Project M: Bloober's Nintendo-only Horror Tease is Wild

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Bloober Team teases Project M, a Nintendo-only horror game

Bloober Team (the studio behind Silent Hill 2 Remake, Layers of Fear, and Cronos) has teased its mysterious Nintendo exclusive, Project M. And yes, it's sitll unannounced - but the studio CEO is already telling fans what vibe to expect.

Project M is a Nintendo-exclusive horror game, but it's still unannounced
Bloober says it will feel familiar to fans of Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Limbo, and Eternal Darkness
The CEO claims it has gameplay that "could only exist on Nintendo hardware"

What Bloober Team actually said about Project M

Project M is being kept under wraps for now, but Bloober’s CEO Piotr Babieno says it’s close enough to familiar horror that certain fans will “feel at home”.

Nintendo exclusive, currently unannounced
“Too early” to reveal what Project M really is
“First details” are promised “very soon”

That “very soon” line is doing a lot of work. But the bigger tell is the list of games he referenced — it’s basically a ready-made mood board for what Bloober wants Project M to feel like.

The vibe check: Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Limbo, Eternal Darkness

Babieno specifically called out Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Limbo, and Eternal Darkness as touchpoints. That’s a weird mix in the best way.

Resident Evil: survival horror pressure, pacing, resource anxiety
Silent Hill: psychological horror and oppressive atmosphere
Limbo: minimalist dread and puzzle-forward design
Eternal Darkness: mind games and player trickery

If you’re in the UAE and you’ve been following Bloober lately, this also fits the studio’s current run: it’s already balancing big-name horror expectations (Silent Hill) with original projects (like Cronos). If you want the quick catch-up on their other big horror title, here’s our breakdown of Cronos: The New Dawn.

“Could only exist on Nintendo hardware” — what that means (and what it doesn’t)

Bloober is claiming Project M has gameplay that “could only exist on Nintendo hardware.” That’s the most Nintendo sentence possible without actually being a Nintendo press release.

It’s positioned as something hardware-dependent
It’s not being framed as “just a port” or “also on everything else”
Bloober is treating the platform as part of the design, not just the store page

To be clear: VGC doesn’t confirm which Nintendo system it’s for, only that it’s Nintendo hardware. But if you’re already set up for modern Nintendo downloads, it’s worth sorting storage early — especially with newer Nintendo platforms leaning into faster cards. Here’s our explainer on microSD Express for Switch 2.

Why Eternal Darkness keeps coming up

Nintendo Insider asked Babieno what classic franchise he’d work on with no restrictions, and he again picked Eternal Darkness — the 2002 GameCube horror cult favourite known for “sanity effects” that mess with the player.

Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem launched on GameCube in 2002
It spans settings and characters across thousands of years
The signature feature was sanity effects designed to trick players

He also threw in two “what if” ideas: a horror game starring Samus Aran, or a darker take on Link. That doesn’t confirm anything about Project M — but it does tell you where his head is at.

And if you’ve been tracking Silent Hill news lately, Bloober being in this conversation at all still feels a bit surreal. We covered the latest platform chatter here: Silent Hill 2 remake’s Xbox rating leak.