Ontos is Frictional Video games’ subsequent sport. 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 to this point.
Primarily based on what’s been revealed to this point, we are able to additionally infer that Frictional needs to take issues to the following stage, each from a story and gameplay standpoint. The overarching stage 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. Nevertheless, we all know it’s coming subsequent yr… until a delay occurs.
Ontos launch window: 2026
Ontos Story
Whereas we’ve solely acquired 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, a superb mind-turned-prophet. What begins as a seek for solutions rapidly spirals into one thing far stranger. Samsara is not any strange 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 need to confront disturbing revelations in regards to the nature of existence – and your home in it.”
Award-winning actor Stellan Skarsgård is taking part in a key function within the sport, possible 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 as a result of dense atmospheres they’re in a position to create and the quantity of puzzles and precise exploration which can be as omnipresent as scares.
In Ontos, the participant will likely be working by way of experiments and assessments which take a look at the boundaries of humanity. A concentrate on a number of options to every downside and participant alternative seems to be underlined within the data shared to this point, but it surely stays to be seen how every little thing comes collectively. There’s been no discuss of fight but, however some bits of the trailer are trying tense, so perhaps that facet of the sport merely hasn’t been unveiled.
Ontos Value and Platforms
Although we’ve realized loads of particulars about Ontos already, no price ticket has been set but. Count on 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 will likely be getting the sport on the similar time.
Ontos Trailers
Ontos’ reveal trailer, which is absolutely in-game, arrived throughout The Sport Awards 2025, and it’s equal components disturbing and intriguing. After all, you additionally get to get pleasure from Stellan Skarsgård’s narration. Watch it right here:
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