Statis and Bone Totem developers The Brotherhood have announced Animal Use Protocol, a new narrative survival horror game focused on animals.
Animal Use Protocol is in development for Windows PC (via Steam and GOG) and will release sometime in the second half of 2026.
Here’s a rundown on the game, plus its reveal trailer:
The creators of Stasis and Bone Totem are taking you on a terrifying journey in Animal Use Protocol.
In this 3D first-person, narrative-focused survival horror game, you play as Penn, a hyper-intelligent chimpanzee leading the desperate escape of lab animals from a nightmarish facility, where every corner hides new terror.
Armed only with your wits, a gravity manipulation tool, and accompanied by your scrappy rat companion Trip, you’ll stealthily navigate the dystopian Anchorage Station, relentlessly stalked by a monstrous chimera of experiments gone wrong.
Uncover the truth behind what happened here.
Be quick and quiet. Time is running out…
Features
- Immersive environments
- Exploration-driven gameplay with interactive objects and environmental storytelling
- Intense and unscripted encounters with a terrifying enemy
- Limited resources and inventory management for high-stakes decision-making
- Full controller and mouse-keyboard support, optimized for console and PC/Steamdeck
- Performance options up to 4K with widescreen aspect ratios supported
- Stunningly detailed 3D environments filled with tension and ambient effects in Unreal 5
- Stealth and resourceful survival-horror gameplay
- Voiced dialogue and audio logs for deep narrative immersion
