Be a Smart Chimpanzee & Lead Animals to Escape a Hellish Lab in This Horror Game

Independent developer THE BROTHERHOOD studio has revealed its next title, Animal Use Protocol. In this 3D first-person survival horror, you play an intelligent chimpanzee leading a group of experimental animals to escape a nightmare lab. 

Animal Use Protocol is a narrative-driven type of game that features an eerie and gloomy atmosphere presented with Unreal Engine 5. As Penn, you will use your wits and gravity manipulator, a power tool that allows you to grab, throw, or move things around the environment. Be extra careful while exploring and scavenging in the Anchorage Station, as each corner hides new horrors. 

Although it’s a first-person game, the reveal trailer offers a closer look at Penn, who appears with a realistic portrait, along with its rat companion Trip sitting on the shoulder. As the camera moves, one and another caged lab animals come into view, desperately looking at you in the hope of escaping this hellish place. Can you lead them out here? 

Here are some more footage and images, which give us a closer look at the gravity manipulator, the interior of the lab, and the developer team consisting of four core members:

Animal Use Protocol is set to be released in 2026. The developers already have a prototype, and that’s where the gameplay clip in the teaser trailer comes from. If you are interested in the game, don’t hesitate to add it to the Steam and GoG wishlists and follow the developer on Twitter to follow up with its development.