Indie publisher tinyBuild and debut studio Fantastic Signals, a new team of veteran developers whose past credits include Pathologic 2 and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, are pleased today to unveil The Lift, a first-person, narrative-driven, supernatural handyman simulator coming to PC in 2026, with console versions to follow. Renovate a massive abandoned research complex with eerie mysteries around every corner in this innovative title where house-flipping gameplay and mind-bending storytelling combine in a highly interactive world inspired by retrofuturistic Soviet sci-fi.
Fantastic Signals is drawing from their experience working on Pathologic 2 to weave immersive sim elements into The Lift and introduce multiple unique twists into a genre that usually focuses on repairs, renovations, and cleaning.