Fans af de første to spil i serien skal ikke forvente at se en efterfølger til Dishonored 2, ifølge Arkane Studios' Harvey Smith. I et interview med Finder, svarer han til spørgsmålet, om udvikleren har brug for en pause fra serien:
"I don't know. I don't make plans that far in advance. The situation just ahead changes so much, it's very hard to plan as you end up disappointing yourself or even surprising yourself. After the end of the first game I was really sick of working on Dishonored, but then I had this spark of an idea about Emily and it all lit up for me. So I don't know what is going to happen; I really don't know how I am going to feel. By the end of Dishonored 2 I will have worked on the two games for almost eight years, which is a long time."
Allerede efter det første spil var Smith allerede træt af serien, men efter idéen med karakteren Emily kom interessen tilbage. Den ser dog ud til at være forsvundet igen, og det er endnu uvist, om vi nogensinde får et tredje kapitel i serien.