Tenebris Somnia

Tenebris Somnia
DevelopersAndrés Borghi, Saibot Studios
PublisherNew Blood Interactive
DirectorAndrés Borghi
ProducerAndrés Borghi
ProgrammerTobías Rusjan
WriterAndrés Borghi
Composers
  • Pablo Borghi
  • Clara Kovacic
  • David Levill
Platforms
Release
  • Switch, PS5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S
  • October 16, 2026
  • Nintendo Switch 2
  • TBA
GenreSurvival horror
ModeSingle-player

Tenebris Somnia is a survival horror game co-created by Andrés Borghi and Tobías Rusjan in association with Saibot Studios, and developed in Argentina. It is published by New Blood Interactive and released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on October 16, 2026. A version for Nintendo Switch 2 is planned.

Plot

The story follows Julia, a woman surrounded by evil nightmares. One day she visits her ex-boyfriend, but never finds him, and enters a parallel universe where she is pursued by monsters.

Cast

The principal cast are:

Development

In the middle of 2022, Andrés Borghi and Tobías Rusjan first came up with the idea for the game. An initial demo was released in September 2023. In October 2023, Andrés Borghi and Clara Kovacic were interviewed for the podcast Press Over and explained the concept of the game and its main story. Tenebris Somnia was present at EVA 2024, an Argentine video game convention, here another trailer was released. Additionally, Borghi and Rusjan produced a short film, Devora, related to the main story. The actress Clara Kovacic was also involved in the production.

Reception

The PC version of Tenebris Somnia received generally favorable reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received "mighty" approval, being recommended by 89% of critics.

In a interview with argentine newspaper Infobae Borghi noted the difference between with with live action scenes and the 2d videogame

References

  1. ↑ "Credits of the video game on IMDb". IMDb (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ Romano, Sal (June 6, 2026). "Tenebris Somnia launches October 16". Gematsu. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
  3. ↑ Leibovich, Alex (2024-09-12). "Así será el videojuego ochentoso del autor de los efectos especiales de Cuando acecha la maldad". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  4. ↑ Egan, Toussaint (2024-10-18). "FMV horror game Tenebris Somnia is a nightmare come true". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  5. ↑ Lerma, Alberto Zaragoza (2023-09-10). "Tenebris Somnia, un survival horror que combina los 8 bits con escenas de acción real". Meristation (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  6. ↑ Robledo, Por Lucas (2025-07-09). "Llega Indie Dev Argentina 2025: un fin de semana repleto de videojuegos nacionales". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  7. ↑ Press Over (2022-11-10). #DevsDay con Andrés Borghi y Tobias Rusjan de Tenebris Somnia | Entrevista. Retrieved 2024-11-10 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "Así es Tenebris Somnia, un original y aterrador survival horror argentino". Vandal (in European Spanish). 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
  9. ↑ Press Over (2023-10-31). Tenebris Somnia, el videojuegos argentino con escenas live action - Press Over Podcast. Retrieved 2024-11-10 – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ New Blood Interactive (2024-10-14). New Blood Presents: TENEBRIS SOMNIA. Retrieved 2024-11-10 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Devora". FESAALP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  12. 1 2 "Tenebris Somnia PC Critic Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 18, 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Tenebris Somnia". OpenCritic. Retrieved October 18, 2026.
  14. ↑ RobledoSeguir, Por Lucas (2026-10-20). "Tenebris Somnia: Entrevistamos a Clara Kovacic, Andrés Borghi y Mason "Airdorf" Smith". infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-10-22.