Saw: Genesis looks the most fun when you're the murderous mastermind

Bloober There have been some middling Saw games in the past, but Saw: Genesis is a little more ambitious, making the most of Bloober Team's horror game pedigree. The game is a collaboration between Bloober Team's Broken Mirror Games subsidiary and Anshar Studios, with both teams offering some much-needed gameplay information at SGF 2026.

Players are divided into one Judge and three Accused, in an asymmetric setup similar to Evolve or Dead by Daylight. The Judge is this game's post-WW1 Jigsaw Killer and is apparently the predecessor to the franchise's iconic villain. Bloober Team said that Lionsgate has given the nod to the story and settings of this sort-of prequel, so Genesis is canon within Saw's ten-movie narrative universe. Judging from the prerecorded playthrough we saw, it definitely keeps pace with the body horror you'd expect from the series.

The Judge can set traps, use his own exclusive hidden corridors and elevators and generally mess with the Accused's heads. The Judge also starts the game with a level map and full knowledge of where the resources are. Alongside a noise-detection skill that lets the killer see where players are, even through walls, the Judge has his own minion, the Accomplice, who (while not a human player) can abduct downed players or shove them into trap rooms. Another weapon is hallucinogenic gas, which causes the Accused to see themselves under attack. Despite all that, the antagonist is also physically weak — vulnerable. If the Accused can corner the Judge with a weapon, many of which are hidden inside the level, the Judge is unlikely to survive.