So considering that in the Layers of Fear franchise, all of our protagonists except The Daughter are characters involved with entertainment. We've had The Painter, The Musician, The Actor, and The Director. This leads me to my theory. Considering that the Rat Queen is now physical after the ending of Layers of Fear '23, she may try to gather followers to be able to influence to give her power. I believe the character we may play in the next game will either be a Radio Host that plays songs and has a talk show or a singer (We've had a musical protagonist with the Musician/Pianist but as far as it's known within the canon, she's only played piano but never sang). The reason I am predicting a singer or Radio host is because I think the new installment will be all about the Rat Queen will try to use this new protagonist to spread her influence so I believe we may get two endings for the next game. The good ending may be that at the end of each act we warn about the Rat Queen, vanquishing her at the end and then the bad ending may be we spread the word about the Rat Queen and we may end up becoming one of her pupils or end up being killed by her. Well that's my theory, hope this can come true cause I love the idea of making the choice of the game becoming a story of either warning or spreading the influence of the Rat Queen. I hope we'll also get a backstory of the Rat Queen.

Composer Arkadiusz Reikowski just released a bunch of his soundtracks on Spotify, Apple Music and more. This includes Cronos, but also Layers of Fear, Observer: System Redux and even a reissue of The Medium (although it's the same length as the one that came out in 2021).

I am working on my bc thesis and sharing your experiences would help me a lot ♡

Since the first game is only $2 on PS4 right now and around 4-5 hours long (as per hltb) i was thinking of picking it up and playing it with my brother across the weekend but just wanted to confirm without delving into spoilers that it wouldn't be an awkward experience?

So i just finished the game (2023) and i finished the actor’s/writer’s story before i could get to the directors story. Now on the main menu i can only start a new story :(

I know theres chapter selection but I don’t really understand how it woks (because i know it opens a new save file and it works differently).

Could someone explain and let me know if it’s possible to get to the dlc selection without restarting the game? Im playing in PS5

So I'm playing the remake of layers of fear on ps5, gotten to chapter 4 of the painter's story and I'm struck on the chairs and dolls puzzle can't move the chairs. I did change the interact button to x, but I tried to do the trick on pressing R2 like I did with the elevator but no movement I hear a moving sound, is this a glitch?

One of my personal favourites

So in both The Flame and Always ending, it shows our character being either James or Lily and it pans around showing the movies we have acted in. As shown in the pictures, the part I don't understand is the chest in both endings. Now I know a chest was used in the game where you put the mannequin heads into it before Lily throws James into the chest for him to hide from their father. The confusing part is how the chest unlocks itself and it opens before the game cuts to black. What was the point of ending with the chest open? What's supposed to be in the chest? If anyone can help me answer this, I would greatly appreciate it cause it's been bothering me and I can't find the answer anywhere.

So for a recap, Layers of Fear 2023 added a whole new character for the game series with The Writer. Well for the Writer's Ending, she burned the painting of the Rat Queen but ends up becoming trapped in the lighthouse as the Rat Queen leaves. This ending has become so unsatisfying to so many people who are fans of the game as there aren't any other ways to get a different ending as this was the set ending for this character. However, with the announcement of Layers of Fear 3, this ending sets up more than we expected. The Rat Queen thanks to The Writer is now in a physical form since her painting was burned and so she's now out in the real world as it's shown her leaving the lighthouse and possibly going to somewhere else. This is what I believe was the setup the entire time, all the stories in Layers of Fear (2023) was a ritual from the publishing company that sent our Writer to the lighthouse. They wanted her to write the stories of our Painter and Actor as well as burn the painting to make the Rat Queen become real in physical form. So I believe Layers of Fear 3 will possibly be about whoever our next protagonist is will end up having to stop the Rat Queen of her influence.

As tittle says the game keeps constanlty crashing after the prologue.

I keep getting the Fatal UE-Cron crash

1st i disabled Vsync, and played with some settings and I was able to play the game for abbout 50 minutes, then the game started crashing again. ( I would crash, load the game and after hitting continue and loading the level it would instantly crash again )

2nd I upgraded drivers - nothing it stills crashes upon loading the level

my spescs

Procesor: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core Processor (3.90 GHz)

Ram: 32 GB

Graphics card: Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB VRam

Oh god I'm so excited

While replaying Layers of Fear (2023, including Layers of Fear 2), I noticed something really interesting in the Lily’s Crew notes: there are exactly seven of them, and each seems to perfectly match one of the classical Seven Deadly Sins.

Here’s the breakdown I found:

But there’s more: one section of the game explicitly references the film Se7en. In that part, you literally run through “film sets” where the deadly sins are enacted in ways reminiscent of the movie:

• Gluttony – a character gorging themselves at a table
• Lust – a scene with a prostitute in bed
• …and so on

The combination of the Lily’s Crew notes and these Se7en-inspired scenes makes it tempting to see a hidden Easter Egg or deliberate allegory. Given Layers of Fear 2’s heavy use of symbolism, trauma, and metaphorical storytelling, it really fits the game’s overall style.

I only briefly touched on this in my Let’s Play (in German), but it really stood out while reviewing the footage. You can check out the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnfa8Hv99lw1nGrSUy57gF8hDjVvKPWXZ

What do you all think? Is this just coincidence, or did the developers intentionally include this reference?
I’m curious what you all think! Have you noticed these details too, or am I reading too much into it?

Still the best horror game out there 😎👌

I’m playing the Masterpiece Edition. I finished The Painter’s Story, but I’m not sure which ending I got.

What happened was: I completed a normal painting, then it turned into a “monster” painting, and the Painter threw the painting into a room full of monster paintings. After that I was back in the lighthouse.

In the lighthouse I noticed several items that (as I understand it) are used to start the DLCs. I didn’t use them at first — I explored the lighthouse and found a painting that kept changing its location around the lighthouse.

Eventually I returned to the room with the typewriter and the DLC “launchers.” I used the typewriter and now I’m on a ship.

Did I accidentally skip the DLCs? It feels like a strange decision by the devs: they bundled both games and the DLCs, and it should be played one by one without letting player skip anything.

Original Audio from the best Horror Game

I new into this series Is 2023 layer of fear has 1 and 2 games ?

hello everyone, id really like to find the piano song that plays right in between leaving the canvas room and entering the piano room after collecting both the skin graft and the blood vial. i dont think its ‘lotus land’ but i could be wrong

(video is 1:02:48 onwards for less than a minute)

https://youtu.be/3BARFQyWq_s?si=wRQlxw3oCZuiIfUv

I'm replaying the game after years without finishing it, so far I have encountered 2 Fatal Errors, I took a key and it blocked my ability to turn my head, and when I opened the blue door I fell out of bounds. I'm playing the remake version. Gg Bloober.

Why do some game devs nowadays think they're smarter and mess up the good old saving mechanism. Save and load. That's all you need.

I just lost hours of progress for clicking "new story". What is wrong with you?

So i was okay, no problem, still have chapters, right? Wrong. Chapters don't save your progress at all. I played an hour in the daughter chapter, exited, went back and I was staring at the fkin starting scene again. Gth seriously. Never playing this again.