Enunion Team, an indie game development studio based in Kazakhstan, has announced that it will release the psychological horror adventure *IRONWAKE* for PC (Steam) on February 16, 2027.
Along with this announcement, a new trailer featuring Japanese voice acting was released, revealing details about a new chapter set in the Soviet town of “Yasnoy 4.”
Send only your consciousness into a robot and venture into a sealed-off former Soviet underground facility
This title is a story-driven psychological horror adventure.
The story is set in 2050, when the Earth’s surface has been blanketed in radiation following a nuclear war. Though the buried treasure needed to save the people on the surface remains within “Sector V-4”—a sealed Soviet facility deep underground in Kazakhstan—no living human can enter it.
The player’s consciousness is transferred into an old industrial robot, the “UNIT MARK-1,” and is ordered to “bring back the buried treasure hidden underground at all costs” as they embark on this mission.
In this game, where you control a heavy, sluggish machine, you cannot fight “it”—the entity lurking within the facility.
You must hide in the darkness to evade the pursuer, which tracks you using light and sound. While turning off the power allows you to remain hidden, be careful—you’ll also lose your own line of sight. There are also puzzles to solve by delving into the interior of the crumbling hardware, and a radio operator—your sole link to the surface—guides your exploration.
Inside the facility, you’ll encounter everything from rooms with a human touch to steam-filled assembly halls and substations—all gradually transforming into a green, organic “something.”The game appears to feature multiple endings that change depending on the clues you gather, and gameplay is depicted through the MARK-1’s failing CRT screen, which is plagued by sandstorms and scan lines.
You were supposed to become a robot, but you wake up as a human. The setting for the new chapter is the warm yet eerie town of “Yasnui 4.”
In October 2026, Enunion Team announced that the game’s release date had been pushed back to 2027 and that a new chapter would be added midway through the story.
The details of this new chapter have now been revealed, and we know that the protagonist—who was supposed to have transferred their consciousness into a robot—wakes up as a human in the Soviet town of “Yasnoy 4.”With residents who are almost too friendly, a townwide announcement that repeats the same words every morning, and a night watchman… this setting—a world where warmth and eeriness coexist—is said to be completely different from the underground facilities seen so far.
The new trailer is presented in the form of the minutes from a residents’ meeting in Yasnoy 4.
The first agenda item is “Admission of a New Resident to Room 12,” and that new resident is “MARK-1.” The following agenda item addresses the nighttime curfew, featuring the warning “Don’t fight. Hide,” and also mentions that the person in Room 12 wishes to make contact with the outside world.The admission is approved unanimously, and the trailer ends with the words “Welcome back,” leaving a somewhat unsettling atmosphere.
The newly released trailer features Japanese audio, and the official X account has also announced a closed beta test for the new chapter.
Key Features
You are a machine
. Heavy, sluggish, and unable to move as you please. With every step, the MARK-1’s iron weight thuds against the floor. The fear lies in the very fact that you “can’t react in time.”A Voice in the Darkness The operator on the other end of
the radio is your only connection to the surface and your sole companion in the depths. He guides you. He is your only support.Survive
the Hunter “It,” which roams Sector V-4, is not an opponent you can defeat in combat. It tracks its prey using light and sound. You can vanish by completely shutting down your power—but then you’ll be blind and defenseless.Dive into the Dying Machine:
The system cannot be repaired from the outside. You must dive into the “digital innards” of the failing hardware, fix it, and return. During that time, your real body remains completely defenseless.As the deteriorating facility transforms—from a room that grows ever deeper
, warmer, and more human—it morphs into a steam-filled assembly hall, a cold electrical substation, and finally, a green, organic “something” writhing in the deepest darkness.Uncover the hidden story and choose
your ending. Clues are hidden throughout the facility for those who pause to look. What you find—and how much—determines the ending. There is more than one exit. Not all of them lead to salvation.Soviet
Brutalism Through a CRT: Everything is viewed through the cracked screen of the MARK-1—distortions, snow, scan lines, and phosphorescent bleeds. Industrial grandeur is depicted amidst digital decay.
*IRONWAKE* is scheduled for release on PC (Steam) on February 16, 2027. According to the official website, the game will feature full Japanese voice acting, and a demo is currently available on Steam.
