Housemarque’s Saros Ships Next Year In March 2026

Earlier in April, Finnish game studio Housemarque chanted the fourth anniversary for its PlayStation 5 release, Returnal. With that came a PlayStation 5 Pro update for the game as well. Not to long before, it also commented on its next title underway. Speaking to  Helsingin Sanomat, the developer elaborates that it is the most ambitious release from the team.

Although no metrics were shared, it was elaborated that the budget is in the same ballpark as Alan Wake II – another AAA release from a game studio based in Finland. The title of discussion is Saros. Revealed back in February, Housemarque touts the game to be a successor to its previous Returnal; although not outright being a sequel to the title either.

Now at its PlayStation State of Play, Housemarque reveals Saros is soon to release in March 2026. You can watch the new gameplay trailer in the video below:

“The events of Saros take place on Carcosa, a shape-shifting, hostile alien planet; one that changes on every death, and offers a wide variety of environments and enemies for you to encounter. In this gameplay first look, we see our protagonist Arjun Devraj exploring the planet as a total eclipse nears,” creative director Gregory Louden pens for the synopsis.

“Along the way he finds Nitya Chandran, one of our ensemble cast, and a key character. The stunning environment Arjun explores is that of a lost ancient civilization fueled by the twisted enlightenment of the eclipse. This is just one of the biomes our amazing team on Saros are creating. […] We also wanted to highlight how we are expanding our storytelling in Saros.

“Along with grounded voice-over, stunning cinematics, haunting audio logs, and conversations with our ensemble cast of NPCs, there are also Soltari Holograms detailing what happened on Carcosa as you explore. If you choose to collect them, they are vital to discover what happened on this hostile planet. There’s also more surreal and mysterious storytelling sequences, but we will share more with you about these moments ahead…”

Are you planning to pick up Saros at release?

Saros ships on March 20, 2026 for PlayStation 5.

Source: PlayStation Blog