A Horror Game Beside IVE? Kim Jae-won's Post-Military Return Climbs the Korean Video Chart

Right below IVE's new music video and just above an Im Young-woong release on an October 21 Korean video-trending list: a horror-game video from Kim Jae-won. The post-discharge welcome had barely settled before game-night energy returned.

After completing military service, Kim uploaded 'I Have Been Discharged' to his own channel on October 15. On October 20 he followed up with a video titled 'The No. 1 Horror Game Right Now.' A TubeRank snapshot from the morning of October 21 placed that video at No. 2 among Korean trending videos with approximately 611,000 views and 1,213 comments. The 'No. 1' in its title is not independently verified as a formal ranking of the game.

The significance is not merely that a return announcement drew clicks. In his comeback video, Kim said he would preserve the channel's familiar format while playing Overwatch regularly and trying longer games. A subsequent horror-game upload appearing high among music-star videos offers an early, limited signal that some viewers are following the ongoing content, not only the announcement.

A report from October 16 described congratulatory X posts, excitement about resumed live streams and welcoming comments on the return video. On October 21 the newer horror-game video showed 1,213 comments in a public ranking snapshot, but this editor did not review those comments individually. It would be inaccurate to invent consensus about the game's quality, difficulty or identity.

Kim has long made gaming and internet-culture videos. His stated intention to maintain the channel's familiar character matters to longtime viewers. The October 20 upload is described as a newly trending example—not falsely claimed to be his very first post-service gameplay video.

Verified in the cited material: October 15, 2026 comeback video; October 20 horror-game upload; and a No. 2 position on TubeRank's Korean overall trending snapshot dated October 21. Such metrics fluctuate and are not a guarantee of future performance or an independent official ranking of the horror game. The specific game and detailed play sequence were not directly verified.

Whether he sustains regular Overwatch and longer-form play, and whether the early interest persists, remains to be seen. No unannounced upload timetable is implied.