OD (video game)
Upcoming horror game
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OD[a] is an upcoming horror game directed, produced, and designed by Hideo Kojima, who co-wrote it with Jordan Peele. Developed by Kojima Productions and to be published by Xbox Game Studios, the game will "explore the concept of testing your fear threshold, and what it means to OD on fear".[3] The cast features Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and Udo Kier in a posthumous appearance.
| OD | |
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Teaser poster featuring Sophia Lillis's character and subtitled "Knock" | |
| Developer | Kojima Productions |
| Publisher | Xbox Game Studios |
| Director | Hideo Kojima |
| Producer | Hideo Kojima |
| Designer | Hideo Kojima |
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| Engine | Unreal Engine 5 |
| Genre | Horror |
Development and marketing
Kojima Productions and Xbox Game Studios announced their partnership for the project at the Xbox Games Showcase in June 2022.[4] Hideo Kojima stated that the studio was working with Xbox and its cloud gaming technology "to take on the challenge of creating a very unique, immersive, and totally new style of game—or rather, a new form of media".[5] In November, approximately two and a half minutes of alleged gameplay footage leaked online. It depicted a character from a third-person perspective, visually resembling Margaret Qualley, walking through dark corridors with a flashlight. The scene concluded with a "Game over" message, followed by the phrase "A Hideo Kojima game", and the title Overdose.[6][7][8]
OD was officially revealed by Kojima and Jordan Peele with a teaser trailer featuring Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and Udo Kier at the Game Awards 2023.[9][10] Kojima described the project as "avant-garde" and "something totally different", and that players would "either love it or hate it".[11][12] He further remarked that he believed its true evaluation would come "10 or 20 years from now".[12] Filming and scanning were suspended beginning in the second half of 2024 due to the 2024–2025 SAG-AFTRA video game strike.[13] The game is being developed using Unreal Engine 5.[14]
In September 2025, a second teaser trailer, subtitled "Knock", was released during Kojima Productions's 10th anniversary event. The teaser showed Lillis's character performing a candle lighting ritual, until she gets immobilized in fear and ambushed by an unseen entity knocking and opening the door.[15] Kojima stated the game would explore various fears, citing the sound of knocking as a personal example, while Peele would be addressing a "different kind of fear".[16] Kojima suggested that OD will be an anthology horror game, with segments written by various directors he referred to as "The Avengers", including himself and Peele.[17][18] Kojima said that unlike his earlier games, Metal Gear and Death Stranding, which he described as "system-wise similar to other games", with OD the studio is attempting to "change the service model from the ground up".[19]
On November 23, 2025, Kier died at the age of 81. In a tribute statement, Kojima revealed that Kier had not completed his motion capture performance prior to his death, and that filming was planned to resume in 2026.[20]
Reception
Pre-release
Following the release of the teaser "Knock", several commentators noted its resemblance to P.T. (2014)—an interactive teaser for the video game Silent Hills, a cancelled installment in the Silent Hill series, directed and designed by Hideo Kojima in collaboration with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.[b] Jez Corden of Windows Central deemed that "Knock" looked "ripped straight out" of the earlier work,[11] while Oli Welsh of Polygon wrote that it "strongly recall[ed]" P.T. to him.[15] Matt Purslow of IGN noted "clear parallels" between the two games, asserting that OD is "reusing and reinterpreting many of the themes, motifs, and designs that were established in [P.T.]. From ominous knocking to terrifying babies [...]".[21]