Lies of P Sequel “Wonders of O” Leaked by Official Trademark — Dorothy Is Coming to Krat

⚠️ SPOILERS AHEAD FOR LIES OF P

If you’ve been patiently waiting for any scrap of official information about what comes next in the Lies of P universe, a European trademark filing just handed the community its clearest signal yet. On September 9, 2026, Neowiz quietly filed a new trademark with the European Union Intellectual Property Office for a game called Wonders of O. It’s filed under the same category as video game software. It follows the naming structure of Lies of P. And it almost certainly means Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz is about to get the Krat treatment. Consider this your spoiler warning for Lies of P’s ending — because everything that follows connects directly to it.

What the Trademark Actually Says

The filing itself is sparse by design — trademarks rarely give away story details — but what it does confirm is meaningful. The trademark was filed directly by Neowiz, the publisher behind Lies of P, which essentially rules out this being a fan project or coincidental name collision from another studio. The listing classifies the product as “Virtual reality game software,” which sounds alarming until you understand that this is a generic legal classification used across the industry for standard video games. It does not indicate a VR game. It’s the same boilerplate language used in hundreds of game trademarks that have nothing to do with headsets or motion controls.

The name Wonders of O is the important thing here — specifically the “O” at the end. In the context of Lies of P, a soulslike game built around reimagined classic fairy tales beginning with The Adventures of Pinocchio, the “O” maps directly to Oz — as in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The naming structure is a perfect mirror of the original title: Lies of P = Pinocchio. Wonders of O = Oz. And if you’ve seen the game’s ending, you already know exactly why this makes sense.

The Ending That Started All of This — The Dorothy Tease

Lies of P’s conclusion has been one of gaming’s most discussed post-credits sequences in the soulslike genre since it dropped in 2023. After Pinocchio’s story reaches its endpoint in Krat — the Belle Époque city consumed by a puppet uprising that the game calls the Puppet Frenzy — the camera lingers on a pair of iconic red slippers. A figure in a gingham dress steps forward and enters the city of Krat. The implication is immediate and unmistakable for anyone who grew up with the story: Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz has arrived in this dark fairytale universe.

It’s a classic genre sequel tease — the kind of moment that plants a flag for the next story without committing to any details about what that story actually is. The Lies of P universe’s premise is fundamentally a dark anthology of classic tales, with each entry drawing on a different source material to build a new nightmare around familiar characters. The Dorothy tease signaled that the next chapter would pull from L. Frank Baum’s world the same way the first game pulled from Carlo Collodi’s.

The Lies of P: Overture DLC, which launched in June 2025 to strong reviews — earning an 85 on Metacritic — deliberately didn’t touch the Dorothy thread. Instead, it told its own standalone story set in the final days of Krat before the Puppet Frenzy, functioning almost as a prequel within the same setting. Director Ji Won Choi described the approach at the time: “We didn’t just view it as pure expansion, but almost as a sequel and a brand new project.” That separation was intentional — Overture expanded the Krat story without consuming the Dorothy hook that’s clearly being reserved for the full sequel.

Where Lies of P and Nough Are Right Now

The backdrop for this trademark filing is a franchise that is genuinely thriving. The Lies of P franchise has surpassed 4 million units sold across all platforms — a remarkable achievement for a new soulslike IP from a Korean studio that wasn’t a household name before 2023. More recently, the Lies of P: Complete Edition launched on Nintendo Switch 2 on August 6, 2026, bundling the base game and Overture DLC in a single package priced at $69.99. The Switch 2 port earned an 86 on Metacritic — the highest score in the franchise’s history — with particular praise for its stable 60fps performance in both handheld and docked modes. Nough Studio Director Jiwon Choi called the port “a historic debut” for the team.

On the business side, Neowiz confirmed in its Q1 2026 earnings report in May that the Lies of P sequel had moved beyond the prototype and approval stage and was officially in full-scale development. That’s the clearest structural confirmation before this trademark that a real game is actually being built — not just explored or conceptually sketched. Combined with the September 9 trademark filing, the picture is of a project that has cleared internal greenlight and is now building the legal foundations for an eventual public reveal.

The studio itself underwent a rebrand alongside this growth period: Round8 Studio officially became Nough Studio, signaling a desire to establish a distinct identity separate from the Lies of P publisher Neowiz as the franchise becomes a multi-game operation.

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What “Wonders of O” Might Actually Look Like

Here’s where things get genuinely interesting from a design and lore perspective — because The Wizard of Oz offers radically different source material than Pinocchio did, and how Nough adapts it will define the sequel’s identity.

