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Title
Kimodameshi Online (肝試しオンライン)
Developer
Development: Panda / Design: Uzumi Tsumiki
Genre
Asymmetric online horror
Platform
Windows (Steam)
Release
October 26, 2026
Price
Varies by region (see the Steam store page)
Players
4–8 players online
Languages
Japanese, English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Website
https://kimodameshi-online.com/en/
Official hashtags
#肝試しオンライン #KimodameshiOnline
Contact
Official Discord server

Short description

Long description

Every scare pulls in more viewers.

Kimodameshi Online is an online horror game for 4–8 players on voice chat. Everyone is a streamer. Chasing subscribers, you set out at night to stream a kimodameshi — a Japanese test of courage — from a Showa-era junior high school where time has stood still since the day of an accident. But hidden among your friends are traitors, possessed by ghosts.

The best content is where the fear is

The more you film the horrors lurking in the school — and the more scares you run into — the more concurrent viewers your stream pulls in. The deeper you go into places you would rather avoid, the more subscribers you gain.

One of your friends is a traitor

One or two of your friends are traitors, possessed by ghosts. They walk alongside you like nothing's wrong, then leave their bodies, drift through walls and wreck the stream with traps and tricks. Suspect someone? You can corner them with a vote.

Only friends nearby can hear you

Voices fade with distance and sound muffled through walls. Now and then, the scream of a friend who's wandered off echoes faintly from far away.

A different school every night

The classroom layout and the items change every time, so no two runs are ever the same.

Features

  • Stream it. Grow your channel. — Find the photo targets scattered around the school, film them, and stream it all to the world. Every shot you take — and every scare you survive — pulls in more concurrent viewers, and at the end of the round you gain subscribers: final viewers × subscribe rate.
    • No team wins or losses — your result is how many subscribers your channel gained
    • Subscribers carry over between matches, and there's no level cap
    • Knocked down? A teammate can pull you back up, again and again. But if no help comes…
  • One of your friends is a traitor — One or two traitors are humans possessed by ghosts. They walk alongside you like nothing's wrong — then leave their bodies, drift through walls, and wreck the stream with traps, tricks and sabotage.
    • You can vote against anyone you suspect. A traitor voted for by more than half of the voters other than themselves comes back to their senses and becomes a streamer on the spot
    • During the preparation phase, traitors can talk to each other and set up drawings and traps in advance
    • Traitors earn subscribers too — stay hidden with no votes on you, and your channel grows faster
  • Proximity voice chat — Voices fade with distance, go muffled behind walls, and barely carry between floors. Only those who have left their bodies can eavesdrop through walls.
  • A different Showa-era school every time — An empty junior high school where time stopped on the day of an accident. The classroom layout and item placement change every round, and the host can choose a building from 2 to 4 floors.

System requirements

MinimumRecommended
OS Windows 10 64-bit Windows 10 / 11 64-bit
Processor Quad-core (Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 3 or equivalent) AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or equivalent
Memory 8 GB RAM 16 GB RAM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 / AMD Radeon RX 570 or equivalent (4 GB VRAM) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or equivalent
DirectX Version 11 Version 11
Storage 6 GB available space 6 GB available space
Network Broadband internet connection Broadband internet connection
  • A microphone is recommended for voice chat
  • Requires a Steam account and an internet connection

Requirements may change with future updates.