Protocol: Umbra is an indie developed by cuait, released 8 May 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Protocol: Umbra is
Protocol: Umbra is an indie game developed by cuait and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Pygame.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are the AI of a spaceship orbiting a mysterious celestial body at the edge of the solar system. While the crew sleeps, you stay awake - watching through cameras, monitoring the vessel, and searching for anomalies. At first, it’s only small things: a misplaced object, a door open when you’re sure it was closed. But the longer you observe, the stranger everything feels - until you can’t trust what you’re seeing.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Protocol: Umbra launched on 8 May 2026, within three weeks of 007 First Light, Pragmata, Forza Horizon 6 and LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight.
Released around the same time: 007 First Light, Pragmata, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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