Become the Vessel. Become the God. An original dark adventure built from the ground up for Nintendo Switch 2 handheld play, launching in 2027.
Broken Mirror Games, a co-development label from Bloober Team, today revealed ONYX: The Dark Grip during Nintendo Direct - an original dark adventure launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027.
Built from the ground up exclusively for handheld play, ONYX: The Dark Grip turns the Nintendo Switch 2 system into part of the game. Players take control of two sides of the same dark struggle: The Vessel, an ordinary man fighting to survive, and The God, the mysterious godlike entity possessing him. In ONYX: The Dark Grip, players don't just control a character. They hold his world in their hands.
Become the Vessel. Become the God.
Set in an isolated town trapped in an endless winter, ONYX: The Dark Grip challenges players to survive through two deeply intertwined roles. As The Vessel, players explore a bleak, frozen world, fight for survival, manage scarce resources and confront the dangers hiding within the town and beneath its snow. But human strength can only go so far. When The Vessel cannot survive alone, players become The God, reaching directly into his world to manipulate reality, protect their host and change what happens beyond the limits of an ordinary human being. Survival depends on knowing when to act as The Vessel and when to intervene as The God.
The Nintendo Switch 2 Becomes Part of the Game
Designed exclusively around handheld play, ONYX: The Dark Grip treats the Nintendo Switch 2 not simply as a screen and controller, but as a physical window into another world.
- Touch the screen to manipulate objects inside the game world.
- Tilt the system to unleash the power of The God and crush enemies.
- Blow into the microphone to breathe warmth into The Vessel before the freezing cold claims him.
Touch the world. Tilt it. Breathe life into it.
These interactions aren't simply mini-games or optional gimmicks. They are fundamental to survival and to the relationship between the player, The God and The Vessel.
Many more unexpected interactions with Nintendo Switch 2 hardware await players in the full game. By building ONYX: The Dark Grip from the ground up around handheld mode, Broken Mirror Games aims to create an experience where the boundary between the player and the game world becomes thinner and where holding the console means quite literally holding someone's fate in your hands.
Nintendo has always believed that the hardware itself can be part of the magic of a game. With ONYX: The Dark Grip, we wanted to take that philosophy somewhere darker. We asked ourselves: what if the player wasn't simply holding the console, but holding another person's world in their hands? That idea became the foundation of the entire game.
- Piotr Babieno, CEO, Bloober Team
A World Frozen in Darkness
The world of ONYX: The Dark Grip combines dark storytelling, atmospheric exploration, combat and survival with a tactile approach to interaction created specifically for Nintendo Switch 2.
Its haunting atmosphere is further brought to life by an original score composed by legendary Polish multi-instrumentalist Jan Borysewicz and performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
ONYX: The Dark Grip will launch exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027. Assets for ONYX: The Dark Grip can be found here.
