YAPYAP is Like Lethal Company but with Wizards, and the Trailer Looks Insane
YAPYAP, the co-op horror game where wizard minions trash a rival archmage’s tower using voice-cast spells, dropped its official release trailer today announcing a February 3, 2026 launch on Steam.
Here’s the TL;DR...
Up to six players team up as bumbling wizards to smash furniture, clog toilets, and pee on rugs for points.
Spells activate via microphone—shout “fireball” or “fishify” clearly, since slurring weakens them.
Dark, low-poly towers crawl with monsters; evade or fight while hitting vandalism quotas to escape.
Trailer racked up 25,000 likes and almost a million views on X in hours, sparking “friendslop” hype.
Free demo hit Steam Next Fest; full game from indie studio Maison Bap eyes chaotic squad play.
Chubby wizards in floppy hats scurry through purple-lit halls. One hurls a fireball that shatters a chandelier. Another yells a spell, turning a chair into flapping fish.
What Is YAPYAP Exactly?
YAPYAP puts you and up to five friends as summoned minions. Your boss wizard sends you into enemy towers for petty revenge.
Vandalism racks up scores. Bust pianos. Flood bathrooms. The bigger the mess, the better your quota odds.
Towers shift each run. Procedural layouts keep runs fresh. Creepy vibes amp the tension.
How Does YAPYAP Gameplay Work?
Enter the tower stealthily. Grab a wand. Spot-breakable loot like statues or desks.
Monsters patrol—spindly spiders, rogue experiments, shadow beasts. Distract them. Hide in corners. Or blast away if desperate.
Meet your points goal, extract. Fail, and beasts drag you to doom. Single-player bots fill lobbies if short friends.
Chaos reigns in squads. One player floats a teammate. Another clones distractions. Mic mishaps add slapstick.
What Spells Does YAPYAP Offer?
Voice your incantations. Hold a button, speak the trigger. Clear diction powers stronger casts; mumble for fizzles.
Basics cover push, pull, smash, launch, float. Advanced ones teleport, clone, confuse foes, disguise as objects, or fishify targets into swimming pests.
“Pee” emerged in playtests—a cheeky crowd favorite for rug-ruining. Volume scales force; yell for big booms.
Japanese players note simple English phrases work, with display support incoming.
When Does YAPYAP Release on Steam?
Full launch hits February 3, 2026. Japan gets it February 4 due to time zones.
A demo shone in Steam Next Fest fall 2025. It drew crowds, topped charts briefly, and built meme status.
Vancouver’s Maison Bap handles dev and publishing. Their prior title, BAPBAP, was a PvP roguelike party brawler.
Why Has the YAPYAP Trailer Gone Viral?
Developer @yapmancer posted it casually: “ermm lowkey i forgot we had a twitter.” Boom—24k likes, 1.1k reposts, 950k views by evening.
Replies buzz with excitement. “Friendslop at its peak.” “Close enough, welcome back Magicka!” Playtesters call it “ridiculous good fun.”
Japanese outlets like AUTOMATON and 4Gamer amplified it overnight. X chatter ties it to the “co-op horror” wave.
How Does YAPYAP Stack Up to Lethal Company?
Both nail squad-based horror scavenging. Lethal Company grabs scrap from moons amid monsters. YAPYAP flips it—destroy, don’t collect.
Voice magic swaps scrap tools for spell mayhem. Towers replace moons; wizards sub for spacesuits. Same quota pressure, same scream-fests.
It echoes R.E.P.O.‘s repossession stealth too, but amps destruction and fantasy flair. Less fetch, more smash—perfect for vandals.
Demo feedback praised the mic gimmick. It forces teamwork amid laughter. Lethal fans, this scratches that itch with a wizardly twist.
YAPYAP taps the co-op horror boom without copying homework. Voice spells demand sharp teamwork, turning mics into wands. With a demo-proven hook and viral trailer momentum, it positions as peak “friendslop” for 2026—grab squads ready for tower-trashing mayhem come February.
Hat Tips
YAPYAP Steam page (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3834090/YAPYAP)
YAPYAP Official Release Trailer on X (@yapmancer, January 19, 2026)
AUTOMATON / “最大6人・魔法使い協力ホラー『YAPYAP』、2月4日リリースへ” / January 20, 2026
4Gamer.net coverage on YAPYAP (January 20, 2026)
Article Compiled and Edited by Derek Gibbs on January 19, 2026 for Clownfish TV D/REZZED.
The voice-casting twist takes what Lethal Company nailed and adds physicality that most co-op games skip. Slurred spells weakening is genius because it punishes panic while rewarding calm under pressure. I once played Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes with freinds and the breakdown in communication was half the fun, this seems to amplify that by tenfold.