{"id":73438,"date":"2026-10-06T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=73438"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:40:59","slug":"90s-anime-inspired-survival-horror-game-signal-veil-announced-navigate-a-haunted-school-with-the-help-of-a-cursed-flip-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/90s-anime-inspired-survival-horror-game-signal-veil-announced-navigate-a-haunted-school-with-the-help-of-a-cursed-flip-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"90s anime-inspired survival horror game Signal Veil announced. Navigate a haunted school with the help of a cursed flip phone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans of classic survival horror might want to keep an eye on <strong>Signal Veil<\/strong>, an anime-style survival horror game that makes use of fixed camera sections and psychological terror. Developed by Chilean indie studio Time Hunters and published by Tokyo-based horror publisher Serafini Productions, the game is set to release on Windows (Steam and Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Signal Veil \u2013 Announcement Trailer | PC, PS5, Nintendo Switch 2 &amp; Xbox X|S @Signal_Veil_official\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n1K0eGI1cy8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signal Veil follows Aki Mizuno, a teenage girl whose mother mysteriously disappears. Aki\u2019s only memento of her mother is a supernatural flip phone that vibrates and emits strange sounds whenever spiritual presences or lingering memories born of emotional trauma are nearby. As Nishikawa High School becomes overrun with these monsters, Aki will need the phone to get to the bottom of a series of mysterious disappearances and learn the truth about herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aki\u2019s flip phone has a variety of unique features. Aside from vibrating and emitting sounds whenever enemies are nearby (similar to how the radio works in classic Silent Hill games), the phone\u2019s camera lets you swap to a first-person perspective. Once activated, you can identify hidden clues and signals that point to puzzle solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1349\" height=\"759\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1349px) 100vw, 1349px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261006-73438-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261006-73438-002.jpg 1349w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261006-73438-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261006-73438-002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combat requires you to detect enemies before provoking them. Once they have been provoked, you must use the phone\u2019s flash function to stun them and reveal their weak points (a feature reminiscent of the flashlight in Remedy Entertainment\u2019s Alan Wake games). Only then can you damage foes and purge them permanently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signal Veil has you managing resources such as medicine, items, and mystical weapons to survive (given its importance, the flip phone doesn\u2019t seem to run on a limited power supply). You must also keep an eye on Aki\u2019s emotional state, as her encounters with enemies, corrupted locations, and traumatic events can cause her perception of reality to become distorted. Go one step too far, and the world around Aki shifts, causing enemies to become more unpredictable and her fighting style to become more desperate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1347\" height=\"752\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1347px) 100vw, 1347px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261006-73438-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261006-73438-003.jpg 1347w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261006-73438-003-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261006-73438-003-767x428.jpg 767w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the gameplay is inspired by classic survival horror titles like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, the 90s anime aesthetic takes cues from manga series such as Yukito Ayatsuji\u2019s Another and Gege Akutami\u2019s Jujutsu Kaisen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signal Veil is currently in development for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4528010\/Signal_Veil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/p\/signal-veil-80c9fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Epic Games Store<\/a>), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/psychological-horror-bl-game-dissolution-of-my-self-out-now-on-steam-dissolve-a-persons-identity-with-your-own-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Psychological horror BL game Dissolution of My Self out now on Steam. \u201cDissolve\u201d a fallen prince\u2019s identity with your own hands<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/in-psychological-horror-game-condominium-no-exit-you-must-escape-a-grotesque-liminal-world-while-confronting-buried-trauma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>In psychological horror game CONDOMINIUM: NO EXIT, you must escape a grotesque, liminal world while confronting buried trauma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signal Veil is coming to PC, PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":73446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":false,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-73438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>90s anime-inspired survival horror game Signal Veil announced. 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