Hideo Kojima just dropped a teaser that reads like a fever dream stitched from P.T. scraps and Jordan Peele’s slow-burn type of dread. The O.D. teaser, “Knock,” revealed during Kojima Productions’ anniversary livestream, is short, strange, and full of breadcrumbs, enough that a focused trailer breakdown video serves as recommended viewing.
What stands out immediately is how Kojima folds familiar horror language into something slightly off-kilter. A red card with seven eyes, repeated candle rituals, and a sequence about a “missing” airplane part all flash by quickly. In addition, the subtitle of “Knock” stems from Kojima’s own fear of knocking sounds.
There are unmistakable nods to P.T., including the corridor dread and the domestic rot. Kojima layers in new iconography that feels cinematic in Peele’s ways, such as social paranoia, ritualized violence, and psychological misdirection.
Our YouTube trailer breakdown dives into symbolism and theory: are the seven eyes literal watchers, a code, or a motif for guilt and surveillance? Do the candles form a ritual puzzle that will translate into gameplay mechanics, such as environmental puzzles, item-based rituals, or a tension mechanic where you must keep rituals intact to survive?
The trailer hints that O.D. might blur film and game even more than Kojima’s previous work, leaning on performance and a writer like Peele to steer tone while hoping to deliver an interactive, player-driven experience.
It’s too early to call O.D. a spiritual successor to Kojima’s canceled P.T., but “Knock” shows him mimicking the same psychological territory — only now with a collaborator who knows how to make ordinary settings feel apocalyptic. Watch the breakdown below and on our channel, soak in the details, and then feel free to drop your theories in the comments.