Lies of P’s power came from how it used Pinocchio’s themes. The original story is fundamentally about truth, deception, and what it means to become real — themes that mapped perfectly onto a soulslike structure where every NPC might be lying to you, where your choices about honesty have mechanical consequences, and where the definition of humanity is constantly under examination. The combat, the world design, and the narrative architecture all grew naturally from those thematic roots.

The Wizard of Oz’s themes are different but equally rich. The story is fundamentally about home, identity, and the search for things already within you — the Scarecrow wants a brain he already has, the Tin Man wants a heart he already feels, the Cowardly Lion wants courage he already shows. Dorothy wants to go home to a place she already belongs. In a dark soulslike retelling, those themes of false inadequacy and manipulation could map onto some genuinely disturbing territory. Oz’s villain, the Wicked Witch, is a natural soulslike antagonist. The Wizard himself — a powerless man hiding behind illusions of omnipotence — is a fascinating source for a world built on deception and false power structures.

The setting possibilities are enormous. The Yellow Brick Road, the Emerald City, the poppy fields, the flying monkeys, the various kingdoms of Oz — all of these could be translated into the dark, decayed aesthetic that Lies of P perfected with Krat. The question of whether the sequel takes place in the same city or an entirely new world is perhaps the biggest unknown. Dorothy arriving in Krat at the end of Lies of P suggests some continuity of setting, at least in the opening — but Oz itself is a whole different world that the sequel could move into.

The Naming Structure as a Franchise Signal

One thing the Wonders of O title does that’s worth appreciating independently of the Oz connection: it establishes that Neowiz and Nough are building this IP as a deliberate anthology with a consistent naming convention. Each game in the series will apparently carry a title that encodes the fairy tale at its heart through a single letter — P for Pinocchio, O for Oz. It’s elegant IP architecture that signals long-term franchise thinking. Future entries could follow the same pattern: Dreams of W for Snow White, Falls of C for Cinderella, Tides of A for Alice in Wonderland. The naming system itself is a roadmap for a universe, not just a sequel.

That kind of thinking is what separates studios building a game from studios building a franchise, and it’s consistent with everything Neowiz has said publicly about wanting to make Lies of P a long-lived global IP. The Complete Edition’s 86 Metacritic score on Switch 2 — the highest in the franchise — coming just weeks before this trademark filing suggests a studio that is confident in the brand’s momentum and ready to start laying the public groundwork for what comes next.

What We Still Don’t Know

Let’s be clear about what the trademark does and doesn’t confirm. Neowiz has not officially announced Wonders of O. They have not confirmed it’s connected to the sequel. They have not released any assets, trailers, story details, or release window information. A trademark filing is a legal protection tool, not a game announcement. It secures the name so that when the announcement eventually happens, the IP is protected.

The fact that the filing happened now — while the Complete Edition is performing well on Switch 2, while the sequel is confirmed to be in full-scale development, and while the Dorothy ending has had three years to build community expectation — suggests the timing is deliberate. You don’t file a trademark for a name this specific without having a real plan for it. But “real plan” and “imminent reveal” aren’t the same thing. The history of soulslike development is full of games that spent years in full development before their first public showing.

Director Choi’s most recent public comments, speaking after Overture won awards, promised fans “the most fun that we can achieve within the game” while asking them to “please stay tuned for it; we are working really hard, and I will not disappoint you at all.” That’s the language of a director with something specific to show who isn’t ready to show it yet.

The Yellow Brick Road Is Being Paved

For fans of the soulslike genre, Wonders of O as a confirmed-in-all-but-official-announcement title is exactly what the community has been hoping to see since those red slippers appeared on screen in 2023. Lies of P proved that the dark fairytale soulslike concept had genuine legs — the 4 million franchise sales, the Switch 2 success, the Overture DLC’s reception all back that up. A fully realized Wizard of Oz follow-up, built by a studio that now has the experience, resources, and full-scale development status to execute it, is one of the most exciting things in the soulslike pipeline right now.

The golden brick road isn’t fully built yet. But with a European trademark filed, a sequel in full development, and a franchise performing better than ever, the direction is clear. Dorothy is coming. When she arrives, Oz is probably going to be a very dark place indeed.

For fans catching up on what else is happening in the gaming world this week — from GTA 6’s overhauled car theft system to Marathon’s Season 3 delay and structural pivot — September 2026 has been a packed week for gaming news across every genre. A leaked soulslike sequel name is a fitting way to cap it.