{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c3f3e3f1d182b4161fed93b3","clusterId":"c_604e14949e8359c94fa33f85","slug":"frictional-games-ontos-gameplay-shows-rat-brain-experiments-in-lunar-hotel","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Frictional Games' ONTOS Gameplay Shows Rat 'Brain Experiments' in Lunar Hotel","summary":"Ten minutes of gameplay footage for 'ONTOS,' the new sci-fi adventure game from Frictional Games, the developer behind 'SOMA,' has been released. The footage shows first-person exploration of an eerie facility with puzzle elements. It reveals rats with brains cut open, a 'server rack' device housing rats that emit human voices, and a lunar hotel setting. The game is scheduled for release in 2027.","whyItMatters":"The footage confirms ONTOS retains Frictional's signature psychological horror, transplanting it into a lunar hotel setting where the line between human and rat consciousness dissolves.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe ten-minute clip opens with standard first-person exploration and object-throwing puzzles, but the tone shifts when the protagonist steps into a wing labeled \u0026#39;Hospital.\u0026#39; Rats with their brains cut open are strapped to devices; cutting their cables frees them, and they can be picked up.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe footage escalates when the protagonist finds a server-rack-like machine packed with rats, a microphone in front of it. As the rats move, voices plead for help. One voice explains it was meant to copy its mind but ended up trapped in the rat server. Pulling the main cable kills the host body, and the consciousness is left permanently confined, raging at the player.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePer the Steam page, ONTOS is set in the lunar hotel \u0026#39;Samsara,\u0026#39; where the player controls Aditi Amani to expose the facility\u0026#39;s experiments. Release is set for 2027 on Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PC via Steam.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ten minutes of ONTOS gameplay is out. Frictional's lunar hotel horror shows rats with cut-open brains, a rat-stuffed server rack that speaks, and a consciousness trapped inside it. 2027 on PC, PS5, Xbox.","twitterPost":"Ten minutes of ONTOS gameplay is out. Frictional's lunar hotel horror shows rats with cut-open brains, a rat-stuffed server rack that speaks, and a trapped consciousness. 2027 on PC, PS5, Xbox.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Frictional Games released ten minutes of ONTOS gameplay, showing a lunar hotel where rats are wired into a speaking server rack. The game launches in 2027 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260903h\",\"title\":\"Gameplay Footage Released for Sci-Fi Horror Game 'ONTOS' Set in a Facility Conducting Mad 'Brain Experiments,' Featuring Nightmarish Scenes of Masses of 'Rats' Speaking 'Human Language'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4390,"outputTokens":633,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788401007,"createdAt":"2026-09-03T01:53:36.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-03T01:57:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-03T01:57:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_604e14949e8359c94fa33f85","canonicalTitle":"狂気の“脳実験”を行う施設が舞台のSFホラーゲーム『ONTOS』のプレイ映像が公開。大量の「ネズミ」から“人語”が聞こえる悪夢のような映像が連発","representativeArticleId":"a_682c7f75467a01ad67ac967c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"ONTOS\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-03T01:03:11.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-03T01:03:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-03T01:57:23.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260903h","title":"狂気の“脳実験”を行う施設が舞台のSFホラーゲーム『ONTOS』のプレイ映像が公開。大量の「ネズミ」から“人語”が聞こえる悪夢のような映像が連発"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["ONTOS"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}