The Other Side

First-person co-op ghost hunting with investigation and cleansing contracts

Vectora Games · Released Mar 7, 2025 · Early Access

Action Adventure Casual Indie Simulation Strategy Early Access

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 1,448
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 47 in 30 days
Playing now: 92; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 weeks ago; Sep 1, 2026

Free demo available, 5 playing it now: get the demo.

What is The Other Side?

A first-person paranormal investigation game for solo players or online co-op teams in haunted locations. During contracts, you gather evidence, observe ghost behavior, identify the entity, and sometimes locate and destroy the artifacts binding it to the site.

For you if...

+you want cooperative ghost hunts centered on gathering evidence
+you like choosing between identification and longer cleansing contracts
+you enjoy dark horror with varied ghost behavior

Not for you if...

−you dislike methodical, equipment-based paranormal investigation
−you want a linear campaign instead of repeatable contracts

What players say

94% of 1,448 reviews are positive · 89% of 47 in the last 30 days

Players praise the separate Identify and Cleanse contracts, varied ghost behavior, scares, and map design. Common complaints include limited variety, inconsistent evidence gathering, and Early Access roughness; some players also report voice-chat problems or movement that causes motion sickness.

Screenshots and trailer

The Other Side system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel i5 or new-gen i3 / AMD equivalent
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 20 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
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 configuration is not performant

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

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