Late at night, a horror anime flickers on a television, rough and unsettling in a way that stays with you. Signal Veil wants to be that feeling as a game. Tokyo-based horror publisher Serafini Productions and Chilean indie studio Time Hunters have announced the third-person survival horror title alongside its first trailer. It aims to deliver psychological dread and emotional storytelling through visuals reminiscent of 1990s animation.
A Missing Mother, a Strange Phone, and Nishikawa High School
You play Aki Mizuno, a teenage girl whose mother has vanished without a trace. The last thing she left behind is an old mobile phone that reacts to spiritual entities invisible to everyone else.
At the seemingly ordinary Nishikawa High School, a series of unexplained disappearances is unfolding. Aki must dig through false memories and a past buried under silence to find out where the missing people went and what the truth is about herself. Tense exploration, ritual-like combat, and an increasingly unstable mind sit at the center of the narrative.
According to the Steam page, Aki encounters beings carrying emotional wounds, and players explore the school to find the threads of the case.
90s Anime Visuals and a Phone That Detects Spirits
The developers say they combined the tension of classic survival horror like Resident Evil and Silent Hill with presentation inspired by psychological horror anime such as Another and Jujutsu Kaisen.
The phone is Aki’s guide and, effectively, her only weapon. When a spiritual presence is near, it vibrates, produces static, and distorts its screen. Players can use those cues to locate enemies before they reveal themselves, distinguish contaminated areas, and find clues that can’t be seen directly.
According to the press release, the phone’s flash can stun enemies and its camera can reveal hidden objects and traces. In effect it works as a radar for detecting presences and as a tool for countering attacks.
Combat as Ritual, and a Fraying Mind
Combat is not about attacking blindly. The developers describe a sequence of detecting an enemy, provoking it, stunning it to expose its true nature, and finally purifying it permanently. Medicine, ammunition, and mystical weapons are scarce, and each enemy behaves differently, so observation, strategy, and use of the environment offer key advantages.
Aki’s mental state also affects progression. As her mind frays, her perception of reality warps and both the environment and enemy behavior change, pushing her fighting style toward desperation. The press release notes that fixed camera angles limit visibility and heighten tension.
A Chilean Indie Studio and a Tokyo Publisher
Time Hunters is an independent development studio from Chile. Serafini Productions is a Tokyo-based publisher and developer founded in 2022, working with Japanese and international developers and partners to release PC and console games. It also produces and publishes BrokenLore, a psychological horror series dealing with human fear, trauma, and contemporary social themes.
The Steam page warns of potentially uncomfortable themes, including harassment, humiliation, emotional pain, and traumatic events. Prolonged exposure and corpse-related gore, as well as mild profanity, also appear. These notices were written by the developer.
Who This Is For
Strong fit for: fans of classic survival horror with fixed cameras and scarce resources; anime horror viewers who want that atmosphere in playable form; players who like unconventional detection mechanics, such as a phone that works as radar, flash, and camera; followers of Serafini’s BrokenLore line.
Cautious fit for: players sensitive to themes of harassment, humiliation, and trauma, which the store page discloses; anyone who needs a release date, price, or hands-on impressions first, since none exist yet; those who want a non-English interface, as only English is listed.
Less ideal for: players who dislike fixed-camera framing or limited visibility; anyone seeking action-forward combat over observation and resource scarcity.
The Takeaway
Signal Veil pairs a familiar survival-horror skeleton with a distinctive hook: a phone that senses what the eye cannot, and a protagonist whose grip on reality loosens as the night goes on. The 90s anime aesthetic and ritualized purification combat give it a clear identity, though there is no gameplay footage or release date to judge the execution yet. Wishlists are open now on Steam, PlayStation Store, and Epic Games Store.
Release date TBA. Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, PC (Steam, Epic).
Information regarding ‘Signal Veil’
| item | detail |
|---|---|
| Developer | Time Hunters, Serafini Productions |
| Publisher | Serafini Productions |
| Genre | Third-person survival horror, action adventure |
| platform | PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) |
| Play Mode | Single player |
| Release date | Undecided |
| language | English (Interface·Audio·Subtitles) |
| Store Page | PlayStation Store · Epic Games Store |
| Steam Page | Shortcut |
