October 10 Will Be a Big Day for Little Nightmares Fans

Little Nightmares 3 and Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition will both hit the market on October 10, Bandai Namco and Supermassive Games have revealed. Little Nightmares 3 is now available to pre-order in four editions, with every single one of them offering early access to the newly announced enhanced edition of the first series entry.

August 23 will mark the second anniversary of the Little Nightmares 3 announcement, which materialized during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. The third entry in the atmospheric horror series is also the first not developed by Tarsier Studios, a Swedish developer acquired by Embracer Group in December 2019. Although Tarsier created the original titles, it never owned the Little Nightmares IP, which belongs to Bandai Namco. The upcoming installment is instead being made by the Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games.

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During the June 24 Little Nightmares Showcase, the third series entry at last received a firm release date: October 10. Little Nightmares 3 will have a same-day release across the latest two generations of PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo consoles, as well as PC. Pre-orders are now open across all platforms, with the side-scrolling horror title offered in four editions, ranging from the $39.99 base game to the $119.99 Premium Collector Spiral Edition.

All Little Nightmares 3 Editions

Standard Edition ($39.99): base game + Dark Six Costumes Set (pre-order bonus only)
Digital Deluxe Edition ($59.99): includes the Secrets of The Spiral – Expansion Pass and the Residents Costumes Pack
Collector Mirror Edition ($89.99): adds to the Deluxe edition content, a figurine, a metal case, a physical artbook, the OST in digital and physical format, and some stickers
Premium Collector Spiral Edition ($119.99): exclusive to the Bandai Namco Store which, contains the Collector “Mirror Edition” figurine, enhanced with a music box base, a Nome controller/phone holder and a double-sided coin of Low and Alone.

Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition Is Real, and Already in Early Access

The previously leaked Enhanced Edition of Little Nightmares has also been officially announced during the June 24 showcase. It is scheduled to launch alongside Little Nightmares 3 on October 10, but early access is already available on the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Access to the Enhanced Edition is granted exclusively to those who pre-order Little Nightmares 3.

This new and improved version of the game promises ray tracing and volumetric lighting support, among other technical improvements. Gameplay enhancements like refined checkpoint placement and unspecified helpers will be part of the package as well. In addition to its early access platforms, Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition will also launch on the Switch 2.

October 2025 Will Be a Great Month for Horror Fans

Little Nightmares 3 is far from the only new release that may appeal to fans of horror and horror-adjacent games this October. Titles such as Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, The Kharzov Effect, Confined: Leaving OKB-134, The Blessing of Airon, Welcome to Doll Town, and Tezcatlipoca are all slated for release in the same time frame and target a similar audience. The same goes for Besmirch, H9, and Directive 8020—the latter of which even comes from the Little Nightmares 3 developer Supermassive.