{"id":11731,"date":"2022-04-20T12:12:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T03:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=11731"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:12:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:12:38","slug":"20220420-11731","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220420-11731\/","title":{"rendered":"Konami is bringing the asymmetric action game Obakeidoro! to Steam under a new name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Konami looks to be publishing a Steam version of <em><strong>Obakeidoro!<\/strong><\/em> under the name <em><strong>Bail or Jail<\/strong><\/em>. The game was originally released on the Nintendo Switch in 2019 by Free Style, but a release date for the Steam version has yet to be announced. However, a free demo is scheduled to release on May 11, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bail or Jail - Teaser Trailer - Steam\u00ae\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KfBgs-0oal0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bail or Jail<\/em> is an asymmetric multiplayer action game for 4 players. Players are divided between a team of 3 humans and 1 monster, with the monster working to capture all the humans. Games last for 3 minutes and play out similar to the schoolyard game Jail Tag, except both the monster and the humans have various skills at their disposal. Monsters, for example, have unique abilities such as being able to slip through walls and see footprints while humans carry a lantern that they can use to stun the Monster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bail or Jail<\/em> originally released on the Nintendo Switch in 2019 as <em>Obakeidoro!<\/em> and won the Popular Selection Award at BitSummit 7 Spirits\u2014BitSummit being a popular indie game festival in Japan. While the Switch version was developed and released by Free Style, it looks like Konami is now involved as the publisher of the upcoming Steam release. Konami is also hosting their own indie game exhibition called Indie Games Connect (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220314-10517\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>) in June of this year, so this may be a part of their initiative to get more involved with Japan\u2019s growing indie game community.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/20220420-11731-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Steam page for the upcoming <em>Bail or Jail<\/em> can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1715980\/Bail_or_Jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. A free demo will be available for those interested starting May 11, 2022. For those who can\u2019t wait, there is also a Nintendo Switch version currently available under the name <em>Obakeidoro!<\/em>. If <em>Dead by Daylight<\/em> is too scary for your tastes, this might be just the game you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konami looks to be publishing a Steam version of Obakeidoro! under the name Bail or Jail. 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