Ontos is Frictional Video games’ subsequent recreation. After SOMA, the studio had returned to the Amnesia franchise, however now, it’s leaping again into the sci-fi thriller enviornment with this mind-bending (and spooky) journey. Right here’s every little thing we find out about it up to now.
Based mostly on what’s been revealed up to now, we will additionally infer that Frictional desires to take issues to the subsequent degree, each from a story and gameplay standpoint. The overarching degree design is being described as “an interconnected labyrinth” and the gameplay has been designed to be extra open-ended. If you wish to get all the small print, scroll down beneath.
Ontos Launch Date
Ontos hasn’t locked a launch date but. Nonetheless, we all know it’s coming subsequent yr… until a delay occurs.
Ontos launch window: 2026
Ontos Story
Whereas we’ve solely obtained one trailer that runs underneath two minutes, Frictional Video games has already shared loads of particulars about Ontos’ story:
“From the creators of SOMA comes ONTOS, a sci-fi journey that takes you to the sting of actuality. You might be Aditi Amani, invited to the repurposed moon resort Samsara by the cryptic legacy of your estranged father, an excellent mind-turned-prophet. What begins as a seek for solutions rapidly spirals into one thing far stranger. Samsara isn’t any bizarre outpost, however a spot the place actuality fractures, the place truths are buried beneath layers of deception and obscurity. As you delve deeper, guided by fragments of your father’s previous, you will need to confront disturbing revelations concerning the nature of existence – and your house in it.”
Award-winning actor Stellan Skarsgård is enjoying a key function within the recreation, doubtless that of the protagonist’s father.
Ontos Gameplay
Frictional Video games is understood for its genuinely bone-chilling takes on the horror style, however the studio’s first-person adventures are additionally particular because of the dense atmospheres they’re capable of create and the quantity of puzzles and precise exploration which might be as omnipresent as scares.
In Ontos, the participant can be working by experiments and checks which take a look at the bounds of humanity. A give attention to a number of options to every downside and participant alternative seems to be underlined within the info shared up to now, however it stays to be seen how every little thing comes collectively. There’s been no speak of fight but, however some bits of the trailer are trying tense, so perhaps that side of the sport merely hasn’t been unveiled.
Ontos Worth and Platforms
Regardless that we’ve discovered loads of particulars about Ontos already, no price ticket has been set but. Anticipate updates on this entrance as soon as a extra particular launch window (or date) has been established.
We do know, nonetheless, Ontos will launch on PC (Steam), PS5, and Xbox Collection X/S. All platforms can be getting the sport on the identical time.
Ontos Trailers
Ontos’ reveal trailer, which is totally in-game, arrived throughout The Sport Awards 2025, and it’s equal components disturbing and intriguing. In fact, you additionally get to take pleasure in Stellan Skarsgård’s narration. Watch it right here:
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