Kwalee and Out of the Blue have confirmed a release date for their Lovecraftian narrative puzzle adventure Call of the Elder Gods on Nintendo Switch 2.
“All is not well at Miskatonic University. Professor Harry Everhart tries to ignore the shadows flitting at the corners of his vision, while student Evangeline Drayton is haunted with impossible dreams of an artifact uncovered a decade ago,” the publisher outlines in a press release. “In their search for answers, the pair will uncover revelations more ancient than anyone could have imagined.”
This sequel to the award-winning Call of the Sea requires no prior knowledge of the previous game, although those returning “will uncover deeper connections, familiar threads, and hidden truths woven throughout the story.”
You will come to rely on logic, observation and environmental interaction to deduce solutions to intricate puzzles, where, as Professor Harry Everhart and newcomer Evangeline Drayton, you must journey from New England to the Australian desert and the frozen Arctic to the ancient city of Pnakotus in your search for missing loved ones while confronting personal grief.
The publisher has outlined the game’s key features, which include:
- Shocking Secrets: Call of the Sea’s object- and observation-based puzzles return with new depth. Scour richly-rendered environments for clues. Swap between Harry and Evangeline to solve complex, multi-part problems across time and space. Choose your own difficulty level with toggle-able hints, icons, and journal entries.
- Dizzying Marvels: Harry and Evangeline’s journey takes them from the firelit libraries of a New England mansion to the red sands of the Australian outback, through frozen wastelands and otherworldly cities out of time, all stunningly rendered in Unreal Engine 5 and featuring a soundtrack by multi-award-winning returning composer Eduardo De La Iglesia.
- A Shadow Out of Time: Follow Harry Everhart and Evangeline Drayton as they search for the truth about their missing loved ones and come face-to-face with beings beyond their understanding. Inspired by H P Lovecraft’s ‘The Shadow out of Time’, Call of the Elder Gods features a fully voice-acted story of grief, family, and sanity, starring returning talents Yuri Lowenthal (Spider-Man, Arcane, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth) and Cissy Jones (Firewatch, Starfield, Baldur’s Gate III).
Call of the Elder Gods will be released digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch 2 worldwide on 12 May 2026.
