Lefto Studio released BOMBANANA!, a three-player co-op bomb defusal game, for PC and Mac on September 2, priced at 1,050 yen with Japanese language support. The Istanbul studio's launch followed a Steam demo that peaked at around 13,000 concurrent players and drew over 200,000 total players.
Lefto Studio's BOMBANANA! arrived on PC and Mac on September 2, priced at 1,050 yen with Japanese language support. The Istanbul developer built the three-player co-op bomb defusal game around the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil motif, with each player controlling one monkey. Developer Ufuk cited Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes and a viral YouTube video as influences in a Game Spark interview.
The release followed a demo that launched on June 16 and quickly drew a crowd. According to SteamDB, the demo peaked at around 13,000 concurrent players, and the official Discord announced over 200,000 total players. The demo earned an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam, with 98% of approximately 700 reviews positive, and ranked second on the Top Trending Demos chart during Steam Next Fest.
The full version was scheduled for release in August. It shipped on September 2. Ufuk's account of the wishlist jump, several million trailer views, the most-played Steam Next Fest demo, and 97% positive Steam reviews describes a small studio converting a single sharing wave into a Steam launch. The communication-restriction design, where the Speak No Evil player reads the manual but cannot speak, the Hear No Evil player sees the bomb but cannot hear, and the See No Evil player defuses while blind to fine details, carried from the demo into the release.
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Lefto Studio released BOMBANANA!, a three-player co-op bomb defusal game, for PC and Mac on September 2, priced at 1,050 yen with Japanese language support. In a Game Spark interview, developer Ufuk said the game is built on the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil motif, with each player controlling one monkey. He cited Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes and a viral YouTube video as influences.
The demo for 'BOMBANANA!', a three-player asymmetric bomb defusal game from Turkish developer Lefto Studio, has seen a rapid surge in popularity on Steam since its June 16 release. The game assigns players the roles of 'See No Evil,' 'Hear No Evil,' and 'Speak No Evil,' each with restricted communication and perception abilities. The 'Speak No Evil' player reads the defusal manual but cannot speak, the 'Hear No Evil' player sees the bomb but cannot hear, and the 'See No Evil' player defuses the bomb while blind to fine details. According to SteamDB, the demo peaked at around 13,000 concurrent players, and the official Discord announced over 200,000 total players. The demo has earned an 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rating on Steam, with 98% of approximately 700 reviews being positive. The game ranked second on the 'Top Trending Demos' chart during Steam Next Fest. The full version is scheduled for release in August.