Tarsier Studios has announced Reanimal, a co-op adventure horror game that could scare even the biggest animal lovers – but maybe I’m just imagining it. With a spooky trailer shown at Gamescom Opening Night Live, I guarantee that anyone who loved Little Nightmares & Little Nightmares 2 will be excited to see what the game has to offer.
Reanimal seems to present a visually grim world inhabited by enemies that I can barely even begin to describe. In the background of one scene, a long-limbed man with a distorted face (and an iconic large hat we’ve seen in both Little Nightmares games) is dragging something into the cinema. In another scene, the protagonists are chased by a sheep. Only it’s not a sheep, because its body seems to expand and it has way more legs than necessary. Basically, if you think of something that would have petrified you as a child, there’s a chance that Reanimal has brought it to life. Although we’ve only seen them once, I know that playing the game will probably keep me awake for at least one night.
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Although it’s not part of the Little Nightmares series, Reanimal seems to wear its inspirations on its sleeve. I’ve spent hours in the world of Little Nightmares, so I can say with some certainty that Reanimal draws a lot of its gameplay from the series. From its eerily lanky and inhuman enemies to the thick layer of smog that makes you wonder if you really saw a shadow in the distance, there are many similarities that will help make it just as scary.
If you’re easily frightened by spindly creatures or chased by possessed animals, luckily you don’t have to go through it alone. Reanimal offers the option to play the adventure both online and in split-screen mode. Players must work together to solve the maze of puzzles that await on the hellish island you’re trying to escape from. But what I’m most happy about is having someone to hide behind when one of these not-quite-human creatures comes barreling toward the screen.
Reanimal doesn’t currently have a release date, but hopefully it won’t be long before I have to figure out what other horrors this game might have in store. What we’ve seen so far is limited, but that doesn’t stop me from speculating what might emerge from the shadows of Tarsier Studios’ new devilish world.
