Until Dawn and Little Nightmares 3 studio Supermassive announces further layoffs, with as many as 75 people expected to lose their jobs
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Supermassive Games, the UK studio behind Until Dawn, The Quarry and the Dark Pictures Anthology series, has announced a fresh round of layoffs affecting up to 75 employees. In a statement shared on social media, the company confirmed it had begun a redundancy consultation process, calling the move "a necessary step to ensure the sustainability" of the business. It marks the studio's third set of job cuts in two years, reflecting sustained financial pressure despite its steady stream of high-profile horror releases.
The company previously cut up to 36 roles in July 2025 to "adapt our team structure to better align with recent industry changes", following an earlier "reorganisation" in February 2024 that Bloomberg reported had put around 150 jobs at risk, with roughly 90 redundancies expected at the time. The latest cuts come after Supermassive's most recent titles, Little Nightmares 3 (October 2025) and The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020 (May 2026), both launched to mixed reviews, suggesting the studio's commercial performance has not eased the recurring pressure to downsize.
- Supermassive Games cuts up to 75 jobs, its third round in two years
- Prior cuts: 36 roles in July 2025, ~90 in a 2024 reorganisation
- Recent releases Little Nightmares 3 and Directive 8020 got mixed reviews
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Supermassive Games is a British video game studio best known for horror titles such as Until Dawn, The Quarry and the Dark Pictures Anthology series, along with the more recent Little Nightmares 3. Despite this steady output of well-known games, the company has struggled financially and has now announced its third round of job losses in about two years.
Previous cuts came in February 2024, when a reorganisation reportedly affected around 150 staff with roughly 90 redundancies, and again in July 2025, when up to 36 roles were cut as the company said it needed to adjust its team structure. These repeated rounds of layoffs highlight the wider financial pressures facing game developers, even those producing games that reach a broad audience.
The latest cuts follow the release of Little Nightmares 3 and The Dark Pictures Anthology: Directive 8020, both of which received mixed reviews from critics. This context helps explain why a studio with several recognisable titles to its name is nonetheless undergoing further restructuring.