Little Nightmares III Reviews
Little Nightmares III stays true to the franchise’s legacy, delivering a haunting and melancholic experience through inspired art direction and solid technical execution. While it doesn’t reinvent the formula or focus on co-op, its eerie atmosphere and subtle environmental storytelling make for a short but powerful journey that lingers like the best nightmares.
Review in Italian | Read full review
When the dust settles, it’s hard not to come away from Little Nightmares 3 disappointed. Its brief 3–5 hour runtime offers little more than recycled ideas and formulaic scares. There’s no spark of innovation here, just a pale imitation wearing the nightmarish skin of what came before, destined to fade from memory almost as soon as the credits roll.
In all, Little Nightmares 3 is a satisfying successor. It keeps the fragility, the terror, the childlike vantage point, and adds new bits to the puzzle. It doesn’t leap beyond its past, but it steps beside it. For fans, this is a welcome return. For new players, it’s a refined horror-puzzle ride that’s close enough to the familiar to welcome them in, but with room to carve its own shadow.
Little Nightmares 3 keeps the creepy “silent horror” vibe, environmental storytelling, puzzle-platform elements, and grotesque monster design. Having two characters with different tools adds more puzzle/traversal variety. The inclusion of online co-op is something many fans have been asking for. The visual fidelity and frame performance require more compromises compared to PS5. This might not deliver as cleanly if you prefer local co-op or play only on low-end platforms. For players who love atmospheric, slow-burn horror, puzzles, and exploration and don’t mind some slower pacing, Little Nightmares 3 is for you.
"Little Nightmares 3" is a contradiction that works—at least sometimes. Few other games understand how to convey fear through sound, light, and silence as well as this one. But the gameplay (unfortunately) lags behind. The duality of Alone and Low sounds exciting, but quickly becomes a test of patience in solo mode. Too often, the game repeats its mechanics. "Little Nightmares 3" is also frustrating, because it scarcely provides any explanations or hints and relies heavily on trial and error.
Review in German | Read full review
Little Nightmares 3 is more of the same, but there’s still plenty of heart and some stunning visuals that keeps you wanting to see what comes next.
Little Nightmares III is one of the most unique horror games thanks to its blend of art, atmosphere, and subtle storytelling. It doesn't use cheap scares or blood and guts. It doesn't leave your mind; it just creeps in.
Little Nightmares 3 is a beautifully haunting continuation that captures the series’ unsettling charm but hesitates to evolve. Its atmosphere, art direction, and emotional weight are undeniable, pulling you once again into a world of quiet dread and fragile hope. While the new mechanics add layers of cooperation and tension, they’re often underused. Beyond that, several missed opportunities—like local co-op—keep the game from stepping into greatness.
Little Nightmares 3 upholds its franchise’s place at the top of the genre, being tense, engaging, and deeply immersive with its macabre worldbuilding. The addition of co-op is a great addition to the series, while remaining an excellent solo experience, should you choose to play it that way.
Supermassive Games takes over Little Nightmares III and delivers a familiar yet haunting experience. The visual design and sound work are top-notch, and co-op brings new energy to the series. Some pacing and control issues linger, but it’s a fitting continuation of a modern horror classic.
Little Nightmares III is a darkly beautiful follow-up that captures the series’ eerie charm but plays it too safe, offering an experience that feels more familiar than frightening.
Supermassive Games may have nailed what made the first two games so beloved, but it feels like a safe road they’ve traveled here as opposed to taking some risks to mark their own stamp on the game. Still, fans of the original games may certainly find a solid time here, as some puzzles and encounters are quite nicely handled here, despite few changes to the formula to really justify the need for a new entry.
Supermassive Games has done an excellent job of picking up where Tarsier left off. Little Nightmares 3 brings back to the “light” a franchise that has been missing from the gaming scene for years. While sharing some flaws from the past, the new instalment in the series impresses with its well-designed online co-op mode, first-rate aesthetics and attractive budget price.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Little Nightmares III honors its legacy primarily by seeking something new. Low and Alone are incredibly charismatic, and the tenderness they exude permeates us throughout countless episodes. I believe the creative team truly went above and beyond in creating so many scenarios and monsters, delivering a memorable ending that doesn't lag far behind its predecessors. Furthermore, the puzzles remain highly diagetic, with interesting additions, albeit sparse.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Supermassive manages to follow Tarsier's formula and style in a convincing way, although at times a little too rigidly.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Little Nightmares 3 stands out thanks to its memorable plot and terrifying levels, but some AI bugs and slow pacing during the final act stain what could have been an excellent horror experience.
Little Nightmares III is a very good game and Supermassive’s first attempt is a more than valid entry to the series thanks to its timeless art style and terrifying yet riveting design that’s thankfully a tad more lengthy than its predecessors. Its problem is that it doesn’t give players completely free reign to play how they want to play, needlessly locking them into whether they started solo or with a friend. With a friend, the game is absolutely enjoyable despite its lack of dedicated voice chat. Playing solo is also fun, but it doesn’t do much different than the previous game did as a single player experience.
The controls are sometimes too sluggish. And in solo mode, we find it annoying that the AI almost does too much for us. At the end of the day, however, the atmosphere and storytelling always make up for all these problems. "Little Nightmares III" is an atmospheric monster and the series' current high point.
Review in German | Read full review
Supermassive Games has more than demonstrated its expertise in horror and flexed its chops with Little Nightmares 3, while adding in new mechanics and madness along the way. The franchise is in safe hands, and I look forward to the next installment of Tim Burton-esque horror.