🏆 REANIMAL has 10 nominations at The Horror Game Awards 2026, including Game of the Year. Public voting is open until November 11, and in most categories it decides which games the juries get to choose from. The same day, REANIMAL learns whether it has won Best Indie Game at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026.
It’s been a big year for REANIMAL. Tarsier Studios’ co-op horror adventure launched in February, got its first story DLC, The Prisoner, in August, and has now earned ten nominations at The Horror Game Awards 2026. That includes Game of the Year, both the Players’ Choice and Critics’ Choice awards, and Scariest Game of the Year. It’s also nominated for Best Indie Game at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026.
All Ten REANIMAL Nominations
| Category | What It Recognizes |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year | The best horror game experience across all genres and technical fields |
| Players’ Choice Award | The most popular horror game of 2026, nominated and voted for entirely by the public |
| Critics’ Choice Award | The best horror game of 2026, as chosen by the awards’ critics’ jury |
| Scariest Game of the Year | The game that provided the most singularly terrifying experience of the past year |
| Best Cosy Horror | The best horror game focused on cosy, spooky vibes rather than pulse-pounding terror |
| Best New Multiplayer Horror Game | The best multiplayer horror experience from the current year |
| Technical Achievement Award | The 2026 horror release that represents the best innovation in gameplay or technology |
| Best Art Direction | The best art direction in a horror game |
| Best Soundtrack | The best original soundtrack in a horror game |
| Best Narrative | The best story experience in a horror game |
Never Played REANIMAL?
REANIMAL follows two siblings trying to rescue their friends on a nightmarish island, playable solo or in local and online co-op. We called it a horror game of tanks, terror, and trauma, and its story continues in The Expanded World DLC campaign, which started with The Prisoner.
| Developer | Tarsier Studios (Malmö, Sweden) · creators of Little Nightmares I & II and Statik |
| Publisher | THQ Nordic |
| Released | February 13, 2026 |
| Platforms | PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch 2 |
| Price (Steam) | $39.99 · Season Pass $24.99 · The Prisoner DLC $9.99 · free demo available |
| Players | Single-player · local split-screen and online co-op · cross-platform multiplayer |
| Metacritic | 80 (PC) |
| Merch | REANIMAL stores in the US and EU · IGN Store |
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