Horror Party Game Twisted Party Launches on Steam
The game's framing as a party game that requires betraying friends and depicts graphic gore in a low-poly style sets it apart from typical party titles, and its low price point of 655 yen lowers the barrier for groups to try it.
Key Facts
- Twisted Party launched on Steam for PC on August 26, 2026.
- The game supports 2 to 8 players and includes open servers and private lobbies.
- Twisted Party is priced at 655 yen including tax, with a 10 percent off launch sale for 14 days.
- The game is developed by Vampire Squid and published by Polden Publishing.
- Twisted Party contains explicit violence, bloodshed, and dismemberment.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Game Spark.
Polden Publishing released Twisted Party, a horror party game developed by Vampire Squid, on Steam for PC on August 26, 2026. The game supports 2 to 8 players and includes both open servers that anyone can join and private lobbies for friends only. Players enter an extreme death game where limbs fly and blood sprays, with each round introducing a new grotesque mini-game. The goal is to avoid traps, sometimes betray friends, and survive until only one player remains. The visuals use a low-polygon style reminiscent of the original PlayStation era, but the depiction of flying limbs and gushing blood is merciless. Progressing through the game unlocks a variety of insane skins. The price is 655 yen including tax, and a launch sale offering 10 percent off for 14 days from release is being held. The title contains explicit violence, bloodshed, and dismemberment. The game also supports Japanese language.
- Polden Publishing and Vampire Squid are the two parties behind the release, with Polden handling publishing and Vampire Squid developing.
- Game Spark describes the mini-games as each having "its own rules of death and unique ways to eliminate opponents," with examples like dodging blades or racing to bury friends first.
- The game's marketing copy frames the experience bluntly: "There are no allies here. Only survivors and corpses."
- 4Gamer notes the unlockable cosmetics are called "insane skins," and Game Spark adds that clearing difficult challenges is framed as a way to "die stylishly" in the arena.
- Both outlets emphasize the contrast between the retro PlayStation-era low-poly visuals and the graphic depiction of dismemberment and blood.
- The game is described as a party title that "destroys friendships," with betrayal framed as a required mechanic rather than an optional one.
- Japanese language support is confirmed, and the game is available only on PC via Steam.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.