Reanimal Is Like Limbo with Friends

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

16 years ago, Limbo launched on Xbox Live. It wasn’t the first puzzle-platformer, but its molasses-thick layer of fairy tale horror inspired a generation of grim, mostly wordless contemporaries. Arguably, the most successful of the bunch has been the Little Nightmare series, created by Tarsier Studios. Today’s game is the latest evolution of this sub-genre. With Reanimal, the Tarsier team adds co-op to the mix. Is playing with friends (or a computer companion) a clever addition or does it undermine the horror of being alone in a cruel, dark world? We have conflicting answers! Plus, The Besties pick through Sony’s recent State of Play and share their favorite announcements.

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0:00.0	I want to be the one responsible for naming the monsters in these Tarsier Studios horror games.
0:06.9	Your little nightmares is and your re-animals.
0:09.8	Because you'll be like getting chased by like a big nasty man.
0:13.6	Skin man.
0:14.5	A big nasty skin man.
0:16.7	Is that it?
0:17.6	Did we do it?
0:18.2	Did we do it?
0:18.9	No, we can do better than that.
0:20.4	Who do you think you are, Hideo Kajima?
0:22.6	But then you get out of a, you get an achievement.
0:25.3	It's like, that guy's name the whole time was the sniffer.
0:28.1	And it's like, was that supposed to be scared?
0:30.0	Like, am I supposed to be scared of them?
0:32.0	I would call him something way cooler and way scarier than that.
0:35.7	Like, I got to be real. Go ahead. Wait, wait, wait, wait. No, fresh. Let's let's skip Griffin in his face. What would you call the sniffer? That would be more scary than the sniffer. Flesh getter. The flesh getter. Yeah, but he's just a player at that point. He's just out there to meet greet. I I guess so. If you put flesh in front of pretty much anything, it does make it scarier. You know, like, if you go, hey, the sniffer doesn't work. Flesh sniffer, I don't like that. I don't like that. Toss that in, just anything. I'm just saying I was so scared of this dude. And then I got a achievement. It's like, you got away from the sniffer. It's like, that whole time? It's crazy. But I love farts. That's him. That's his voice. That's why he doesn't talk. Did I mention that that's why they don't talk in this game? Oh, thank God. Yeah, yeah.
1:48.3	My name is Griffin McRoy. I know the best game of the week.
1:51.5	My name is Christopher Thomas Plant and I know the best game of the week.
1:55.2	My name is Russ Fraswick. I know the best game of the week.
2:00.1	Welcome to the besties where we talk about the latest and greatest and home interactive entertainment.
2:05.0	Our reporter in the field, Justin McRoy, is still out of commission, still recovering from his carpal tunnel surgery.
2:06.6	He's not reporting on anything because he can't really play video games.
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