SOMA Creators' SF Horror ONTOS Set for Gamescom Opening Night Live
The appearance at gamescom Opening Night Live signals the next major public showing for ONTOS since its December 2025 reveal, with the game still slated for a 2027 release across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Frictional Games, the studio behind SOMA and the Amnesia series, will bring its in-development science fiction horror adventure ONTOS to the gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live event. The game follows protagonist Aditi Amani as she investigates mysteries left by her estranged father, a cult prophet, inside the labyrinthine hotel and lunar base Samsara.
Frictional Games will present ONTOS at the gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live event, the studio confirmed. The game is positioned as a spiritual successor to SOMA, built by the same creative team.
Players take the role of Aditi Amani, who follows the trail of mysteries left by her estranged father, a prophet of a cult. Exploration happens across Samsara, a massive hotel and lunar base constructed over the ruins of a mining colony and a luxury hotel. The facility hosts experiments that push past the boundaries of science and morality, including a computer server made of rats. These experiments carry multiple solutions and endings, with player decisions producing unexpected outcomes.
The event begins at 3:00 AM Japan time on August 26. A teaser video showing what appears to be the facility accompanied the announcement post.
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