{"rewrite":{"id":"r_69505b957c7d30085e4348a6","clusterId":"c_2ebf71e8e3221233274e201a","slug":"nichicoma-s-wazato-co-op-spy-game-sets-steam-wishlist-opening","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Nichicoma's WAZATO Co-op Spy Game Sets Steam Wishlist Opening","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter each mini-game, players stand on the card of whoever they suspect. The accumulated suspicion becomes a hat on that player\u0026#39;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.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"WAZATO puts the vote on screen: each round builds a visible hat on the accused player, so a wrong read follows that player for the rest of the match. The social cost of suspicion is the mechanic.","twitterPost":"WAZATO makes suspicion physical: the accused player wears a visible hat that builds each round, so a bad vote sticks to them.","threadsPost":"WAZATO's real pressure isn't the sabotage, it's the hat. Each round's suspicion vote builds a visible marker on the accused player, so a wrong read follows them into the next round. With five rounds ending in a ring-out, the accusation itself becomes the thing to survive.","newsletterBlurb":"Nichicoma LLC is developing WAZATO - Sono Misu, Waza to?, a four-player online party game headed to Steam for Windows and macOS (Apple silicon). Three crew members clear mini-games while one hidden spy sabotages them, and a genuine input error looks the same as deliberate interference. After each round, suspicion votes build a hat on the accused player, and the match closes with a ring-out showdown on a floating island.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/442/4442514/?rss\",\"title\":\"Mistake or Sabotage? 4-Player Co-op x Spy Deduction Game 'WAZATO' Coming Soon to Steam\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4719,"outputTokens":637,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791961630,"createdAt":"2026-10-14T07:01:43.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T07:06:39.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T07:06:39.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2ebf71e8e3221233274e201a","canonicalTitle":"その失敗、ミスか妨害か？ 協力×スパイ推理の4人用ゲーム『WAZATO』Steamで近日発売","representativeArticleId":"a_c2cab14bef62a959594172ed","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"WAZATO\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-14T03:20:59.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-14T07:53:19.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T07:59:00.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/050/G105023/20261014032/","title":"4人のうち1人がスパイ。単なるミスか，それとも妨害かを見極めてミニゲームをクリアしていく。協力と人狼を組み合わせたパーティーゲーム「WAZATO：そのミス、ワザと？」，近日発売"},{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/442/4442514/?rss","title":"その失敗、ミスか妨害か？ 協力×スパイ推理の4人用ゲーム『WAZATO』Steamで近日発売"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["WAZATO"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}