{"id":66779,"date":"2026-05-18T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=66779"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:15:53","slug":"japanese-indie-game-based-on-a-2ch-creepypasta-lets-you-spend-your-summer-holiday-playing-hide-and-seek-with-an-obsessive-eight-foot-tall-giantess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-indie-game-based-on-a-2ch-creepypasta-lets-you-spend-your-summer-holiday-playing-hide-and-seek-with-an-obsessive-eight-foot-tall-giantess\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese indie game based on a 2ch creepypasta lets you spend your summer holiday playing hide and seek with an obsessive eight-foot-tall giantess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While many horror games scare the living daylights out of you from the get-go, Hachishakusama by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FukachiWorld?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fukachi World<\/a> looks like it wants to take you on a nostalgic summer vacation first, and then literally smother you in \u201caffection.\u201d Left in the Japanese rural village of Kibuse with his grandfather, a young boy named Saku finds himself pursued by an eight-foot-tall woman whose true motives are unclear.<\/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=\"Steam\u300eHachishakusama | \u516b\u5c3a\u69d8\u304c\u3044\u305f\u590f\u4f11\u307f\u300fPV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5k82GULx7Ks?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>Though initial interactions with Hachishakusama look pretty tame (she watches from a distance as you complete chores for your grandfather), she soon becomes more possessive. Since no child in their right mind would appreciate being followed by an abnormally giant stranger, you politely decline. What results is a series of chases and escapes throughout Kibuse. The sky turns red, concrete walls block your path, and Hachishakusama stops at nothing to capture you.<\/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\/2026\/05\/20260518-667790001.jpg\" alt=\"Hachishakusama\" class=\"wp-image-66783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260518-667790001.jpg 960w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260518-667790001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260518-667790001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike the comedic horror indie game <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/upcoming-japanese-comedy-horror-game-based-on-local-urban-legend-puts-you-up-against-a-100-ft-tall-woman-out-to-kidnap-young-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hyakushaku-sama<\/a> (roughly translated to \u201cMs. Hundred Feet Tall\u201d, which takes liberties with the Japanese urban legend, Hachishakusama stays mostly true to the source material that grew popular on Japanese creepypasta forums such as 2chan in the late 2000s. In the classic tale, a young boy who locks eyes with a massive woman finds himself being stalked for days (sometimes months) before being abducted\u2026 never to be seen again. While Hachishakusama\u2019s eight-foot frame, long hair, and white dress is by far her most iconic look, she has been known to shapeshift and mimic the voices of her victims\u2019 loved ones, making her job much easier.<\/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\/2026\/05\/20260518-667790002.jpg\" alt=\"Hachishakusama\" class=\"wp-image-66784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260518-667790002.jpg 960w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260518-667790002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260518-667790002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Set within the backdrop of a soothing countryside, Hachishakusama mixes horror and nostalgic playtime into a nightmarish fever dream. There is no way to fight back against the eight-foot-tall woman, so you\u2019ll have to run, hide, and outsmart her to survive encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a disclaimer, the developer states that generative AI was used for script proofreading, partial translation, and some in-game textures, all of which were manually reviewed afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hachishakusama is set to release in July for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4689420\/Hachishakusama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-horror-game-encourages-players-to-visit-real-life-id-photo-booths-in-japan-to-resolve-its-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Japanese horror game encourages players to visit real-life ID photo booths in Japan to resolve its story<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/serial-experiments-lain-and-welcome-to-the-nhk-inspired-free-japanese-horror-arg-gets-over-10000-downloads-on-steam-in-just-3-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Serial Experiments Lain and Welcome to the NHK-inspired free Japanese horror ARG gets over 10,000 downloads on Steam in just 3 days<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hachishakusama, a horror game based on the famous Japanese urban legent, is set to release in July for Steam. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":66781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-66779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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