Game: Souls of Bombarika
Developer: Street Lamp Games (Hyderabad, India)
Publisher: 1312 Interactive
Demo: Free on Steam now · Steam Next Fest
Release: Early 2027 (delayed from October 29, 2026)
Platforms: PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Switch · Switch 2
Genre: Supernatural puzzle adventure
👻 A free Souls of Bombarika demo is playable now on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest. There’s news on the full game, too: it’s been delayed from October 29, 2026 to early 2027 to allow for further polish and content development. It’s coming to PC (Steam, GOG and Epic), PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 1 and 2.
💣 Being Dead Was Supposed to Be the Easy Part
You’re a mysterious young spirit caught in a supernatural conflict, as a powerful witch and three ethereal brothers unleash chaos inside a seemingly ordinary house. You can’t control the humans around you directly. Instead, you have to stay unseen and possess everyday objects to save innocent lives before everything goes boom.
And you have a mystery of your own to solve: who were you when you were alive?
Observe. Possess. Protect.
Souls of Bombarika is a narrative-rich, possession-based puzzle game from publisher 1312 Interactive and Indian studio Street Lamp Games, which 1312 Interactive is pitching as a human-made project (“Soul Over Slop”). It’s built around observation, possession, and cause and effect, and it’s an official selection of MIX 2026.
Think Outside the Box. Or Possess It.
Each level is a self-contained playground of furniture, objects and environmental systems. Possess an object, change its position, trigger it at the perfect moment, or combine several elements for an unexpected solution. A chair is never just a chair.
👁️ OooObserve
Adapt to each level’s unique supernatural rules, spectral patterns and psychological pressures.
⚙️ Cause & Effect
Like a Rube Goldberg machine where lives are at stake: redirect bombs before they can harm humans.
✨ New Powers
Unlock abilities that expand what you can possess, deepen the puzzles and change how you move.
👹 Face the Forgotten
Battle malevolent spirits in 24 unique ghost-vs-ghost boss encounters.
🔮 Uncover the Truth
As the puzzles grow more inventive, a deeper mystery unfolds around a corrupted witch, destructive spirits, the Bombarika brothers and betrayal. Saving the living is only part of the story, because finding out who you are might change everything.
Key Dates
When
What’s Happening
Now (Steam Next Fest)
Free demo on Steam.
October 29, 2026
The original release date, now delayed.
Early 2027
Full release on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 1|2.
Souls of Bombarika at a Glance
Genre
Puzzle adventure · supernatural · cause and effect
Players
Single-player
Platforms
PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store) · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch 1|2
Controller
Full controller support (recommended by the developers)
Languages
12, with full English audio
Minimum PC
6 GB RAM · GTX 950 (2 GB) / R9 380 · 5 GB storage
Recognition
MIX 2026 Official Selection
📅 Demo Now · Full Game Early 2027
Try the free Souls of Bombarika demo on Steam during Next Fest, and wishlist it ahead of its early 2027 release on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 1|2.
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