Ghost Watchers

First-person horror about identifying, weakening, and capturing ghosts

Renderise · Released Jul 24, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 86% of 16K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 84% of 52 in 30 days
Playing now: 30; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 month ago; Aug 20, 2026

What is Ghost Watchers?

A first-person horror game set in abandoned houses haunted by spirits and demons. Across separate locations, you play alone or in online co-op, using tools to determine a ghost's type, age, and mood before weakening and capturing it.

For you if...

+you like cooperative horror with adjustable challenges
+you prefer aggressive ghosts to slow investigations

Not for you if...

−you want ghost investigations without a capture phase
−you dislike learning tools and following capture objectives

What players say

86% of 16,324 reviews are positive · 84% of 52 in the last 30 days

Players praise the ghost designs, active capture phase, and playing with friends. They complain about connection failures, bugs, and repetitive progression.

Screenshots and trailer

Ghost Watchers system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel i5 or AMD equivalent (AMD FX 8500+ Series)
Graphics: 2 GB Video RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 18 GB available space
DirectX: Version 10

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 50
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Finnish, Czech, Swedish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil.