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Little Misfortune

Little Misfortune is an interactive story, focused on exploration and characters, both sweet and dark, where your choices have consequences.

61 18 September 2019

Little Misfortune is an adventure developed by Killmonday Games HB, released 18 September 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android. The main story takes about 5.1 hrs to finish.

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What Little Misfortune is

Little Misfortune is an adventure game developed by Killmonday Games HB and released in 2019. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Starring Misfortune Ramirez Hernandez, an imaginative 8-year-old, who seeks the prize of Eternal Happiness, as a gift to her Mommy. Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, they venture into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bit of bad luck unfolds. Sharing the same universe with the cult video game Fran Bow, created by the visionary dev-duo Killmonday Games.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Little Misfortune holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points below the year average. Players rate it 67, 6 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 5.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 7 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM and Intel(R) HD Graphics 520. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 8GB.

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What it launched against

Little Misfortune launched on 18 September 2019, within three weeks of Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) and Gears 5. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019), Gears 5.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Little Misfortune — frequently asked questions

When did Little Misfortune come out?
Little Misfortune was released on 18 September 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Little Misfortune?
At minimum, Little Misfortune needs Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM, Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 graphics, 8 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Little Misfortune?
The main story of Little Misfortune takes around 5.1 hrs, or 7 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Little Misfortune?
The PC version needs about 8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("8 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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