Underward

UNDERWARD is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Investigators must carry «TEST-SUBJECT» monsters from a deadly underground abandoned hospital ward.

5 February 2025

Adventure Indie Action Horror

Underward is an adventure developed by Intense, released 5 February 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 8 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Underward is

Underward is an adventure game developed by Intense and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Underward launched on 5 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.