Plot
Low, a boy in a raven mask, awakens from a dream of a window in a mirror. He consults a piece of paper and is joined by Alone, a girl in a green jumpsuit and aviator hat. Finding themselves in a cluster of lands called the Spiral, they enter the Necropolis, a desert city home to Monster Baby, a colossal doll with the ability to turn her victims to stone with her eye. After fending off the Beetles, they are grabbed by Monster Baby and dropped into the rubble. Low has a memory of himself in a padded room, hiding as a shadow looms outside the door. When he awakens, it is nighttime, and he is comforted by Alone. The two are pursued again by Monster Baby, who is driven away by a swarm of birds. They come across a mirror and Low travels through it while pulling Alone with him; Alone’s emergence from the mirror causes it to shatter. The pair finds themselves in the Candy Factory, a massive industrial facility where the bloated Herd are transported on a mechanical pulley system to perform various tasks. Low and Alone are stalked by the Supervisor, a six-armed woman who watches the factory on security cameras. Eventually they turn off the camera system, enraging the Supervisor and causing her to shed her lower half, revealing a spider-like form. The Supervisor chases Low and Alone through the pipes before they crush her in a hydraulic press. They go through another mirror, where Alone once again shatters it and is unconscious for several seconds after emerging.
Low and Alone arrive at the Carnevale, which is run on a giant wooden airship. It is patronized by the Herd and run by living Puppets that attack Low and Alone on sight. Low finds a cracked mirror, but is unable to travel through it. He discards the piece of paper in frustration, which Alone takes. Continuing through the Carnevale, they stumble upon the lair of the Kin, who captures children and forces them to perform circus acts, and Mini-Kin, a dummy-like creature that feasts on dead members of the Herd. The pair escapes them in a hot air balloon, setting fire to Mini-Kin with the balloon’s burner before floating away. The balloon is struck by lightning and crashes; Low has another memory of his room where he hides his drawings from the shadow in a chute before recovering them alongside a doll that resembles Alone.
Low and Alone end up on the shore of the Institute, a derelict building that resembles the place from Low’s memories. It has been overgrown with carnivorous plants and is patrolled by mask-wearing Nurses that the two evade. The pair finds the Alone doll, which transforms the area immediately surrounding it to its pristine former appearance. They use it to traverse the Institute until they are chased by the Hypnotist, a giant man controlling two snake-like arms. Low and Alone find the mirror from Low’s dream but Alone refuses to enter, allowing the Hypnotist to attack them. They work together to defeat him, collapsing the building as the pair falls. Low has a final memory of cuddling his Alone doll and drawing with her as the doll transforms into Alone. Low and Alone awake next to the fallen Hypnotist and the mirror from Low’s dream. Alone is reluctant to enter, but Low pulls her through, only for Alone to be ejected as the mirror breaks. Alone looks at herself before disappearing, leaving behind only her clothes and the piece of paper, which unfurls to reveal a drawing of Low and Alone together with an idyllic background.
In a post-credits scene, Low is seen in a room with the window from his dream trying to repair a shattered mirror, presumably to return to the Spiral and find Alone.
Development and release
In 2021, Tarsier Studios confirmed that Little Nightmares II would be its last entry as they were acquired by Embracer Group in December 2019; but since the Little Nightmares intellectual rights belong to Bandai Namco, the publisher intends to continue the series without Tarsier. [7]
In August 2023, Little Nightmares III was unveiled at Gamescom's Opening Night Live with an initial release window of 2024. [8] Unlike its predecessors, the game is solely developed by Supermassive Games instead of the franchise's original developer. [9] Supermassive had prior experience on the Little Nightmares franchise for developing the enhanced PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S ports of the previous game. [10] In May 2024, the game was delayed to 2025. [11] [12] Little Nightmares III was released on 10 October 2025. [4]
A tie-in podcast series, titled "The Sounds of Nightmares", was also announced and released its first two episodes on Bandai Namco Europe's YouTube channel on 22 August 2023. [13] [14]
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