Soma Studio’s Sci-Fi Horror Ontos Delayed to 2027

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After a Summer Game Fest season no-show, it’s perhaps not terribly surprising to hear that Frictional Games’ upcoming science fiction horror game Ontos has been delayed to 2027. The news was shared in a teaser video featuring the admittedly ironic caption “Time is a construct.”

Ontos is Frictional Games’ spiritual successor to its 2015 sci-fi psychological horror game Soma. Soma was the studio’s first title following its breakout viral success with 2010’s Amnesia: The Dark Descent and features similar combat-less survival horror gameplay focused on a main character trapped in an underwater neuropsychological facility.

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ONTOS is our most ambitious game to date, both in terms of its size and scale, and in the depth and layers of our story and gameplay.

In order to deliver this vision, we have decided to push the release of ONTOS to 2027.

We look forward to sharing more updates about… pic.twitter.com/QUllB7afdu
— ONTOS (@ONTOS_Official) July 2, 2026

Today, Frictional Games revealed that Ontos will now release in 2027 with a brief message on X (Twitter), teasing that more information will be revealed soon.

During The Game Awards 2025, the studio announced that after several Amnesia titles including Amnesia: Rebirth and The Bunker, that it would be returning to a science fiction setting with a new game set on a hotel on the moon titled Ontos. The game will be published by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Orbitals publisher Kepler Interactive, and feature Andor and Chernobyl actor Stellan Skarsgård.

Ontos will release for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S in 2027.