{"id":2023448,"date":"2026-07-02T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023448"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:30:35","slug":"soma-devs-next-game-ontos-delayed-to-2027-in-order-to-deliver-on-studios-ambitious-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023448","title":{"rendered":"Soma dev&#8217;s next game, Ontos, delayed to 2027 in order to deliver on studio&#8217;s &#8220;ambitious&#8221; vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ontos\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Ontos<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Soma dev&#8217;s next game, Ontos, delayed to 2027 in order to deliver on studio&#8217;s &#8220;ambitious&#8221; vision<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Eye on the prize.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/ontos-space-suit.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Ontos space suite docked in loading bay.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"ontos-space-suit.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Frictional Games<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-02T16:30:35+00:00\">July 2, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"bf1dfe19-8e73-473f-b4cf-04c30b937849\" data-name=\"Ontos\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Ontos\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Ontos\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Ontos\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Ontos\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Ontos\" title=\"Follow Ontos\"><br \/>\n  Follow Ontos<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Frictional Games &#8211; the Swedish developer behind Soma and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/amnesia-the-dark-descent\">Amnesia: The Dark Descent<\/a> &#8211; has announced its upcoming release Ontos is being delayed to 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The game was announced with a general 2026 release window, so it&#8217;s not as though people had already marked their calendars for some dedicated Ontos time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/upcoming-video-games-2026-releases\">With the back half of 2026 suddenly looking mightily busy,<\/a> and plenty of other developers making similar decisions, the delay won&#8217;t be a total shock. Still, the news comes suddenly.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Ontos - Official Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_YRlXRL_3Y?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/l_YRlXRL_3Y\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Ontos &#8211; Official Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the announcement trailer for Ontos.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l_YRlXRL_3Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ONTOS_Official\/status\/2072696890404012085\">In a social media post<\/a> from the official Ontos account, the developer writes: &#8220;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 Ontos, our characters, and our world soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-sci-fi-horror-soma-is-getting-a-spiritual-successor-from-the-same-studio-set-in-a-grim-moon-hotel-on-the-edge-of-reality\">First revealed in December 2025<\/a> during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-everything-announced-at-the-game-awards-2025\">The Game Awards<\/a>, Ontos is described by Frictional as a sci-fi mystery game with &#8220;tactile, systems-driven gameplay&#8221; and an immersive narrative. Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd is also in the game, which certainly adds to the appeal. Hopefully he isn&#8217;t too upset by the delay.<\/p>\n<p>Ontos is the first game to come from Frictional Games after it announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amnesia-developer-frictional-games-plans-to-cut-back-a-bit-on-horror-games\">it would &#8220;cut back a bit&#8221; from horror games<\/a> for future projects, while ensuring fans that its games would still &#8220;feel like Frictional ones&#8221;. Indeed, as first impressions go, the reveal trailer for Ontos did <em>feel<\/em> very Frictional. As that&#8217;s all we have to go on, we&#8217;ll have to wait a while longer with just that taste to tide us over.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Frictional Games &#8211; the Swedish developer behind Soma and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/amnesia-the-dark-descent\">Amnesia: The Dark Descent<\/a> &#8211; has announced its upcoming release Ontos is being delayed to 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The game was announced with a general 2026 release window, so it&#8217;s not as though people had already marked their calendars for some dedicated Ontos time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/upcoming-video-games-2026-releases\">With the back half of 2026 suddenly looking mightily busy,<\/a> and plenty of other developers making similar decisions, the delay won&#8217;t be a total shock. Still, the news comes suddenly.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Ontos - Official Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_YRlXRL_3Y?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/l_YRlXRL_3Y\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Ontos &#8211; Official Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the announcement trailer for Ontos.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l_YRlXRL_3Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ONTOS_Official\/status\/2072696890404012085\">In a social media post<\/a> from the official Ontos account, the developer writes: &#8220;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 Ontos, our characters, and our world soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stellar-sci-fi-horror-soma-is-getting-a-spiritual-successor-from-the-same-studio-set-in-a-grim-moon-hotel-on-the-edge-of-reality\">First revealed in December 2025<\/a> during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-everything-announced-at-the-game-awards-2025\">The Game Awards<\/a>, Ontos is described by Frictional as a sci-fi mystery game with &#8220;tactile, systems-driven gameplay&#8221; and an immersive narrative. Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd is also in the game, which certainly adds to the appeal. 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