Nichicoma's WAZATO Co-op Spy Game Sets Steam Wishlist Opening
The design leans on the ambiguity between a genuine input error and deliberate sabotage, making ordinary mistakes the game's evidence rather than a separate mechanic.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, ASCII.jp.
Nichicoma LLC is developing WAZATO - Sono Misu, Waza to?, a four-player online party game for Steam on Windows and macOS (Apple silicon). Three crew members clear mini-games while one hidden spy sabotages them. Suspicion votes after each round build a visible hat on the accused player. Up to 5 rounds end in a ring-out showdown on a floating island. Wishlist registrations are open now.
The game runs up to 5 rounds, each starting with a roulette that picks the mini-game. Players carry cargo, row a boat timed together through a cave, or stack a tower with a crane, and the spy works against them inside those tasks.
After each mini-game, players stand on the card of whoever they suspect. The accumulated suspicion becomes a hat on that player's head for the rest of the match. Crew members win the final showdown by knocking the spy off a floating island, and the spy wins by escaping or eliminating all of them. Clearing more mini-games yields more blast tickets, but a comeback remains possible.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.