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.

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.

Beyond The Dark: Nightwatch delivers a tense, clever mix of spooky atmosphere and strategic thinking. Designed first and foremost as a couch co-op experience - complete with GameShare, Local Network, and Online Modes - the game makes playing together seamless by including a "Friend's Pass" copy so only one player needs to own the game. The second player being able to play on any generation of Nintendo Switch console!

The unique experience places each player in vastly different, interdependent roles. One player explores the shadowy House in first-person, hunting for clues to solve mysteries and escape before THE ENTITY catches them. Meanwhile, the other player commands a network of cameras and tactical tools to guide their partner. Communication is the ultimate survival tool, as the slightest misstep or breakdown in trust means an unforgiving, premature end at the hands of THE ENTITY. Playtesters have described the short, high-stakes adventure as feeling akin to an IRL escape room, making it the ultimate test of teamwork.

While players can now pre-order the game on the Nintendo eShop in Western markets, the studio has announced the participation of both acclaimed actor Troy Baker and award-winning composer Oscar Araujo.

Troy Baker, renowned video games voice actor will be contributing his talent to Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch. Known for his work in The Last of Us, Death Stranding, BioShock Infinite and numerous other major video game titles, Baker has become one of the most recognizable performers in the medium.

The atmosphere of Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch is shaped by an original score from acclaimed composer Oscar Araujo (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow trilogy) responding to the game’s themes of isolation, uncertainty and mounting tension. Araujo’s score is woven directly into the experience of exploring the House, a place where players are never entirely certain what is around the next corner, or whether what they hear is a warning. Araujo’s involvement represents a long-standing creative connection for Atlantis Studio and brings a distinctive musical identity to the studio’s first original game.

The new trailer offers the clearest look yet at the Gloam, the mysterious entity haunting Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch. Atlantis Studio collaborated with Kyoto-based Q-Games, the studio behind the Cloudly technology used in Ace Combat 8, whose team contributed its animation expertise to bring the Gloam’s unsettling presence to life. The trailer also offers a closer look at the game’s distinctive two-player asymmetric horror experience, built around communication, observation and trust.

Key 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.
• GameShare and Co-op: Designed from the outset as a two-player experience, the game allows players to team up through local co-op, GameShare, Local Network or online play.

Beyond The Dark: Nightwatch is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on October 22, 2026.