Ghostbane

Co-op horror investigation built around identifying and capturing ghosts

Pi Bit · Released Oct 6, 2024 · Early Access

Action Adventure Casual Indie Early Access

Reviews: Mixed; 68% of 193
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 0; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Dec 26, 2024

What is Ghostbane?

Ghostbane is an Early Access horror game about ghost hunters investigating paranormal sites alone or in online co-op teams of up to four. You use equipment to identify ghosts, prepare rituals to capture them, and examine captured ghosts at your base.

For you if...

+you want to investigate haunted locations with friends
+you prefer methodical horror to action-heavy encounters
+you enjoy researching ghosts between hunts at a base

Not for you if...

−you want fast combat instead of evidence gathering
−you prefer games without paranormal horror
−you want a finished game rather than Early Access

Screenshots and trailer

Ghostbane system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Processor: Intel i3 / AMD equivalent
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 4GB
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 20 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 4
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

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
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian. Text only: French, Italian, German, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Turkish, Vietnamese, Greek, Czech, Swedish, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Indonesian, Spanish - Latin America, Ukrainian.