Call of the Elder Gods is out today, giving Call of the Sea developer Out of the Blue Games a new Lovecraftian puzzle adventure on a much wider launch runway than its 2020 predecessor had at release.
Xbox has published the official launch trailer, while the Xbox Store lists the game for Xbox Series X|S, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming with Xbox Play Anywhere support. It is also available through Game Pass, with Xbox Wire including it in the May 12 lineup for Game Pass, Optimized for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Play Anywhere.
The platform picture is broader than Xbox alone. Steam lists a May 12 release for PC, PlayStation's store page lists the game for PS5 and Nintendo lists a Nintendo Switch 2 version released on the same date. That simultaneous spread matters for a studio whose previous adventure, Call of the Sea, first landed as an Xbox and PC release before reaching more platforms later.
Out of the Blue returns to observation-first mystery
Call of the Elder Gods is a sequel to Call of the Sea, but it shifts the emotional adventure formula into a darker Lovecraftian frame. Out of the Blue describes it as a narrative puzzle adventure inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow out of Time, with Professor Harry Everhart and student Evangeline Drayton pulled into a mystery around an artifact, impossible dreams and ancient forces.
The studio's own page says Call of the Sea's object and observation-based puzzles return with more depth. Players swap between Harry and Evangeline, solve multi-part problems across time and space and can adjust the challenge through hints, icons and journal entries. That is the important pitch: this is not a combat-forward horror game, it is an adventure about reading spaces carefully and following clues through increasingly strange places.
That lineage gives the launch some weight. Call of the Sea stood out by making environmental puzzles feel tied to character, place and obsession instead of just treating them as locks between story beats. Call of the Elder Gods is asking similar players to come back for a gloomier story with a larger platform footprint from day one.
What is confirmed at launch
The confirmed release date is May 12, 2026. Steam lists Out of the Blue Games S.L. as developer, with Kwalee Ltd. holding the exclusive publishing license. Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo store pages also identify Kwalee as publisher.
The game is available on PC via Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. Xbox's store page adds Xbox Cloud Gaming, Xbox Play Anywhere, 4K Ultra HD, 60 fps-plus, Xbox achievements and cloud saves as listed capabilities. Nintendo's store page lists supported TV, tabletop and handheld modes for Switch 2, plus a 15.9 GB estimated file size for that version.
The story follows Harry and Evangeline from Miskatonic University into locations that official materials describe as ranging from New England interiors to the Australian outback, frozen wastelands and otherworldly cities. The cast also includes returning voice actors Yuri Lowenthal and Cissy Jones, with Eduardo De La Iglesia back as composer.
Gamers Now included Call of the Elder Gods in this week's new games worth watching lineup, where it sat alongside a crowded May 12 slate. Its Game Pass arrival was also part of Xbox's wider May lineup update, although this launch is not limited to Xbox subscribers.
What remains less clear from the launch materials is how strongly the sequel depends on knowledge of Call of the Sea. The official wording frames it as a sequel and brings Harry Everhart back, but the store descriptions focus on this new mystery, Evangeline's dreams and the artifact at the center of the story. For players who like first-person puzzle adventures with mood, voice acting and careful environmental reading, today is the first chance to see whether Out of the Blue can turn that familiar Call of the Sea strength into something stranger.