Little Nightmares III won’t have couch co-op, director explains why

It’s been confirmed that Little Nightmares III won’t include couch co-op, and Supermassive’s game director Wayne Garland has now weighed in on the decision.

For the first time in the series, co-op will be supported. However, much to the disappointment of fans, the feature is limited to online. If you’d rather play with a friend locally, you’ll unfortunately be out of luck.

Speaking with GamesRadar, Garland explained why couch co-op is being left out of Little Nightmares III. Here’s what was shared on that front:

“We’ve been asked questions about online versus couch co-op. Couch is something that we considered, but again, when you come back to the atmosphere and the immersion that we’re trying to elicit through Little Nightmares, I think it was important for us that we stuck to our online co-op only rather than traditional more party aspects.”

Little Nightmares III does have one other option outside of online support. AI is included for single-player, so you can play through the whole experience alone. 

Little Nightmares III is scheduled to launch on Switch in 2024.