About SAROS
SAROS is Housemarque's return to arcade-style shooting after Returnal, playing as Arjun on the eclipsed world of Carcosa. Its roguelike structure adds a unique second-chance mechanic — each death progresses the story with new resources — atop precise bullet-hell combat.
- • Bullet-hell third-person shooting
- • Roguelike run structure
- • Second-chance death mechanic
- • Eclipse-driven Carcosa world
- • Housemarque signature visuals
Storyline
In the future, the Soltari corporation discovers the unique mineral Lucenite on the planet of Carcosa and deploys three Echelons to build a mining colony there. However, upon loss of contact with all three Echelons, Soltari sends an emergency response team, Echelon IV, to investigate the colony. One of Echelon IV enforcers, Arjun Devraj (Rahul Kohli), awakens with no memory of what occurred in the days after they landed on Carcosa. Upon reaching the Echelon IV base camp, he learns one of the crew went mad and sabotaged their ship, destroying their only way to leave the planet and leaving Arjun and a handful of the crew as the only known survivors with the rest of the team either having died or gone insane. Arjun is tasked with tracking down a Soltari signal in hopes of finding the lost colony, and Arjun quickly learns Carcosa is strewn with the ruins of an extinct alien civilization infested with hostile wildlife. In addition, Carcosa's environment significantly changes whenever an eclipse occurs, with the wildlife becoming even more powerful and aggressive. Whenever Arjun is killed in battle, he is inexplicably revived back at the base camp with no memory of how he returned. Arjun continues his search for the colony, hoping that he can also find his wife Nitya Chandran, who was part of Echelon I. He eventually finds the Echelon III colony, but it is completely abandoned save for Echelon II's Primary data unit. Upon analyzing the data unit, the Echelon IV team is shocked to discover that Echelon II went missing two centuries ago, meaning there is some form of time dilation on Carcosa. Refusing to believe the validity of the data, Arjun continues his investigation, heading deeper and deeper into the ruins of Carcosa's civilization. Through a series of recovered logs and recordings, as well as vivid visions of both his past and false reunions with Nitya, Arjun comes to understand what exactly happened on Carcosa. Prior to leaving for Carcosa, Nitya had a strained relationship with Arjun due to his alcoholism, possible infidelity, and being implicated in the death of his partner Sebastian. She joined Echelon I as a way to get away from Arjun, and upon arrival on…
Gameplay
Saros is a third-person action game that combines bullet hell, third-person shooter, and roguelite elements. The player controls Soltari Enforcer Arjun Devraj as he investigates a lost off-world colony on the planet Carcosa. The game features persistent resource and progression systems that allows the player to permanently upgrade Devraj's loadout with new weapons and suit enhancements for subsequent playthroughs after each character's death. Devraj is equipped with the Soltari Shield, a defensive tool that allows the player to block attacks and absorb the energy of incoming projectiles. This absorbed energy can then transform Devraj's right arm into the Carcosan Power Weapons and subsequently be discharged at hostile targets. While exploring the planet, the player finds Soltari Holograms. Collecting these holograms uncovers the planet's backstory and the events that unfolded there.
- Developer
- Housemarque
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Release
- 30 Apr 2026
- Price
- $69.99
- Modes
- single-player
