Underplayed Gems

Sombras: Negative Frames (2026)

Sombras: Negative Frames cover
Developer
Maboroshi Artworks
Publisher
Entalto Publishing
Platforms
Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Genres
Simulator, Adventure
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A quietly unnerving first-person walk through a warped hometown, built around the slow, deliberate act of composing photographs and piecing together personal fragments.

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About

‘Sombras: Negative Frames’ is a first person narrative game with a focus on photography and light horror elements. Follow Shiomi, a Japanese-Spanish photography student, as she is spirited away in a dark mirror of her 2000s Japanese town and must confront fragments of her own psyche.

Screenshots

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