Which trophies count towards the Little Nightmares III platinum

The game has 38 trophies but the platinum closes with 31. What The Backstage DLC adds and why it is much harder than the base game.

Completing them unlocksMastery of The Spiral trophyMastery of The SpiralPlatinum21.16%
The EveryTrophy team1 min readPublished on 21/08/2026Updated on 21/08/2026Covers 1 of the 38 trophies

38 trophies, 31 for the platinum

The base game has 32 trophies counting the platinum. The Backstage DLC adds 6 more, and none of them count towards Mastery of The Spiral.

It is an important distinction, because the six DLC ones are all below 10% while the rarest base-game trophy sits at 23.73%. They are two different levels of demand.

BlockTrophiesCounts towards the platinum?The rarest
Base game31 + platinumYesHand-Eye Coordination · 23.73%
The Backstage DLC6NoShadow Puppets · 5.11%
Key

You can get the platinum without buying the DLC.

How the ranks break down

Little Nightmares III splits its 38 trophies into 1 platinum, 5 gold, 18 silver and 14 bronze: 1,380 points on the PlayStation scale.

It is an unusual list: there are more silvers than bronzes. The explanation is in how the game is built: almost everything is level secrets and collectibles rather than progression milestones, and that pushes the split upwards.

Of the five golds, four are from the base game and the fifth, Exit Stage Fright, is from The Backstage DLC, so it does not count towards the platinum.

The trophies involved

Each one links to its section inside the full Little Nightmares III trophy guide.

Mastery of The SpiralPlatinum21.16%
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Original name: Mastery of The Spiral

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