Little Nightmares 3 Launch Date Announced with Enhanced Edition

Bandai Namco made waves last night with some big reveals for their creepy little franchise - Little Nightmares 3 officially drops on October 10th. While that date might feel like forever away, here's a sweet perk: digital pre-orders score you early access to Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition, letting you revisit the original nightmare fuel before the sequel arrives.

The spooky content train doesn't stop there - fans can look forward to a new season of the haunting The Sounds of Nightmares podcast, plus an October-launching comic series titled Little Nightmares: Descent to Nowhere To tide us over, September brings Little Nightmares: The Lonely Ones, a chilling young adult novel.

The comic, published by Titan Comics, weaves dual narratives following Hush - a mute girl trapped in a cell - and her unlikely ally Mono as they attempt escape from a terrifying dungeon with too many dark secrets.

Meanwhile, Scholastic's novel The Lonely Ones (penning by E.C. Myers) introduces Ruse, a child waking in a strange, shaking room alongside two unsettling companions: a girl with a frayed noose around her neck and a masked, emaciated boy.

In a surprise bonus, Bandai teased a stop-motion collaboration with Taller del Chucho studio, promising more details later this year.

Developed by Supermassive Games, Little Nightmares 3 creeps onto PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S and last-gen platforms (Switch pre-orders coming soon). Here's what's lurking in each edition:

All Little Nightmares 3 Editions

• Standard Edition - Just the base nightmare fuel
• Digital Deluxe - Adds the Secrets of The Spiral expansion and Residents Costumes
• Collector Mirror Edition - Includes figurine, metal case, artbook, OST (digital/phyiscal) plus stickers
• Premium Collector Spiral Edition (Bandai Namco exclusive) - Upgraded music box figurine, Nome controller stand, and double-sided Low & Alone coin

All pre-orders snag the Dark Six Costumes plus early access to Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition. The expansion pass promises at least two additional chapters to dread through.

And the scares keep coming - we got our first look at Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes, a haunting virtual reality experience from Iconik Studios.

While we praised Little Nightmares 2 with a 7/10, our review noted: "This sequel matches the original's beautifully bleak atmosphere, though some missed opportunities with Six's AI companion role left us wanting more inventive puzzle mechanics."