KILLER INN Update Adds Revival, Two New Characters, and 300 Yen Sale
The Revival mechanic changes the game's core loop by giving defeated players a second chance, which the sources note will require different strategies than before, potentially shifting the balance between wolves and sheep in a game that already lacks discussion phases.
Key Facts
- Square Enix released patch ver.0.9.5 for KILLER INN on August 7, adding the Revival respawn function and two new characters.
- The Revival function lets defeated players become ghosts, interfere with the match, and revive once after a set time while retaining XP and gold.
- The new characters are the Psychometrist, who tracks killers by investigating corpses, and the Journalist, who displays all items and player locations on the map.
- KILLER INN is an asymmetric online multiplayer game supporting up to 24 players, available on PC via Steam.
- A 75% discount sale runs until August 21, making the game available for 300 yen including tax.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Automaton.
Square Enix released patch ver.0.9.5 for KILLER INN, its early access deception multiplayer game on Steam, on August 7. The update adds the Revival respawn function, which lets defeated players become ghosts and interfere with the match by sending hints to allies or causing confusion. After a set time in ghost form, a player can revive once while retaining XP and gold. The patch also introduces two new characters: the Psychometrist, who can track the killer by investigating corpses, and the Journalist, who can display all items and player locations on the map. Both are investigation-focused, adding new layers to the game's suspicion-driven play. KILLER INN is an asymmetric online multiplayer game supporting up to 24 players, set in a mysterious old castle where a small wolf team hunts a larger sheep team. It lacks discussion or voting elements, instead relying on fast-paced, skill-based PvP combat with firearms, melee weapons, armor, and traps. Sheep players can also win by collecting keys to escape on a ship. The patch also includes balance and UI adjustments. A 75% discount sale runs until August 21, dropping the price to 300 yen including tax.
- Patch ver.0.9.5 went live on Steam on August 7, 2026, per the 4Gamer.net report.
- While in ghost form, players can collect evidence and communicate with other ghosts, in addition to sending hints to allies or causing confusion.
- The game starts each player with one extra life, so the Revival mechanic changes how matches play out compared with earlier versions, Automaton notes.
- Evidence in the game includes hair, fingerprints, and fabric scraps, which narrow down which character matches the killer.
- The sheep team can also win by collecting keys to open gates and escaping on a ship, a win condition the summary did not detail.
- Characters each have unique traits, and the castle contains firearms, melee weapons, armor, and traps.
- Automaton describes KILLER INN as a murder mystery action game, while 4Gamer.net calls it a deception multiplayer title.
- The sale runs until August 21, and the 300 yen price includes tax.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.