Jukai Studio dropped a teaser for their upcoming tribute to old-school Survival Horror titles in Stray Souls last year, and now they’ve made it official. Jukai Studio, alongside publisher Versus Evil, have announced via IGN that Stray Souls will be coming to PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Xbox Series later this year.

Jukai describes Stray Souls as combining elements of Japanese survival horror games “with an array of new tricks, including a variety of randomized systems where enemy encounters, item placement, paranormal activity and even weather patterns”, ensuring that no two playthroughs are the same. That’s in addition to the gameplay elements being a mix of classic Survival Horror combat with “soulslike precision” that aims to bring more variety to the genre.

The story for Stray Souls involves a teenager named Daniel, whose grandmother has died and left him her house. On the day that he moves in, Daniel happens to meet a mysterious girl who seems to know a lot more about the house than what he’s been told. Daniel quickly finds out for himself, as when the sun goes down, the dream house quickly spirals into a hellish situation.

Powered by the Unreal Engine 5, Jukai will also be making use of Epic’s Metahuman technology for the Stray Souls NPCs. As a result, the advanced facial animations capture a wide range of human emotion, creating a whole new level of photorealism that will no doubt enhance the terror.