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Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is launching October 8 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, developer Saber Interactive just announced alongside a new trailer. Considering the quickly closing wall of death for video game releases in September – Marvel's Wolverine, Silent Hill: Townfall, and Control Resonant are only some of the major titles out that month – it feels like Saber is giving us a surprising, but much needed, break with its October plans. At the same time, I expect that Hellraiser: Revival will spank us into the Underworld.
You can watch the latest redband trailer for the upcoming Hellraiser survival horror shooter on the game's website, and I recommend you do so on an empty stomach. Saber developers told me during Summer Game Fest 2026 that they had to keep vomit bags around for a recent demo session featuring a typical Hellraiser franchise sex scene (the series' lovers may end up in Hell, or with their intestines missing. Usually both). I already got a sense from my Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival preview that Saber takes series creator Clive Barker seriously, and Revival's latest trailer makes this only more painfully/pleasurably obvious.
"These are experiences like no other," declares lead Cenobite and most fashionable pin cushion Pinhead in voice over, with original actor Douglas Bradley's characteristic snarl. Indeed, I don't think I've ever seen some of the things Hellraiser: Revival seems to have in store in a mainstream video game before; we've got our hero Aidan gushing blood from his mouth to his exposed penis, and the interdimensional, demon Cenobites' hooks are so deeply sunken into his flesh, his bare butt quivers like maggot-infested piglet until the metal rips it from his spine. Chunks of blood and muscle collapse on the ground in heavy ice cream scoops as the Cenobites – who we get a long, luxurious look at – watch impassively.
All our best friends from the original Hellraiser movie are here. There's Pinhead, of course, who would chain up each molecule of our bodies in his basement if he could, plus the lipless Chatterer, the sluglike Butterball, and the woman Deep Throat, whose neck is held open with needles to expose the diamond of her trachea.
"Take on Hell's wretches, deviants, cultists, and its most infernal priests in an unholy war for your immortal soul, all while trying to thwart the sinister plans of the Cenobites," recommends Saber in a press release. Hey, those are our friends you're talking about.
Pre-orders for the $39.99 Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival Standard Edition will soon begin, and Saber will later reveal contents and pre-order information for its $49.99 Deluxe version of the game. Hellraiser: Revival also still has a $199.99 Collector's Edition available, which includes the game, an art book, and more, if your dorm room in Hell has enough space for all of that.
Need something more tame? Can't help you there, unfortunately, but I can point you to some of the best horror games according to our ranking.
