Spec sheet · Adventure · 2017

Little Nightmares PC Requirements

To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. Among the games we track, it is undemanding by current standards.

Minimum GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
Recommended GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
RAM
4–8 GB
Disk
10 GB

Which graphics cards clear it

All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.

27 Short of the minimum including the AMD Radeon 890M
13 Minimum, not recommended from the AMD Radeon RX 550 ($79 at launch)
125 At or above recommended from the AMD Radeon RX 560 ($99 at launch)

What the publisher lists

Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.

PartMinimumRecommended
Graphics card Nvidia GTX 460 matches NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Processor Intel CPU Core i3 Intel CPU Core i7
Memory 4 GB 8 GB
Video memory 1 GB 2 GB
Storage 10 GB 10 GB
Windows Windows 7 Same as minimum
DirectX DirectX 11 Same as minimum

Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest

Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a Intel Core i7-10700K-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.

Card1080p1440p4KAgainst the specs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 1137041 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 20112572 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 6600 24615389 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 24615389 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7600 291180105 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 291180105 Recommended
Intel Arc B580 300+202117 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 300+223129 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 300+300+188 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 300+300+200 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 300+300+242 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 300+300+285 Recommended

Answers about Little Nightmares on PC

What is the lowest graphics card that runs Little Nightmares?

The publisher's minimum is Nvidia GTX 460. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.

How much RAM does Little Nightmares need?

4 GB at minimum, 8 GB recommended.

How much storage space does Little Nightmares take?

10 GB of free space.

Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Little Nightmares?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Little Nightmares?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

If your PC runs Little Nightmares, it also runs

Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.