A third mainline recreation within the Layers of Fear sequence, Layers of Fear 3, has been introduced by developer Bloober Group.
The sequel was introduced in a video celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the unique Layers of Fear. It incorporates plenty of tone-setting footage, set to a spooky rendition of “You Are My Sunshine” – there’s nothing notably scary within the video, but it surely’s a bit of unsettling.
Bloober Group CEO Piotr Babieno guarantees within the video that the Layers of Fear sequence is “nonetheless alive, nonetheless evolving, and nonetheless discovering new methods to hang-out”. The video closes out with one other live-action video, this time serving as a trailer for the third recreation. You’ll be able to watch it under (however do not count on plenty of particular particulars).
The sport’s (*3*) doesn’t supply up many particulars both, though the William Blake poem “The Sick Rose”, the sport’s brand, and the footage within the anniversary livestream positively all level in direction of a recreation about coping with the illness of a cherished one (probably a toddler named Rose).
Additionally introduced inside the video have been two Layers of Fear novels, adapting the unique two video games. The primary one, from writer Marta Bijan, is because of launch in late 2026.
The newest recreation within the sequence, 2023’s confusingly titled Layers of Fear, was a remake of kinds, combining content material from the primary two video games with some new content material added. This recreation acquired a 5/10 in GameSpot’s evaluate, with reviewer Mark Delaney noting that “gameplay throughout the sequence largely comes right down to strolling, opening doorways, and seeing what bizarre scene awaits on the opposite facet.”
Bloober Group specialises in horror video games, and has lately loved essential success with the studio’s Silent Hill 2 remake and Cronos: The New Daybreak.