"REANIMAL - SALES & REVIEW ROUND-UP"

0:00Shepard, promise me you'll tell them to subscribe for at free content. Now, I know what you're thinking. You're probably saying to yourself, hold on now. This is not Little Nightmares 3. And while you are technically correct, when it comes to the studio, behind this specific game about the dive into Reanimal, it is not the first entry in the franchise. Safe to say, is a successor of Little Nightmares 1 and 2. Now, you're probably wondering why in the world would it just not title this Little Nightmares 3? Well, I'm glad you asked. As far as the mammoth of revenue that the Little Nightmares franchise brought in, as far as over 20 million unisoned worldwide, as of mid 2025, and of course, is up from 12 million when you look at reports from 2023. When you look at the revenue brought in from this specific studio, which is Tarzeer Studios.

1:00Hopefully, I'm saying the name right. Now, when it comes to the first major project after the acquisition, that is why this is not title Little Nightmares 3. As if you don't know, Embracer Group acquired Tarzeer Studios. I'm probably butchering that, but hey, bear with me. So Embracer Group acquired Tarzeer Studios in December 2019 for $10.5 million. And of course, this was to have an aggressive growth strategy through studio buyouts, right? So sometimes when the studio is bought out, it just ends up not doing anything. Shepard. Oh, my fault. You know, I ain't trying to take shots at the Xbox fandom because safe to say y'all already going through it. Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? The state of gaming for Xbox gamers out there is very depressing. Let's just leave it like that.

2:00But anyways, this is the multi-platform game. So guess what? You could play this specific game on any platform. Whether it's PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, or the Nintendo Switch 2. Now, getting back into the acquisition, safe to say $10.5 million for Tarzeer Studios was not for any other reason than being magnificent and immaculate and making these type of experiences that people call cinema. So when it comes to Tarzeer's track record, of course, we have little nightmares. 15 years of experience, of course, when it comes to little nightmares, that's what they're known for. When it comes to the actual acquisition, Tarzeer Studios came out themselves and called it an exciting partnership to develop potential. So no, it's not like most of the acquisitions that you've seen in the past, where they make a good game and 90% of the employees get laid off. This is actually one of the healthiest acquisitions

3:00that we've seen in quite some time in the gaming industry. Now, with that little history lesson out of the way, safe to say it's time to get into Reanimal, which is the first major installment from Tarzeer Studios since the Embracer Group acquisition as Reanimal came out February 13th, 2026, so not too long ago, and guess what? It's still notoriously affected the masses as not only did they have a 24,000 all-time peak 18 days ago, but also when it comes to the Xbox platform specifically, it is currently the sixth most-play game on Xbox. So that is phenomenal, especially for a co-op experience. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this game is co-op, so if you don't know, when it comes to the actual access for whoever you want to play this game with, Tarzeer Studios allows you to have a free co-op code for a friend.

4:00So if you buy the game, you get a free co-op access for whoever you want to play the game with. Now, other things I want to get into was the premise, because a lot of people are probably looking at their screen and they're probably thinking that they need the Holy Water plus a Bible, and you may be right. But then you know what I'm saying? I'm like, damn it. As a specific game gets into a lot of interesting cinematography, let me just put it like that, as when players control two orphan siblings, which is a boy and a girl, navigating a grotesque war-torn island populated by mutated animal human hybrids. You guys. See, that's the problem. So yes, this is definitely adjacent to the horror genre. Actually, it's exactly the horror genre. As you look at the objective is basically to rescue missing friends while surviving escalating monster encounters. So when it comes to the gameplay loop, that's essentially, well, when it comes to the premise,

5:00the foundation, that's essentially what this story is about. Now, of course, the gameplay loop involves a lot of environmental puzzle solving, stealth, platforming, a lot of pursuit sequences, which is the claim to fame, especially with the little nightmares franchise. And then when you look at boss encounters, they have a plethora of boss encounters. And don't forget, for those who are very aware of their time spent on video games, just so you know, this specific game is nine chapters. So it's 45 to 60 minutes per chapter. That's the estimated time. It just depends on your gamer ability, as far as who you're playing with and yourself as a gamer. Now, of course, it's linear progression. And when you look at it, as far as the actual runtime, the main story only should take you about four to five hours. But of course, main to completion is tight. Well, no, actually, let's do a main plus side quest. We'll take you about five to six hours. And of course, completion is out there with spend about seven to eight hours

6:03as far as playing the specific game. So getting into the rest of the gameplay loop, save to say, you're going to be, let's just say, experiencing a horror world that you've never seen before, especially if you've never played a little nightmares. But if you have, guess what? All of the reviews for this specific game is through the roof. I'm not going to go out on the limb and say that this may be a contender for game of the year, but as far as major conglomerates and people who are personally playing the game, all of them have a lot of praise to give this specific game. And of course, when it comes to the local co-op, online co-op, or the single player with AI companion assist, save to say that they went out the way to make sure every gamer is able to play this specific game. Because you know, sometimes they don't have everybody to play with, so the AI companion definitely helps out for those solar gamers out there. Now, going away from the story right quick, let's get into the additional, well, still sticking to the story,

