{"id":135654,"date":"2026-01-13T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-196159"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:30:00","slug":"the-demo-for-reanimal-is-now-available-on-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/13\/the-demo-for-reanimal-is-now-available-on-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Demo For Reanimal Is Now Available On Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51ce088a68128\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51ce088a68128\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"51ce088a68128\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"REANIMAL\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51ce088a68128\/reanimal.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/51ce088a68128\/reanimal.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"REANIMAL\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: THQ Nordic<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With just 30 days to go until the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/reanimal\">Reanimal<\/a> on <strong>15th February 2026<\/strong>, publisher THQ Nordic has finally launched the free demo on the Switch 2 eShop (in Europe at least; it&#8217;s currently not available in the US).<\/p>\n<p>The demo will give you a small taste of what the co-op horror title will have to offer, with Tarsier Studios previously stating that solo players will have no problem experiencing the game if you can&#8217;t find anyone to join you.<\/p>\n<p>Reanimal is somewhat of a spiritual successor to <strong>Little Nightmares<\/strong>, which Tarsier Studios worked on before development passed over to Supermassive Games for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/little-nightmares-iii\">third entry<\/a>. It looks to be an altogether more disturbing experience as the story follows two siblings to work to escape a hellish environment full of grotesque creatures.<\/p>\n<p>The demo, much like the full game, will have Quality and Performance modes to adjust visual fidelity and frame rate to your liking.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:194153 @ 1768388378 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be downloading the Reanimal demo on Switch 2? Let us know your thoughts on the experience with a comment down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: THQ Nordic With just 30 days to go until the launch of Reanimal on 15th February 2026, publisher THQ Nordic has finally launched the free demo on the Switch 2 eShop (in Europe at least; it&#8217;s currently not available in the US). The demo will give you a small taste of what the co-op [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}