Hideo Kojima’s OD: Release Date, Gameplay, And Everything We Know

With work on Death Stranding 2: On the Beach complete, all eyes are on the next game from Kojima Productions, OD. Also known as Overdose, OD is one of several games from Hideo Kojima and his team at Kojima Productions that we know about, and it’s being made in partnership with Xbox Game Studios. Kojima has kept most details on OD under wraps, allowing the brief reveal trailer to do the talking for him and get fans of his work speculating on what he’s cooking up right now. A few other details on the game have been revealed since it was first announced during the 2023 edition of The Game Awards. Here’s a closer look at everything we know about OD so far.

When will OD be released?

A release date for OD hasn’t been revealed yet, and we’re expecting this game to be in incubation for a few more years before it sees the light of day. Kojima, who is now in his 60s, is keenly aware that he can only remain active in game development for as long as his body and mind holds out, but the veteran developer has promised to stay creative for as long as he is physically able to do so.

OD trailer

New Teaser Trailer

The most substantial glimpse of the game was shared during a Kojima Productions live-stream in September 2025. In the new teaser trailer, OD’s backstory is shared in glimpses of redacted text that raise more questions than answers. From there, the video follows Sophia Lillis’ character as the events unfold from her first-person perspective.

We don’t get enough from this video to learn who Lillis is playing or why she accepts enigmatic instructions when they’re sent under the door. Things get really creepy and play up the P.T. vibes when Lillis’ character lights some candles. After increasingly disturbing visions, something or someone creeps up behind her. The young woman looks terrified before she’s grabbed, but she doesn’t attempt to escape.

There May Be a Ghost in the Game

The specific nature of OD’s story or the supernatural aspects have yet to be disclosed. However, Kojima has revealed that he attempted to scan a room in a haunted location with a real ghost.

“For OD, I want to go around, all over the world where [there] are scary kind of places,” Kojima said at the Beyond the Strand event. “I want to scan a ghost for the first time and I want to get an award for that.”

Via translator, Kojima told viewers that creepy crackling noises in the studio were heard after they scanned the ghost room. Just to make sure the spook didn’t follow them home, Kojima and company visited a shrine.

“Maybe the ghost was there, but she’s no longer there anymore,” related Kojima. “But anyways, and that’s why we went to the shrine together with Microsoft to make sure that we have a safe build of the game.”

Casting Update

German actor–and one of a few performers confirmed for OD-Udo Kier passed away this year. Kojima eulogized the actor after hearing about his death, and revealed that they had planned to reunite in early 2026 to film more scenes for OD.

“I’m at a loss for words,” wrote Kojima. “It all happened far too suddenly. Because of the strike, we weren’t able to shoot OD for a long time, and we were forced to reschedule to next year. Even during that time, Udo and I exchanged emails frequently. We stayed in close contact. When we met in Milan at the end of September, he told me how much he was looking forward to the shoot starting up again next year.”

It’s unknown if Kojima will retain those new scenes or if he will use another performer to step in for Kier.

OD platforms

Since OD is a collaborative project between Kojima Productions and Xbox Game Studios, it’s likely that we’ll see it launch first on PC and Xbox Series X|S. The good news is that Microsoft has adopted a new multiplatform strategy for its first-party releases, so it’s possible the game will launch elsewhere, too.

OD story

So far, only the teaser trailer embedded above exists for OD. In true Kojima fashion, it creates more questions than it answers as the video shows off three characters from the game as floating heads on a black background, all engaged in some top-notch acting. What’s really impressive here is that they’ve all been rendered in Unreal Engine 5 and enhanced with MetaHuman–Kojima Productions had previously used the Decima Engine for its Death Stranding games–so you can only imagine how impressive things will look when the game eventually arrives.

Throughout the trailer, the characters also recite a pangram, and there are a lot of opinions on what it means. Is it a veiled zinger referencing Kojima’s departure from Konami or just pure gibberish? Who knows, but here’s the quote in full:

OD gameplay

So what kind of a game is OD? Kojima isn’t saying much, but he did mention in an interview that the core concept is “a bit risky” and that it’s hard to explain. “This is a game, but it’s a game like no other. I can’t go into too much detail, and it’s also hard to explain,” Kojima said. “But it’s a bit risky and a new challenge for me within the realm of games.”

To be fair, Death Stranding was also hard to explain before it was eventually released, as the third-person post-apocalyptic courier game introduced some wild ideas at the time. What we do know–thanks to the official synopsis–is that OD will be a horror game of sorts and that it will feature performances by actors Hunter Schafer, Sophia Lillis, and Udo Kier.

“A Hideo Kojima game, OD explores the concept of testing your fear threshold, and what it means to OD on fear–while blurring the boundaries of gaming and film,” the description reads. We also know that Kojima is partnering with Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele for OD, who knows a thing or two about creating unnerving content.

OD screens