During Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2023, publisher and developer Bandai Namco announced Little Nightmares 3.
After the success of 2017’s 2.5d puzzle platformer Little Nightmares and its 2021 sequel, the third installment in the series is arriving for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch sometime next year. Alongside this announcement, Bandai Namco released a reveal trailer for the title, which has been included below.
As revealed by the development team, for the first time in the series, players will be able to play the game with a friend via online co-op, letting players take on the role of one of the two new characters, Low or Alone, in this dreadful world. In addition, Little Nightmares 3 will also be fully playable in a single player with AI controlling the second character.
“In Little Nightmares III, players will follow the journey of Low and Alone, two friends looking for a way to get out of the Nowhere”, the press release reads. “They will travel through the Spiral, a world filled with dangerous threats such as Monster Baby in the Necropolis. Each character carries its own iconic item – a bow and arrow for Low, a wrench for Alone – that they will use to solve puzzles and help them in their quest to escape.”
Alongside the announcement of the third game in the franchise, Bandai Namco also announced a podcast series titled “The Sound of Nightmares”. This six-episode series follows the story of Noone, a young girl who is committed to the Counties Psychiatric Institute to deal with her ever-worsening nightmares. Noone is under the care of Otto, the Counsellor, a man who has dedicated his life to helping kids. The first two episodes of this new podcast series can be listened to via the series’ website – www.thesoundsofnightmares.com.
An exact release date for Little Nightmares 3 has yet to be revealed. We’ll update you as soon as we learn more about the game.
