{"id":52896,"date":"2025-10-11T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=52896"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:27:39","slug":"korean-indie-psychological-horror-that-puts-you-in-the-role-of-a-stalked-k-pop-idol-wouldnt-have-been-possible-without-the-developers-wife-she-was-right-about-most-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/korean-indie-psychological-horror-that-puts-you-in-the-role-of-a-stalked-k-pop-idol-wouldnt-have-been-possible-without-the-developers-wife-she-was-right-about-most-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean indie psychological horror that puts you in the role of a stalked K-POP idol wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the developer\u2019s wife. \u201cShe was right about most things\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Korean solo developer Jayhyeon Studio released their new game <strong>Sasaeng <\/strong>on August 29, earning a Very Positive rating on Steam. Following in the footsteps of indie studios like Chilla\u2019s Art, with a story that\u2019s somewhat reminiscent of Satoshi Kon\u2019s Perfect Blue, Sasaeng is a short but sweet, lo-fi psychological horror game that lets you live the life of a K-pop idol.<\/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=\"\uc0ac\uc0dd - Sasaeng | Trailer | Steam\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3I3cP1hHy7k?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>As suggested by the title Sasaeng \u2013 meaning \u201cobsessive fan\u201d in Korean \u2013 your glamorous life as a K-pop idol will slowly start turning into a nightmare, as you realize \u201csomebody\u201d has been watching you. While you get to embrace the celebrity life, living in a luxury apartment, reading fan letters and being the star of meet-and-greet events, not everything will be sunshine and rainbows. Behind the scenes, you won\u2019t be able to shake off the creeping sense of being watched, and it will only get more intense as days go by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story driven game will let you explore the entertainment agency that hired you, gather clues and reveal the truth behind that suffocating feeling of being stalked. Apparently, the game has two different endings, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3857420\/Sasaeng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam page<\/a> contains a hint on how to unlock both of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010-528960001.jpg\" alt=\"Sasaeng cafe. \" class=\"wp-image-52898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010-528960001.jpg 960w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010-528960001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010-528960001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One interesting tidbit about the development of the game is that none of this would\u2019ve been possible without the support of the developer\u2019s wife. In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2025\/10\/09\/158225.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>, Jayhyeon shared that one of the most memorable moments when developing the game was fleshing out the story beats and core themes of the game with his wife. \u201cI especially remember the numerous heated debates we had over the main points of the story and the art direction. We would clash opinions over even the smallest details while trying to figure out how to best bring out the emotional impact of each of the scenes,\u201d he explained. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently, things would get pretty heated at the time, but as Jayhyeon remarks, \u201cmy wife was right most of the times.\u201d According to him, the development process of Sasaeng turned into quite a personal experience. \u201cThe time I spent creating all of the core emotional elements of this game with someone who I could share its \u2018heart\u2019 with was an experience so precious for me I wouldn\u2019t change it for anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sasaeng is out now for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3857420\/Sasaeng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sasaeng is an indie horror game that lets you live the life of a K-pop idol, with all the glamour, luxury, and &#8211; obsessive stalker fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":52897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[39,18],"class_list":["post-52896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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