{"rewrite":{"id":"r_da7ef9db18f3b48f9201fd41","clusterId":"c_6bf42a4b37e55331a62675ce","slug":"bombanana-crosses-1-million-copies-two-weeks-after-steam-launch","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"BOMBANANA Crosses 1 Million Copies Two Weeks After Steam Launch","summary":"Lefto Studio announced on September 18 that BOMBANANA, its three-player co-op bomb defusal game, has passed 1 million copies about two weeks after its September 2 Steam release. Each player loses one sense: sight, speech, or hearing. Steam user reviews sit near 2,400 at 96 percent positive, rated Overwhelmingly Positive. Wishlists grew by 300,000 and Twitch concurrent viewers peaked at 90,000.","whyItMatters":"The game's design turns the missing sense into the mechanic itself, and the streaming numbers suggest that fragmented-communication premise is what carried it to a million copies in two weeks.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe premise assigns three roles and takes something from each. One player can touch the bomb but cannot see the wires. One can read the manual but cannot speak. One can see the room but cannot be heard, working as the go-between for the other two.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLefto Studio published the sales figures alongside streaming data: 300,000 wishlist additions over two weeks, a Twitch concurrent-viewer peak of 90,000, and 1.3 million cumulative viewing hours. Median playtime was 2 hours. The game is on Steam at 1,050 yen with Japanese support, developed by Lefto Studio and published by TARK.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"BOMBANANA passed 1 million copies about two weeks after its September 2 Steam launch. Lefto Studio also reported 300,000 wishlist additions, a 90,000 Twitch concurrent-viewer peak, and 96% positive across roughly 2,400 Steam reviews.","twitterPost":"BOMBANANA has passed 1 million copies roughly two weeks after its September 2 Steam release. Lefto Studio reported 300,000 wishlist additions, a 90,000 Twitch concurrent-viewer peak, and a 96% positive rating across about 2,400 Steam reviews.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Lefto Studio's three-player bomb defusal game BOMBANANA passed 1 million copies about two weeks after its September 2 Steam launch. Each of the three roles loses sight, speech, or hearing, so players relay fragmentary information to defuse the bomb. Steam reviews stand at 96 percent positive across roughly 2,400 entries, and a plush merchandise vote is running with Youtooz.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609183f\",\"title\":\"Three Monkeys-See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil-Take on Bomb Defusal in 'BOMBANANA!', Surpassing 1 Million Copies About 2 Weeks After Launch; Reviews 'Overwhelmingly Positive' with Comments Like 'You Can Laugh Out Loud with Friends'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4408,"outputTokens":672,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789738166,"createdAt":"2026-09-18T13:23:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-18T13:28:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T13:28:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6bf42a4b37e55331a62675ce","canonicalTitle":"見ざる・言わざる・聞かざるの3匹で爆弾解除に挑む『BOMBANANA!』が発売約2週間で“100万本”突破。レビュー「圧倒的に好評」で「友人とゲラゲラ笑える」といった声が集まる","representativeArticleId":"a_00be56a92d9425869c7e4e96","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"BOMBANANA!\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-18T12:41:38.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-18T12:41:38.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T13:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609183f","title":"見ざる・言わざる・聞かざるの3匹で爆弾解除に挑む『BOMBANANA!』が発売約2週間で“100万本”突破。レビュー「圧倒的に好評」で「友人とゲラゲラ笑える」といった声が集まる"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["BOMBANANA!"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}