7:03but the additional content that's not in the base game. So, when it comes to the Delex edition, it's $20 extra, but keep in mind, this game is $40 for shout to them. You know what I'm saying? If only Nintendo would have studied the same model. All right, my fault. You know, the random Nintendo series. But, when it comes to the Delex edition, it's the extra $20 and what comes with it is the season pass, three DLC chapters, and of course, new siblings and monsters. So, the main thing that a lot of people are wondering about is of course, the Dreamlike Analytics. As you already know, we dive into the gaming and music IPs that notoriously affect the masses, and Tarzi or studios is definitely very acclimated with success in the gaming field. As essentially, when it launched, February 14, 2026, it had a peak concurrent player count on Steam of 24,000. Of course, like I just said, it's the sixth most play game on Xbox. Currently,

8:03it is not in the top 10 on PlayStation. As far as Nintendo, I do not think it was on Nintendo. Actually, let me see right quick. Three and a more. Yeah, it's not on the Nintendo top 30 list. But as far as Xbox and Steam, it seems like that's the favored platform to play the specific game on, or that's just what most gamers were planning on right now. So, of course, when you look at the patch that came, which was the first major post launch patch that came out, I think three days after the release, or maybe it was 10 days after, let me see, 14. So yeah, 13 days after the release, February 27, it was the first major post launch patch. And, essentially, always say, when it comes to PC gaming, you know, you're messing with so many different variables as far as your specific gaming rig that consoles aren't dealing with. As far as consoles being a set piece of hardware, and no matter what people say about, PC being simplified, is really not. If you have a PC, you're definitely a hardcore or avid gamer,

9:04as you're always going to have something that happens, whatever type of rig you have, a high-end PC, low-end, well, definitely a low-end PC, middle-of-the-row PC, so many different variables when it comes to your gaming setup, when it comes to PC, there's like, there's going to be some type of technical difficulty that you run into with any specific game. So, doesn't mean it's unoptimized. This means that PC is kind of hard to make a stable optimized game for. Not giving them excuses, because we don't want a mind-side, but these type of tweaks and fixes is not out of the, out of the normal, you know, routine. So, anyways, when it comes to Tarzan Studios, they fixed crashes on 13th, slash 14th Gen CPUs, which was having an overheating issue, and they made a work around for AMD hardware, slash driver crashes. And then, of course, when it comes to networking, network improvements, they rework the packet handling. So, there's a lot of nerd talk right now. They lowered the ping

10:04and reduced desync. So, for all the PC nerves out there, that was for you. So, now, getting back into the overall progression of the specific game, safe to say, I don't want to give away the entire story, of course, because, you know, it's definitely not going to spoil over here. But, what you do need to know is, of course, there's a lot of darker elements that wasn't present in Little Nightmares from just the consensus from people who played the game, right? The exaggerated scale is turned down a little bit, and of course, when it comes to the essence of human emotions, let's just say one of the people that you play as, they have a very interesting reason for being in a place that you're at. Now, I say, I wasn't going to spoil it. So, I can't really expound upon that. Let's just say, you're going to be pretty surprised on what the characters you controlled went through. You guys, see, that's the problem.

11:04So, that being said, the main thing I wanted to let you know is, of course, this game is doing phenomenal from a critic standpoint, from a personal player standpoint, and once you look at the $12.3 million as far as Steam revenue alone, along with it being the six most played game or Xbox, safe to say they're having a phenomenal outing as of right now. Now, of course, switching from sales talking to the review roundup, safe to say, IGN definitely had high praise for this specific game, giving it a 9 out of 10 saying, quote, reanimal is a horror story. A journey through hell made up of the simple, elegant gameplay that Tarziar has honed to a feather's edge over the last decade. Nintendo Life gave this a 9 out of 10 saying with reanimal, Tarziar Studios delivers his darkest, boldest work yet, expanding on a little nightmare's formula with non-literal exploration.

12:06Striking audio visual design and bombastic set pieces. This is an imaginative, horror experience that confidently delivers is vision, while offering accessible, co-op play that fans of the developer have long, claimed for. And let's get to two more so game informer gave this a, you know, a little bit of a lower score 8.3 out of 10 as they had to say, or what they say is, quote, but it is thought provoking a stimulating and if you can stomach, combat, let's just say self-deletion because you know, the transcripts be out there. Self-deletion, a deletion, animal harm, and more. All proxies for the effects of war on the people who wage it in as victims of that destruction. Tarziar has created something worth wrestling with. And last but definitely not least,

13:07you see, you're a gamer gave this a 4 out of 5 basically saying Tarziar returns to horror with a rich, meaningful evolution of his familiar little nightmares formula. And while it could perhaps be a little more radical, reanimal remains utterly compelling, bleak, nasty, and full of menace. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming, like what is going on? So at that being said, the main thing you need to know is that a lot of people are enjoying the game. Yes, this is the first major installment after the Embracier Group acquisition, which I think we have to apply because at the end of the day, how many healthy acquisitions have you seen in the gaming industry? My point exactly. So, for Embracier Group to acquire Tarziar Studios and basically fund them to the point where, hey, you do your thing and we're just going to fund it and put it out to the masses.

14:07I think that's a phenomenal relationship and the putting out a healthy representation of what you're supposed to do when you acquire a talented studio. So, that being said, click my link here in my bio, let me know one of our social medias. What do you think about reanimal by Tarziar Studios? Do you believe is the same quality of little nightmares one and two and if you do and if you played the game, what is your favorite moment or part without spoiling? What is your favorite part of reanimal? Do you believe is the same quality of here and why is your favorite moment and why is your favorite moment or part without spoiling?