Under Embargo until Monday June 1st, 10:05 am PT - 1:05pm ET - 6:05pm UK
Watch the reveal trailer [here]
Avignon, France – June 1, 2026 – Independent developer Atlantis Studio is thrilled to officially announce Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch, a two-player shared horror experience built around asymmetrical collaboration, coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch™ 2.
In Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch, communication is the only thing standing between survival and darkness. One player wakes up alone inside a strange, deeply unsettling house haunted by something lurking in the shadows. Escaping will not be easy, but this is not a solo experience: a second player must guide, interpret, and coordinate the first player’s actions from a different perspective.
Escape Together
Separated by perspective but bound by a shared objective, both players must talk, strategize, and react in real time to the horrors around them. The co-op horror experience Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch turns communication into both your greatest strength and your biggest risk. Clear instructions can save you. Misunderstandings can doom you.
Game Features:
True Two-Player Co-op Horror: A gameplay loop built from the ground up exclusively for two players. You cannot survive this house alone.
Asymmetric Exploration: Combine information from completely different perspectives to understand the house, solve its mysteries, and escape.
Atmospheric Haunted Environment: Explore a deeply unsettling, claustrophobic house filled with anomalies, secrets, and unseen threats.
Communication-Driven Escape: Success demands constant dialogue. Deliver clear instructions, warn each other of incoming danger, and coordinate every move to survive.
Stay tuned for further information about Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch
Contact:
press@atlantisstudio.fr
About Atlantis Studio:
Atlantis Studio is a privately funded video game studio based in Avignon, France. Co-founded by Nico Augusto and Ru Weerasuriya, the studio brings together an experienced and highly motivated team, dedicated to creating innovative and high-quality games, by gamers for gamers. The team is working on their first project, an original game currently developed using UE5.