Bodycam Wishlists Pass 3 Million Ahead of September 2 Update
The wishlist count continued to grow during production of the commemorative video, reaching 3,111,000 at announcement, a sign that demand is still rising ahead of the September 2 update.
Key Facts
- Bodycam's Steam wishlist count surpassed 3 million, announced on August 31, 2026, and reached 3,111,000 at the time of the announcement.
- The Locked and Loaded update, the largest free update so far, is scheduled for September 2, 2026, with a launch trailer planned for the same day.
- The final video in the four-part developer diary series, released August 29, surpassed 1.4 million views in two days.
- The update adds host migration, the most requested feature, which automatically selects a new host based on connection quality when the current host disconnects.
- Bodycam has been in early access on Steam since June 8, 2024, priced at 3,900 yen including tax.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Reissad Studio announced on August 31 that Bodycam, its multiplayer FPS played from a bodycam perspective, has passed 3 million Steam wishlists. The count kept rising while the studio worked on a commemorative video and reached 3,111,000 at the time of the announcement. The game has been in early access since June 8, 2024, and sells for 3,900 yen including tax. The largest free update so far, Locked and Loaded, is scheduled for September 2, with a launch trailer planned for the same day. The update adds dozens of reload animations that play based on stress level, a gunshot system that recognizes the air volume of a space in real time, and a new map called Trench. It also introduces host migration, the most requested feature: when the host disconnects, a new host is selected automatically based on connection quality and the match state is restored. Previously a host disconnect ended the match. The final video in a four-part developer diary series, released August 29, has surpassed 1.4 million views in two days. It covers interface reconstruction, game settings, controller support, server list improvements, and a fix for performance degradation over long play sessions.
Bodycam has been in early access on Steam since June 8, 2024, and is priced at 3,900 yen including tax. The studio aims to reproduce body camera footage as realistically as possible, and the game still requires a high-spec PC depending on resolution, settings, and target frame rate; the developer advises checking the minimum and recommended system requirements on the Steam store page before buying.
The four-part developer diary series, whose final video released August 29, was built mainly on player feedback. It discusses reconstruction of the interface, improvements to game settings and controller support, and improvements to the server list and connections. The host migration function, the most requested item, was previously absent: if the server host disconnected, the entire match was forcibly terminated even during gameplay. In the Locked and Loaded update, a new host is selected automatically based on connection quality and the recent match state is restored.
The studio also says the cause of performance degradation over long play periods has been identified and fixed. Steam store page access requests for playtesting are currently possible.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.