Ori 3 rumor shut down: Saber Interactive says it isn’t making it

Saber Interactive has shut down the Ori 3 rumor. Executive Tim Willits says the studio isn’t making the game and, just as important, doesn’t really have room for it anyway. Saber is already tied up with several major projects. That matches what Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler had said earlier, when he cast doubt on insider chatter claiming Saber Interactive had taken over the series.

Willits pointed to Saber’s crowded slate, which includes several big games already in motion, one of them connected to Keanu Reeves. From his point of view, the Ori 3 rumor simply doesn’t fit with what the studio is working on right now.

That Reeves project is widely believed to be a new AAA John Wick game that would use Keanu Reeves’ likeness and voice. Saber Interactive’s known lineup also includes Jurassic Park: Survival, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, and A Quiet Place. Put all of that together and it’s pretty easy to see why the studio says the Ori 3 rumor doesn’t add up.

Still, Ori is a massive franchise. Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps had sold more than 15 million copies by March 2025.

Moon Studios is now independent and focused on No Rest for the Wicked. Mahler has said he does have ideas for a third game, but Moon Studios has also made clear that the two existing entries already tell a complete arc, and no new sequel is currently in active development.

So if you were hoping for Ori 3, that’s where things stand. For now, there are still only the two existing Ori games, because a third one hasn’t been announced.