2026 is already shaping up to be a strong year in gaming. One such game coming to Steam promises a horror blend of Cyberpunk 2077 and Control with perhaps a dash of SOMA trauma thrown in just for good measure. We have no Fallout 5 anytime soon, but with GTA 6 leading the charge, there are still plenty of games coming this year to get excited about and this looks like one of them. Existential dread in space…bring it on!
The is called ONTOS. You can find the trailer over on YouTube or view it below. ONTOS promises a story-driven narrative where ingenuity and research are your greatest weapon. Brain over brawn will keep you alive in this immersive sci-fi horror with split realities, confessions from your father’s past and body horror galore. This game wants to get under your skin and challenge your own morality as you explore the trials and horrific experiments in the moon hotel, Samsara.
Cyberpunk 2077 Fans Should Take Note
Visually Stunning Sci-Fi
The visuals from ONTOS’s reveal trailer are strikingly familiar. Cyberpunk 2077 has graphics so gorgeous it almost hurts and ONTOS looks as equally stunning. If the setting wasn’t on a moon outpost, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d taken a wrong turn down a bad alleyway in Night City. It also boasts Hollywood A-lister voice work, similar to Cyberpunk 2077. Not Keanu or Idris this time, but Dune’s arch-villain and Marvel regular Stellan Skarsgård.
In Cyberpunk 2077, dialogue options, player builds and mission choices all lead to a strong narrative hinging around player choice. With ONTOS’s focus on moral decisions during experiments and action having consequences further down the line, it would seem that both games hold in high regard, the philosophical weight that comes with your decisions. Here’s hoping ONTOS also has multiple endings and hidden secrets to uncover.
Ontos Has Some Real Control Vibes Too
A Cerbral Assault On Your Senses
Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t the only game that springs to mind when watching the reveal trailer for ONTOS. Sure, visually it looks like a jaw-dropping Cyberpunk sci-fi RPG, but there’s more to it than that. The moral quandaries and phycological horror on display may see you questioning everything. Actions with consequences and shifting realities hark back to mysteries uncovered in The Oldest House in the game Control.
From the gory visuals, creepy sounds and odd, almost psychotic characters on display in ONTOS, it’s clear that everything is there to unsettle you. Reality-bending puzzles and morality decisions might have you questioning your own existence in a similar fashion to Jesse Faden in Control. “It Feels Sane, Or Just The Right Kind Of Insane.”
The game is set to launch in 2026 with no official release date given just yet. It will be available for PC players through Steam and console players through PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Will you follow your Father’s game and push yourself beyond your limits until you break the very fabric of reality?
