Team17 has lifted the lid on Little Prince Tyger, a retro-infused roguelike platformer currently in development at French studio Saltitude Games and slated to launch on PC in 2027.
The project takes artistic cues from William Blake’s 1794 poem "The Tyger" and positions players as a royal hunter sent by the Queen to locate her missing son, Prince Galaad, in a dark fantasy world of nightmarish creatures and unsettling memories.
Game overview and development
Little Prince Tyger is being developed by Saltitude Games and published by Team17.
The studio describes the title as a precision platformer with scalpel-sharp combat and movement.
According to the developer and publisher announcement, the game will include 1,000 hand-designed stages, multiple boss encounters, adjustable player stats, and an arsenal of alternate weapons such as boomerangs, javelins, and throwing knives.
The protagonist’s primary tool is a precision hunting bow.
Design, tone and influences
Saltitude has emphasized a deliberately creepy, skin-crawling aesthetic: environments and creatures are designed to be visually unsettling, and the game does not shy away from explicit gore within its retro-infused presentation.
From the debut trailer, Team17 framed Little Prince Tyger as a challenging and compelling experience that evokes the tight, demanding design of precision platformers like Super Meat Boy and Celeste while adopting a darker, more horror-focused visual tone reminiscent of artists such as Junji Ito and Shintaro Kago.
Roguelike structure and progression
The developer’s materials make clear that death is an integral part of the game loop.
Players will repeatedly return to the front line after failed runs, with the narrative and systems suggesting incremental progression: each return sees the hunter slightly stronger and more experienced.
This iterative structure aligns Little Prince Tyger with contemporary roguelike design philosophies while retaining handcrafted level design at scale.
Platform and release
Little Prince Tyger is confirmed for PC with an expected release window in 2027.
Team17 has a long history of bringing independent projects to multiple storefronts, including past releases on Nintendo Switch and other digital platforms such as the eShop, although Saltitude’s announcement specifies PC as the platform for this title.
What to watch for
With a large complement of hand-designed stages and a clear focus on precision gameplay and atmosphere, Little Prince Tyger is a title to watch for fans of demanding platformers and darker indie horror.
Team17 and Saltitude Games have positioned the project as a 2027 PC release; further platform or release-window details will depend on future updates from the developer and publisher.
The project takes artistic cues from William Blake’s 1794 poem "The Tyger" and positions players as a royal hunter sent by the Queen to locate her missing son, Prince Galaad, in a dark fantasy world of nightmarish creatures and unsettling memories.
Game overview and development
Little Prince Tyger is being developed by Saltitude Games and published by Team17.
The studio describes the title as a precision platformer with scalpel-sharp combat and movement.
According to the developer and publisher announcement, the game will include 1,000 hand-designed stages, multiple boss encounters, adjustable player stats, and an arsenal of alternate weapons such as boomerangs, javelins, and throwing knives.
The protagonist’s primary tool is a precision hunting bow.
Design, tone and influences
Saltitude has emphasized a deliberately creepy, skin-crawling aesthetic: environments and creatures are designed to be visually unsettling, and the game does not shy away from explicit gore within its retro-infused presentation.
From the debut trailer, Team17 framed Little Prince Tyger as a challenging and compelling experience that evokes the tight, demanding design of precision platformers like Super Meat Boy and Celeste while adopting a darker, more horror-focused visual tone reminiscent of artists such as Junji Ito and Shintaro Kago.
Roguelike structure and progression
The developer’s materials make clear that death is an integral part of the game loop.
Players will repeatedly return to the front line after failed runs, with the narrative and systems suggesting incremental progression: each return sees the hunter slightly stronger and more experienced.
This iterative structure aligns Little Prince Tyger with contemporary roguelike design philosophies while retaining handcrafted level design at scale.
Platform and release
Little Prince Tyger is confirmed for PC with an expected release window in 2027.
Team17 has a long history of bringing independent projects to multiple storefronts, including past releases on Nintendo Switch and other digital platforms such as the eShop, although Saltitude’s announcement specifies PC as the platform for this title.
What to watch for
With a large complement of hand-designed stages and a clear focus on precision gameplay and atmosphere, Little Prince Tyger is a title to watch for fans of demanding platformers and darker indie horror.
Team17 and Saltitude Games have positioned the project as a 2027 PC release; further platform or release-window details will depend on future updates from the developer and publisher.
