The code Bandai Namco were kind enough to send me for puzzle platformer Little Nightmares 3 included a swathe of bonus costumes resembling characters and monsters from the previous games. Another way to phrase this would be that, before I'd had a chance to get to know this game's duo of very brave, very doomed children, the game offered me a way to paint over their identities with something I recognised from a time I enjoyed myself in the past.

Hmmmmm, thought I. Then I thought it again. But longer.

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I love weird, atmospheric games with minimal dialogue, fun platforming, and puzzles to solve. ABZÛ and Sword of the Sea rank among my all-time favorites, and I've always wished for a game that felt similar, but a bit creepier. After years of being told I should try out Little Nightmares, I figured I might as well take the latest entry in the franchise — Little Nightmares 3 — out for a spin. After all, it has all the right ingredients: a spooky atmosphere, a story you have to piece together, and lots of puzzles and platforming. Even firing up my PlayStation 5 and seeing the game's title screen had me excited — the musical score was haunting but beautiful, and I was excited to see what the horror experts at Supermassive Games had in store for me.