Revival Being ‘Closer Than You Think’ Could Have a Tantalizing Release Window

Subverting expectations in nearly every way imaginable, Saber recently announced Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, described to be a single-player, first-person action survival horror game. Gameplay was only briefly shown at the tail-end of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival’s announcement trailers, which are perhaps alarmingly yet inevitably graphically suggestive. Plus, a lot of details have been shared in tandem with these trailers in scattered posts and Steam’s store page, where eager fans of the Hellraiser IP and gruesome 80s horror in general can now add it to their wish lists.

It’s unlikely that many fans knew to suspect a Hellraiser game on the horizon, and it’s plain that they were baffled by Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival not filing itself into the same asymmetrical multiplayer cabinet drawer that multiple heavyweight horror licenses have found themselves in. It’ll be mesmerizing to see how its gameplay ambitions transpire, with combat surprisingly playing a seemingly immense role. It may be second nature now to see a game be announced and then watch it vanish for the next several years, yet Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival is shattering that expectation, too, as its wait supposedly won’t be a long one.

Related

July 22 Will Be a Big Day For Horror Gamers

The developer behind Evil Dead: The Game, Saber Interactive, teases a new project, and horror fans pinpoint what the reveal will be on July 22.

Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival May Not Be a Shadow Drop, But It is Imminent

On Steam in particular, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival has no release date or window yet, with it merely saying “Coming soon.” This would normally be chalked up to a placeholder that the developer could then take advantage of as it prolongs development for the sake of the game’s quality, but such measures may not be necessary, and “Coming soon” might be more literal than it initially seems. According to an Xbox Wire blog post penned by executive producer Nenad Tomic, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival is apparently “closer than you think” and will have more information shared “later this year.”

An October Release for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival Would Be a Match Made in Hell

An immediate thought might infer that Tomic’s statement suggests an early 2026 date is likely. 2025 isn’t left with many massive blockbuster releases that are 100% confirmed to launch aside from Borderlands 4, Silent Hill f, Ghost of Yotei, The Outer Worlds 2, as well as Team Cherry’s elusive Hollow Knight: Silksong, and this year’s months are dwindling quickly. If nothing else, not committing to a 2025 release window would be logical if there’s even a shred of doubt that it wouldn’t be practical, and the ball is presumably in Saber’s court to decide if that’s the case for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival.

However, with October 2025 essentially devoid of new horror releases now besides Little Nightmares 3, it would be a great treat if Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival was to be released this spooky season. Indeed, with Supermassive’s Directive 8020 delay to the first half of 2026 from its original release date of October 2, 2025, few games would be more perfect to occupy that slate than Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival.

Of course, this would require Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival to already be incredibly far along with details “later this year” actually being shared in the next couple of months at the latest, but Tomic appears confident in the action survival horror game launching sooner rather than later. That could ultimately imply a 2026 release date nonetheless, and even that would be quite short of a wait considering it was only just announced. This tease certainly doesn’t help stoke the fires of excitement and anticipation, though, and only time will tell when players will be experiencing the first-ever Hellraiser game.