OD (video game)

OD^[a] is an upcoming horror game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Xbox Game Studios. It stars Sophia Lillis, Hunter Schafer, and Udo Kier.^[3] Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele served as writers.^[4]

OD
Developer(s)	Kojima Productions
Publisher(s)	Xbox Game Studios
Director(s)	Hideo Kojima
Producer(s)	Hideo Kojima
Designer(s)	Hideo Kojima
Writer(s)	Hideo Kojima Jordan Peele
Engine	Unreal Engine 5[1]
Genre(s)	Horror

It will "explore the concept of testing your fear threshold, and what it means to OD on fear".^[5] Kojima stated he is "working with Xbox Game Studios and their 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".^[6]

Development

The partnership between Kojima Productions and Xbox Game Studios was revealed at the Xbox Developer Direct in 2022.^[7] In November 2022, two and a half minutes of gameplay were leaked on a live stream recording of a phone and on Twitter, showing a fearful nurse at a hospital walking around with a flashlight. The video ends with the cryptic symbols forming to say "GAMEOVER" and "OVERDOSE".^[8]

Kojima and Peele appeared at The Game Awards 2023 to officially unveil the game with a short trailer featuring Lillis, Schafer, and Kier.^[9]

Development was suspended in December 2024 due to the 2024–2025 SAG-AFTRA video game strike, and was resumed in July 2025 following the release of Kojima's latest game, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.^[10][11]