The dark secrets of SIGNALIS are unveiled on PC, console and Game Pass

Not sure if you noticed, but Halloween is here and along with it come an absolute ton of new horror experiences. One of the most interesting of those is that of SIGNALIS. 

Available right now to purchase and download on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC, along with Game Pass access should you so wish, SIGNALIS from Humble Games and rose-engine is a survival horror experience that plays on the classics. 

It’s priced at £16.74 unless you download it through your Game Pass subscription and focuses in on Elster, a technician Replika who is searching for her long lost dreams. it begins as Elster awakes from a cryostasis sleep, alone in a wrecked vessel. Having rocked up onto a new planet, the journey ahead of her awaits. 

If you’re at all familiar with the classic survival horror tropes that have done the rounds on the gaming scene for a couple of decades, then you’ll be right at home with SIGNALIS. Dark, distant worlds slowly come alive as you traverse, fear and apprehension sitting around each and every corner. 

But this is also a science fiction tale that covers a multitude of ideas; identity, memory, terrors. It looks great too with some serious emphasis on lighting and shadows, as Elster’s journey plays out. 

The key features include:

• Classic survival horror gameplay – Experience fear and apprehension as you encounter strange horrors, carefully manage scarce resources, and seek solutions to challenging riddles.
• Cold and distant places – Explore the dim corners of a derelict spaceship, delve into the mysterious fate of the inhabitants of a doomed facility, and seek what lies beneath.
• A dream about dreaming – Discover an atmospheric science-fiction tale of identity, memory, and the terror of the unknown and unknowable, inspired by classic cosmic horror and the works of Stanley Kubrick, Hideaki Anno, and David Lynch.
• A striking vision – Wander a brutalist nightmare driven by fluid 3D character animations, dynamic lights and shadows, and complex transparency effects, complemented by cinematic sci-fi anime storytelling.

We’ll be running a full review of SIGNALIS in the very near future so keep an eye out for it. You can grab the download you need from the usual stores, the Xbox Store giving access on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, through Xbox Game Pass if you so wish. 

You’ll also find SIGNALIS on PlayStation, Switch and PC. 

Game Description:

Searching for dreams inside of a nightmare Awaken from slumber and explore a surreal retrotech world as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost partner and her lost dreams. Discover terrifying secrets, challenging puzzles, and nightmarish creatures in a tense and melancholic experience of cosmic dread and classic psychological survival horror. Fatal exception SIGNALIS is set in a dystopian future where humanity has colonized the solar system, and the totalitarian regime of Eusan maintains an iron grip through aggressive surveillance and propaganda. Humanoid androids known as Replikas live among the populace, acting as workers, civil servants, and Protektors alongside the citizens they are designed to resemble. The story of SIGNALIS begins as a Replika named Elster awakens from cryostasis in a wrecked vessel. Now stranded on a cold planet, she sets out on a journey into depths unknown.