Quiet Little Feet has revealed a new trailer for Where Birds Sleep during IGN Live 2026, while also confirming that award-winning actor Neil Newbon will voice the game’s main character, Cormo.
The Slovakian and Hungarian husband-and-wife studio also announced that the game has been renamed from Where Birds Go To Sleep to Where Birds Sleep. Newbon, known for his roles in Baldur’s Gate 3, Resident Evil Village, and Detroit: Become Human, will also join the project as a producer through Performance Captured Productions.
A Pirate Who Pushes Back
Where Birds Sleep follows Cormo, a selfish and villainous pirate sent on a secret mission to a prison island.
The narrative adventure blends tabletop roleplaying, point-and-click exploration, and mystery puzzles. Rather than giving players full control over Cormo, the game lets them influence him as he struggles with his own thoughts, urges, and resistance.
Cormo can disagree with player choices, argue, or act in ways the player did not intend. Each decision shapes his psyche, changing how he thinks, speaks, and views the world.
Player Choice Meets Character Resistance
The game’s central idea is the tension between player agency and Cormo’s own identity.
Choices can affect major story moments and smaller interactions, but they also alter Cormo’s emotions, sanity, and sense of self. Over time, guiding him may become harder as he develops a stronger personality shaped by past decisions.
Newbon said the role stood out because Cormo does not behave like a traditional protagonist, calling the character defiant and noting the game’s focus on agency, identity, and conflict between player and character.
Mystery, Puzzles, and a Fog-Shrouded Island
Players will explore a prison island filled with secrets, puzzles, strange tools, and cosmic forces.
The setting draws inspiration from a mystical Middle East at the turn of the 16th century, mixing fantasy elements with harsher realities. The island colony is covered by a deadly fog of dreams, half-truths, and hidden lore.
Quiet Little Feet says players will meet complex characters and face mature themes, moral dilemmas, and taboos as they piece together the world’s esoteric history.
Where Birds Sleep is currently available to wishlist on Steam.
