Dirty Derby Announced: Animal Races You Sabotage With Syringes and Bats
The store page reveal confirms that the animal-race project Jebi Studio teased earlier this year is a competitive multiplayer brawler where conflicting player goals drive the action.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Developer Jebi Studio revealed the store page for Dirty Derby on August 28. The PC (Steam) party game launches December 2026 with Japanese display support. Two to four players rig animal races, issuing secret requests to make specific creatures finish in certain positions while using syringes, radios, and bats to interfere with the race and rival players.
The store page went live August 28, converting an animal-race teaser the studio shared around July into a concrete product. Nine animals are drawn from a pool of dozens for each race, and each creature carries a unique skill, such as giraffes knocking down rivals with their necks or reindeer running through the air.
Players receive secret requests that reward them for a specific finishing order. Interference comes from items like syringes and radios, and a bat handles troublesome opponents. Since other players hold different requests, the interests on the course are in direct conflict.
Jebi Studio is a South Korean indie outfit behind quirky animal titles including HorSteal, a game about a horse stealing from a museum, and Outta Space, an idle game starring a flying cat. A free demo is planned for the Steam Next Fest in October 2026.
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