Cozy Photography Meets Time Travel in Photo Roboto: A Timesnap Adventure, Announced for Steam

The Italian-inspired adventure represents a major genre shift for the Australian studio behind Need to Know.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 19, 2026: Frame your shots and get snapping! Monomyth Games today released the announcement trailer for Photo Roboto: A Timesnap Adventure, a colorful, cozy photography adventure with a time-travel twist. 

Coming to PC via Steam in 2027, Photo Roboto invites players to run a timewarp photography business as Peppino the Roboto. They will explore a bucolic, character-filled Italian island, and investigate a mysterious curse.

The new title is Monomyth’s first new game in eight years, and represents a major shift in genres for the studio behind the serious surveillance thriller sim Need to Know, which was released in 2018. 

Watch the announcement trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eln885pJns4
Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1907010

Players will:

• Master the Timewarp Camera: Take photos of the past, present and future with your time-turning camera! Need a photo of a chicken? Just take a future snap of that egg. Want to see a proud sailing ship? Snap a photo of that shipwreck in the past. Anything’s possible with the Timewarp Camera!

• Run a photography business: Turn your little shop into a thriving business. Build your popularity and keep your star rating high!

• Explore a vibrant Italian island: Stroll, run, jump and boat around Roman ruins, sunny beaches, leafy trails and hidden coves in several distinct districts - all at your own pace.

• Help the locals: The islanders need your help! In a world where humans and robots live together, fulfill their requests and solve their problems - often in the most unexpected ways.

• Experience a handcrafted narrative: Investigate and solve the island’s mysterious curse. Uncover a mysterious past, big surprises, and endless photo opportunities.

• Try new camera modes: Collect special camera lenses to unlock surprising new abilities.

• Personalize your shop and yourself: Does your shop need new signs, plants, or just a new coat of paint? Think your outfit should include sunglasses and a sombrero? Renovate, decorate and accessorize - it’s all up to you!

Built in Unity, Photo Roboto began as a serious, tactics-based experience before evolving into its current form as a cozy narrative-rich adventure.

The project has received support from Screen Australia, Australia's federal screen funding body, and the South Australian Film Corporation, which has been instrumental in many internationally renowned media productions.

“It’s been a long and exploratory journey to reach this point,” says Monomyth Games co-founder Tristram Geary. “Photo Roboto is completely different to our previous game in almost every way imaginable: genre, tone, gameplay. We’ve had to evolve and rebuild our whole approach to game design, and we can’t wait for players to explore the island of Pallacanezza for themselves.”

• Announcement Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eln885pJns4 

• Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1907010

• Press Kit: https://photoroboto.com/press 

Tristram Geary

press@monomyth.games 

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Founded in Adelaide, Australia, in 2015, Monomyth Games is an independent studio focused on original, character-driven games. Its debut game, the mass-surveillance thriller Need to Know, attracted international attention for its exploration of privacy and government surveillance, including from Edward Snowden. The game was released in 2018 to positive reviews.

Photo Roboto is the studio’s second title. It represents a dramatically different stylistic direction, but reaffirms the studio’s passion for character-based narrative, and commitment to original storytelling.