KEMURI Gameplay Debuts at State of Play, 2027 Release and 3-Player Co-op Confirmed
The footage confirms that UNSEEN's debut title is a co-op-focused action game with a distinct Japanese aesthetic, positioning it as a notable new IP for the PS5 in 2027.
Key Facts
- UNSEEN debuted new gameplay footage of KEMURI during Sony's State of Play broadcast on June 3, 2026.
- The game is set in Kemuri City, a town where the living world and the afterlife mix.
- Players use a technique called the Fox Window to detect paranormal phenomena and yokai.
- KEMURI supports three-player cooperative play and features three hunter classes: sword, bow, and shaman.
- The game is scheduled for release on PlayStation 5 in 2027.
Reporting from 5 sources: Anime News Network, 4Gamer.net, GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer, and 1 more.
During Sony Interactive Entertainment's State of Play broadcast on June 3, 2026, development studio UNSEEN released new footage of its upcoming yokai hunter action game "KEMURI." The game is set in Kemuri City, a town where the world of the living and the afterlife mix. Players use a technique called the Fox Window to detect paranormal phenomena and yokai. By making contracts with yokai, characters can don possessed apparel and gain new abilities. The footage showed three hunter types: sword, bow, and shaman. The game supports three-player cooperative play. UNSEEN was founded by Ikumi Nakamura, who previously worked on "The Evil Within" and "Ghostwire: Tokyo." "KEMURI" is scheduled for release on PlayStation 5 in 2027.
The State of Play segment for "KEMURI" showed characters performing parkour-style movement across environments with Japanese and Asian visual motifs. The game's core loop involves hunting yokai, contracting with them, and using their powers through wearable possessed apparel. The three hunter classes-sword, bow, and shaman-each offer different combat approaches, and the co-op mode is designed to let players combine those strengths. Ikumi Nakamura, who founded UNSEEN after leading work on "Ghostwire: Tokyo" at Tango Gameworks, has not previously detailed the studio's first project until this broadcast. The footage did not show a specific release date within 2027. Multiple Japanese outlets noted the game's parkour action and the visual style of Kemuri City as standout elements in the trailer.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 5 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Unseen Studio's Kemuri Game Streams 1st Gameplay Trailer
- 4Gamer.net 妖怪ハンターアクション「Kemuri: Hunt the Unseen」の最新映像が公開に。3人Co-opプレイなどの新情報も
- GAME Watch (Impress) 「KEMURI」の最新映像が公開！【State of Play】
- Denfaminicogamer “妖怪ハンター”になるパルクール・アクションゲーム『KEMURI』の新映像が公開、3人で協力プレイ可能。広大なKEMURIシティを舞台に刀使い、弓使い、シャーマンの3種からキャラを選択して妖怪に挑む
- Game Spark 妖怪を狩って捕らえて身に着けてマルチプレイ！妖怪ハンターアクション『Kemuri: Hunt the Unseen』2027年登場【State of Play】