
Ontos Gameplay Explained: Rat Server Choices and 2027 Release
The first Ontos gameplay reveal explains Crombie’s 60-rat server, multiple puzzle outcomes, research systems, platforms and the 2027 release window.


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ONTOS is a 2027 science-fiction adventure from Frictional Games about researching disturbing experiments, manipulating tactile machinery and making consequential choices inside the repurposed moon hotel Samsara.
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ONTOS is a science-fiction adventure developed by Frictional Games and published by Frictional Games and Kepler Interactive. Players control Aditi Amani, who follows the legacy of her estranged father to Samsara, a former moon hotel and mining colony transformed into a maze of laboratories, factions and philosophical experiments. Gameplay is built around research, exploration and tactile systems rather than a single fixed solution. Players scavenge materials, inspect rooms, operate analog machinery and decide how to resolve experiments whose scientific and moral questions are deliberately entangled. Choices can have consequences, and the official material says deeper understanding can reveal different approaches on later playthroughs. ONTOS is planned for 2027 on Windows PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The Xbox release supports Xbox Play Anywhere. An exact release date, price and detailed PC requirements have not been announced.