REANIMAL
by Tarsier Studios · 13 Feb, 2026
633 downloads
Important Note
Get the Friend Pass on Steam and apply the Online Fix down below.
This will unlock the FULL GAME on Steam for Free.
About the Game
WHAT IS REANIMAL?
The original creators of Little Nightmares™ & Little Nightmares™ II have returned to take you on a more terrifying journey than ever before. In this co-op horror adventure game, you play as a brother & sister who go through hell to rescue their missing friends. Exploring by boat and on land, you must use your wits to survive, work together to escape the hellish island, and the dark secret that haunts you.
HORROR WITH HOPE
In this unsettling tale, the emphasis is on tension and thick atmosphere, as you join the two orphans on a desperate search for hope and redemption in the direst of circumstances.
ACROSS A DARK AND TWISTED WORLD
Traverse an intriguing but terrifying world, where the main path is only one part of the fragmented story. Discover all sorts of mysterious locations on your perilous journey, each with its own story to tell.
A DREAD-FILLED ADVENTURE
Tarsier Studios is bringing their unique visual style to bear on a whole host of new twisted monsters and broken, yet resilient, child characters. Fragments of the children's troubled past have been used as inspiration for their character design, and for the monsters that now torment them.
SHARE THE SCARE
Nobody should be forced to go through hell alone! Fully playable in single player and local & online co-op, REANIMAL has a shared, directed camera, designed to maximise claustrophobia and tension.
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
This hotfix addresses an issue that could occur when enabling HDR, which could result in a black screen when starting a game.
Thank you all for your continued support and engagement in all things REANIMAL. We really appreciate all the fan mails, fan art, theories, feedback and bug reports that have been sent to us. As a token of our appreciation we’ve included the Bugsplatter hat with patch 1.7, it’s unlocked when you boot the game.
We are continuously working on improving the game and, with Patch 1.7, we bring a couple of really nice features to REANIMAL, together with some bug fixes. We hope you will enjoy it!
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HDR
We’ve added HDR support on PC (you need a monitor/tv with HDR support). HDR really amps up the atmosphere and visuals of the game, with a wider color range more details come to life and is definitely something worth trying out!
Go to Settings -> Video and toggle “HDR” to ON to enable HDR.
Ultra Wide monitor support
We’ve added support for Ultra Wide monitors on PC. This is a hot topic, it was definitely something we were really worried about since the game is really designed with specific camera angles to create the best experience. There might be a couple of scenes / places where UW breaks the scenes a bit, but overall the game looks absolutely stunning and something we’re really pleased with. But before you jump in trying UW, we still advise you to first play it in normal aspect ratio as the game was intended.
Go to Settings -> Video and toggle “Unlock Aspect Ratio” to ON to enable Ultra Wide rendering (note that the main menu will not be rendered in UW)
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Steam Deck Full Compatibility
Not having full support on Steam Deck was a bit of a frustration point to us, the only thing missing to get full support on Steam Deck was to implement the virtual keyboard. But fear not, it’s now implemented in Path 1.7, so we now have full support for Steam Deck!
General
● General crash fixes
● Audio fixes
● Online connection and stability fixes
Fixed an issue where players on Steam could not host or join, sessions failed to initiate
● HDR Support on PC
● Ultra wide support on PC
Steamdeck
● Added Steamdeck virtual keyboard support
Intro
With patch 1.6 we hope to have solved some of the major disconnect issues we’ve seen happening. Please note that cross-play with players not using 1.6 will not work.
Please continue to report any issues that you encounter as that helps us improve the game!
IMPORTANT: We’ve seen a lot of Nvidia GPU crashes and it is because of driver issues. Make sure you update to the latest drivers before playing, that should resolve GPU crash issues on Nvidia hardware.
Patch Content
As usual, the fix list below can contain potential spoilers :)
The main change in 1.6 is that we’ve disabled the disconnect code in the game. This means that disconnects will hopefully happen a lot less frequently. However, this does mean that when playing on a bad network with high ping / packet loss you might experience desyncs, slow response and potentially game breaking bugs.
Patch 1.6 also includes almost 300 bug fixes including most of the soft blockers & crashes that we’ve seen happening.
Soft lock fixes
● In certain situations the player couldn’t interact with the whale
● In certain situations the player could be stuck behind a blocking volume in Hospital
● In certain situations the player character would freeze when entering the barn
● In certain situations the player could get stuck after interacting with the binoculars
● When loaded a checkpoint in tank section sometimes resulted in the players not connecting properly in online play
● Sometimes the player would get killed by the underwater brookhorse too soon
● NPC could sometimes fail to sit down in the bus towards orphanage
● Fixed being unable to climb back up an edge in the gas station area
Crashes
● Crash could occur during tank chase
● When shooting the other player, in the hanging soldier room, the game could crash and prevent the player from getting an achievement
Other
● Improved overall game stability and fixed several crashes.
Improved companion AI navigation and fixed cases where companions could fail to follow the player.
Fixed camera behavior during certain gameplay moments and cinematic transitions.
