Nightmare Puppeteer

3D animation sandbox with keyboard puppetry and automatic lip-sync

Imagination Rabbit · Released Sep 21, 2020

Reviews: Very Positive; 86% of 70
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 2 years ago; Sep 25, 2024
Minimum PC: DX10 Compatible dedicated…; 8 GB RAM · 6 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Nightmare Puppeteer?

Nightmare Puppeteer is a single-player tool for staging surreal animated shorts, GIFs, and music videos. You build actors from interchangeable parts, direct them in premade scenes, and control cameras and lighting. You can import your own images, sounds, and videos, build scenes in an editor, or use TV Mode to generate animations automatically.

For you if...

+you enjoy dark humor and bizarre visual experiments

Not for you if...

−you want structured challenges rather than open-ended animation tools

What players say

86% of 70 reviews are positive

Players praise how easy it is to start creating animations.

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Nightmare Puppeteer system requirements

Minimum: DX10 Compatible dedicated…, 8 GB RAM, 6 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 +
Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
Graphics: DX10 Compatible dedicated gfx card. 1920 x 1080 resolution
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 6 GB available space
DirectX: Version 10
Notes: IMAGINATION NOT INCLUDED! + If yer hard drive is slow, its gonna blow. 3 Button mouse required! Only runs on 64 bit systems

OS: Windows 7 +
Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
Graphics: DX10 Compatible dedicated gfx card. 1920 x 1080 resolution
Memory: 32 GB RAM
Storage: 6 GB available space
DirectX: Version 10
Notes: IMAGINATION NOT INCLUDED! + FAST SSD/m2 recommended! 3 Button mouse required! Only runs on 64 bit systems

Does Nightmare Puppeteer have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.

Does Nightmare Puppeteer run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 37
Steam features: Workshop, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, French, German, Arabic, Finnish, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America.

Does Nightmare Puppeteer use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam