but it got better after that. There's a mod on github that lets you remove the hood vignette, enable smooth turning, and change graphics options. The link to the mod is in my video description. https://youtu.be/MHMpNVy6xhQ https://youtu.be/vm-16KqNUZU
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Right out of the gate, they’ve shot themselves in the foot with forced vignette and no smooth turn option. At 30 dollars the game feels a bit short but seems justified considering the overall quality. If you’re a fan of this IP I’d say go for it but otherwise wait for a sale. My play time as of this review is not accurate. I’ve played simultaneously with someone else using 2 profiles. Taking my time, the game took about 4 hours to complete. That’s my main takeaway but here is a more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →thank you bandai namco and iconik studio , this is a dream come true! this is everything i wanted little nightmares vr game to be! loved every second of it. this is 100% recommended for everyone who owns a vr headset! waited for this game for months , and in the end, this game fully met all of my expectations, bought and finished on STEAMVR, meta quest store and ps5 PSVR2! and i hope you continue creating more vr games like this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →♥♥♥♥ was fkn ass man it played like baked pizza, do better. Optional vignette should be a thing, that’s embarrassing for not having it as an option. Snap turning is a NO NO, should also be a smooth turning option ALREADY PUT IN
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game may lack polish, but I respect it for attempting to faithfully adapt Little Nightmares. While you don't make jumps as you do in the mainline games, there's a fair bit of climbing. Seasoned VR players have every right to be fed up with that, especially when inputs prove finnicky like they are here, though I found it well-paced enough among the other environmental puzzles and physical interactions. This also adapts the cinematic platformer genre by retaining the same trial-and-error…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty scary while also being fun that's it bye.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hope the thin man doesn't touch me in vr
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every Horror Game Shown at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2026 (Trailers + Steam Links). If you think I've missed anything, please let me know and I'll add it to the list. - Blight Survival ([Deep Dive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPtdwbvTWE8), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1774880/Blight_Survival/)) - Cordura ([Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRyADK9ZwSs), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4414560/CORDURA/)) - Directive 8020 ([Developer…
neutral · AI labelView post →This might be the best VR horror game of all time. The optimization is REALLY good, and the monster AI is peak. I hope Iconic Studio makes more VR games! The only bad thing about the game is the price; $30 is too much for a four-hour game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*FYI you CAN remove the hood vignette AND smooth turn- fixed in an update Prior to this game's release, I was completely unfamiliar with the Little Nightmares franchise. So before playing this one, I purchased and played through all 3 Little Nightmares games using UEVR mod. In my opinion, playing the main games first (at least one and two) contributed enormously to my enjoyment of this game. Highly recommend playing those first if you haven't. You feel SO small in this game. They nailed…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate this game with all my heart.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoyed Little Nightmares ll you will like this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very good little horror companion game to Little nightmares 1 and 2. Its not super long but its pretty spooky and decently fun, I think this is really the kinds of games VR should be supporting its quite polished and feels like it has a good production value to it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →quite a few things that i saw were low quality textures, quite a few times it was not clear at all where you had to go (in chase sequences). when switching to something else in steamvr and then back into the game made my entire pc crash
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →gonna have to say no to this. No smooth turning for me sucks. and having little nightmares style puzzling in vr just makes them annoying. hoodie perma visible, while i get it, is also just an excuse to use that one option permanently. (i cant spell it) which i also dont like to have on. Above all, its also just not even remotely creepy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow a real VR game that actually runs near flawless on my 1060 6gb laptop? Awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →These developers understood Little Nightmares, great game that fits in nicely with mainline games. Only ever encountered one minor bug where my pointer in the pause menu stopped working, which a quick restart of the game fixed. Highly recommend not skipping this one if you have VR!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →absolute peak i love vr and little nightmares so combined its soooo good, its early so there's gonna be a few bugs but i've only played 20 minutes and i love it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Interesting in concept, runs fine, and looks cool, but is exorbitantly boring. Felt more like an unofficial demo or mod than an official, $30 game. (Please excuse the poor formatting. I don't write reviews often). Little Nightmares: Altered Echoes, in my opinion , is a very good and very interesting idea in theory, but is very poorly executed here. The visuals and performance were both very good! Seeing and doing things in the perspective of the tiny children was very cool, and I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great return to form. My main complaint with the third game was that it didn't feel like the first two, and this game nails that feeling the third one was missing. Little Nightmares is a great franchise to have a VR spinoff. My only complaint is the lack of smooth turning and how sections like the conductor hiding halls are a bit long and annoying to get through, but other than that I had a good time playing this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the type of game ive wanted for a LONG time. ever since i got my first vr headset, ive tried playing games to get the feeling little nightmares gave when i was about 5. It may be short but i enjoyed every second. I made sure i didnt see any spoilers i did every puzzle without a guide even when i was stuck which provided the best experience. This game means alot to me and if you've liked the game for a long time i reccomend it. 9/10 overall
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i only played to the teacher part so far (the gameplay is bad) also my legs hurt from shaking
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun experience if your a Little Nightmares fan like me, my only complaints are how linear and short it was for the price. Also, it didn't feel too scary, maybe a bit intense at times during the chase segments, but it was still pretty cool to see and feel the scale of the world through the protagonist's eyes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another great Little Nightmares entry, this IP is doing greatly in my opinion, everything that comes out of it is amazing, this gives us more insight into the pale city/signal tower while Six was kidnapped by the thin man, the VR experience is very immersive and they really nailed the "being tiny in a giant world" feel, we learn more about Six's character while following the dark version of herself. I really enjoy the residents here although I think more indication about which direction you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →honestly? i think this is a really cool game. it was amazing seeing some notable locations from little nightmares 2 in VR, i think people complaining about the vignette for Six's hood are really over exagerated, as most of the time i didnt even realize it was there. the snap turn does take some time to get used too, but once again its not as bad as people are making it out to be. lore wise this game is....interesting. im excited to see what other people think of its lore relevance and how it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall I liked the game. It's not bad and does do well but it is shorter than the other games. I managed to get almost all collectibles except for one and still hit under 3 hours. New enemies and areas which I liked. Some returning ones and I definitely enjoyed seeing the world from their POV. There's one area I didn't like. It requires you to have a match to see but also need to bring a lever that you need somewhere else. This is the only area they do this so not a big issue overall.…
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