Ao Oni Horror Game Launches on PS5 on July 3
The PS5 launch brings a foundational freeware horror title to a modern console, extending a franchise that has already expanded into anime, film, and multiple game sequels.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Game Studio announced the PlayStation 5 release of noprops' classic horror game Ao Oni on July 3. The free 2004 original, which tasks players with escaping a demon through puzzles, has spawned sequels, ports, a comedy TV anime, an anime film, live-action films, and a novel series.
Game Studio will release noprops' Ao Oni horror game on the PlayStation 5 on July 3, the company announced Monday. The original game, which debuted as a free download in 2004, has players solve puzzles to escape a demon in a locked space. The PS5 version follows a Steam launch in July 2024.
The franchise has grown well beyond the original game. It inspired the Aooni The Blue Monster TV anime series of comedic shorts starting in October 2016, and the Ao Oni: The Animation film with an original story. Crunchyroll streamed both. Two live-action films arrived in July 2014 and July 2015. Smartphone sequels include Ao Oni 2 (December 2016), Ao Oni 3 (December 2017), Ao Oni Online (September 2018), and Ao Oni X (December 2020). The latest game, Ao Oni: The Horror of Blueberry Onsen, launched on Switch in April 2025 and on PC via Steam in May 2025. J-Novel Club publishes a novel series adaptation by Kenji Kuroda and Karin Suzuragi, which ran for seven main volumes and one side-story volume starting in 2013.
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