Resolved issues where music or ambient sounds could continue playing incorrectly.
General gameplay polish and minor bug fixes.
● Resolved multiple online co-op issues, including cases where players could become stuck or desynchronized.
● Fixed various visual glitches, including clipping and animation issues.
● Fixed an issue where the sheep beast’s fur disappeared at times
● Fixed small freezes during the car segment
● Fixed water textures before the whale quest
● Fixed an out of bounds area in the orphanage
● Fixed a performance drop in the mill
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We have just pushed patch 1.5 live, this is an updated version of the patch that was on the developer branch that you can find information about here - Dev Branch Announcement
This patch addresses some of the most critical blockers found since the game was released, includes some hardware related fixes and finally a change in how the network traffic is being routed when playing online.
This is a step towards more stable online play, especially in regions where Epic Online Services backend servers are not operated locally. There is still a ping threshold of 300ms in the game where the game disconnects to avoid potential game breaking desyncs.
We are looking into raising this in conjunction with some other changes to further improve online play in a patch planned to be released within a couple of weeks. We thank you for your patience and continued support: We’re working hard to resolve the remaining issues.
We are looking into raising this in conjunction with some other changes to further improve online play in a patch planned to be released within a couple of weeks. We thank you for your patience and continued support: We’re working hard to resolve the remaining issues.
The changelog is as follows -
Patch Notes 1.5.1:
Stability
- Fixed problems with 13th/14th generation Intel processors that lead to crashes through overheating
- Implemented a workaround to prevent crashes on certain AMD hardware and driver combinations.
Connectivity
Network Connectivity
- Changed the way that the game sends packets between EOS and game clients to lower ping rates and reduce desync problems.
Game Softlocks
Opera House (Tank Section)
Fixed an issue where blocking volumes were not correctly disabled when reloading from a checkpoint after dying, preventing further progression.
Online – Tank to Final Sheep Beast Transition
Fixed an issue where transitioning from the tank scene to the final Sheep Beast scene could result in a black screen.
Note: This is a partial fix. In very rare cases, the issue may still occur.
Forest Village
Fixed an issue where certain level triggers could be bypassed, potentially leaving players in a locked progression state.
Bunker Puzzle
Fixed a softlock that could occur if players solved the bunker puzzle, exited the area, and then died — causing them to respawn without a way to progress.
Barn (Single Player)
Fixed an issue where the player could occasionally lose movement control after entering the barn for the first time.
Orphanage (Stacked Beds Room)
Fixed a progression issue where players could become stuck after defeating all spider kids due to the area not unlocking properly.
Known issues:
On certain AMD cpu’s the precompilation of shaders takes a very long time. We’ve seen this on AMD Ryzen 5 3400G processor. This is unfortunately a hardware issue that we can't do anything about.
Connections with network ping over 300ms are disconnected per design, which might cause issues for some users. However, we’ve seen players experiencing disconnects seemingly random on good connections. We are continuing to investigate this.
We announced the Friend's Pass, and it will be with you later today.
English:
This is our top priority right now. The Friend's Pass will come later today. At this stage we can not commit to a specific timeframe or time, but it will be live later today.
Chinese:
我们目前正紧急处理该问题，并确认好友通行证将在今天晚些时候推出。
感谢大家对游戏的支持，恳请您耐心等待，再次为对您造成的困扰表示抱歉！
German:
Der Freunde Pass kommt noch heute auf Steam. Ist gerade höchste Priorität für uns. Wir können uns derzeit nicht auf einen abgesteckten Zeitrahmen, oder eine genaue Uhrzeit festlegen, aber es wird später heute live gehen.
Russian:
Это наш главный приоритет на данный момент. Friend‘s Pass появится сегодня позже. На данном этапе мы не можем назвать конкретные сроки, но он станет доступен сегодня позже.
French:
C'est notre priorité absolue actuellement. Le Pass Ami sera disponible plus tard dans la journée. À ce stade, nous ne pouvons pas nous engager sur une heure précise, mais il sera actif aujourd'hui.
Spanish:
Es nuestra prioridad absoluta en este momento. El Friend Pass estará disponible más tarde hoy. En este punto no podemos especificar una franja de tiempo pero llegará hoy más tarde.
Polish:
Uruchomienie Dostępu Dla Znajomych (Friend Pass) jest naszym najwyższym priorytetem. Zostanie dodany jeszcze dziś, jednak na ten moment, nie jesteśmy w stanie podać konkretnej godziny.
"The REANIMAL experience is a clear reflection of who Tarsier is – a group of individuals with a shared sensibility that feel privileged to have been able to work together on a game like this," said Oliver Merlöv, Managing Director, Tarsier Studios. "We believe the more personal the art, the more attention poured into every detail, the more worthy a game is of player’s time. We can’t wait for them to play REANIMAL!" The game has already received a strong and positive critical reception worldwide, earning generally favorable reviews across all platforms on Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/game/reanimal/
And since many of you have asked about friend's pass we will let you know as soon as possible!
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Uploaded May 17, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
REANIMAL.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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