SOMBRAS: negative frames is a horror photography game about a student trapped in a supernatural Japanese town

SOMBRAS: negative frames is an upcoming horror-lite photography game from Maboroshi Artworks, announced with a trailer in July 2026. You play as Shiomi Alterio, a Japanese-Spanish photography student who has recently moved to a small Japanese town after her parents' divorce, and promptly gets pulled into a twisted alternate version of that town.

The setup leans into folk horror territory — the alternate world is unsettling rather than outright terrifying, populated by strange phenomena and multiple women who look exactly like Shiomi. To escape, she has to photograph the oddities she encounters, which makes the camera her primary tool for both survival and progression. The game's mechanical hook is built around film photography, capturing something of the tactile, deliberate nature of shooting on 35mm rather than just pointing a phone at things.

SOMBRAS: negative frames sits in a small but interesting niche alongside games like Fatal Frame, which also centres a camera as a weapon and narrative device in a Japanese supernatural setting, though the tone here appears lighter and more atmospheric than outright survival horror. The Japanese-Spanish cultural mix of the protagonist is an unusual angle that feeds directly into the story's premise.

No release date or platforms have been confirmed yet beyond the announcement trailer.