List of ghost video games

This is an incomplete list of video games which strongly feature ghosts. This includes games where the player character is a ghost, or where a ghost is the primary antagonist, as well as games which feature ghosts as the primary enemy variant. Games which feature poltergeists and any other form of spirit to the same degree are also included.

Name Year Platform Description
Alan Wake 2010 Xbox 360
Amber: Journeys Beyond 1996 Mac OS, Windows Adventure game. Players encounter ghosts and poltergeists whilst responding to a friend's request.[1]
Avenging Spirit 1991 Arcade, Game Boy Platform game, a man is murdered by a gang and his girlfriend is kidnapped. Gameplay involves controlling the man's spirit and possessing different characters in order to use their equipment or abilities.[2]
Bubble Ghost 1987 Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy Players guide a ghost around a castle, who uses its breath to guide bubbles past obstacles in order to activate different objects and ultimately escape.[3]
Calling 2010 Wii Survival horror game, players visit a website where the hit counter displays the number of people killed after visiting the website. After being trapped in limbo the player must discover who or what is behind the website.[4]
Casper series 1996-present Various Video games starring Casper the Friendly Ghost.[5]
Clive Barker's Jericho 2007 PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
Clive Barker's Undying 2001 Mac OS X, Windows The player character, Patrick Galloway, faces off the Covenant family's four deceased children, which have returned to life: Ambrose, Lizbeth, and twins Aaron and Bethany. While the most of them takes physical forms resembling their former selves, Aaron Covenant appears as ghostly spirit without skin, constantly stalking Patrick throughout his journey through the Covenant island plagued by outworldy monsters. Patrick has to solve the mystery of Aaron's death and find his corpse in order to put him to rest.
Clock Tower 3 2003 PlayStation 2
Cursed Mountain 2009 Wii Set during an ascent of the Chomo Lonzo mountain in Tibet, players control an experienced climber who is trying to find his brother. The game is centred on Buddhist mythology. Ghosts must first be weakened by combat before being dispatched through prayer.[6]
Echo Night: Beyond 2004 PlayStation 2
Fatal Frame series 2001–present PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox
F.E.A.R. 2005 PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 First-person shooter that contains ghost-like creatures called nightmares. These appear in its freeware multiplayer component F.E.A.R. Combat, its expansions F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate, and appear in its sequel, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Geist 2005 GameCube A game where players control ghost-like character and would possess people and objects to use as their own, in order to complete the game.
Ghost Master 2003 Mac OS, PlayStation 2, Windows A strategy game where the player takes control of spirits to increase a mortal's belief in the supernatural, avenge deaths, and conscript renegade ghosts.
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective 2010 Nintendo DS Adventure game, a murdered man's ghost materializes on the night following his murder, unaware of his identity or who was responsible for his death. He must rediscover his identity and what befell him before morning breaks.[7]
Ghostbusters series 1984-present Various Video games based on the film Ghostbusters, its sequel or the cartoon spin-offs The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters.
Ghosthunter 2004 PlayStation 2
Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal Unreleased Nintendo DSi Using the console's inbuilt camera, the game projects ghosts onto the player's real-world surroundings shown on the console's screen. Ghosts appear and can be captured or have their requests fulfilled by the player.[8]
Haunted Mansion (video game) 2003 Gamecube, Playstation 2, Xbox A game based on Disney's Haunted Mansion and The Haunted Mansion (film).
Haunting 1993 Mega Drive, PlayStation Portable A game where players control a poltergeist haunting an Italian-American family by possessing the environment and different items in their house.
Ju-on: The Grudge 2009 Wii
Killing Time 1995 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS
Kuon 2004 PlayStation 2
Laser Ghost 1989 Arcade, Master System Light gun game in which players take on the role of ghost hunters.[9]
Luigi's Mansion 2001 GameCube 3D game starring Luigi, who receives a letter claiming that he has won a mansion as a prize. Luigi discovers that his brother Mario has disappeared inside. The mansion is full of ghosts who must be caught using a modified vacuum cleaner.[10]
Pac-Man series 1980-present Various Ghosts have remained Pac-Man's enemies throughout the series, they also feature in a number of Pac-Man clones.
Painkiller series 2004–present Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360 A game where the protagonist must destroy 5 Demons over the world using a variety of weapons and tools.
Scapeghost 1989 Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum Text adventure and the final game from developer Level 9. A policeman murdered in a drug deal returns as a ghost and must piece together what happened in order to clear his name.[11]
Silent Hill 4: The Room 2004 PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox Part of a survival horror series. The player-character is trapped in a nightmarish and possessed room but finds another world through a hole in the apartment. Proximity to ghosts saps life energy from the player.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ GameSpot staff (1999-10-18). "Creepy Games for Halloween (page 3)". GameSpot. http://uk.gamespot.com/features/halloween/p3.html. Retrieved 2009-07-30. 
  2. ^ Deci, T.J.. "Overview - Avenging Spirit". allgame. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1017. Retrieved 2010-04-13. 
  3. ^ Marriott, Scott. "Overview - Bubble Ghost (GameBoy)". Allgame. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=16876. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  4. ^ Deci, T.J.. "Overview - Calling". Allgame. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=71139. Retrieved 2010-06-20. 
  5. ^ Woods, Nick. "Overview - Casper". Allgame. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=21361. Retrieved 2010-06-20. 
  6. ^ Kelly, Neon (2009-07-21). "Cursed Mountain Hands-on Preview". VideoGamer.com. http://www.videogamer.com/wii/cursed_mountain/preview-1850.html. Retrieved 2009-08-01. 
  7. ^ Tanaka, John (2009-09-01). "New From Capcom: Ghost Trick - An original adventure from one of Phoenix Wright's key staff.". IGN. http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/102/1020336p1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-14. 
  8. ^ Kelly, Kevin (2010-03-16). "Developer Tom Soderlund explains the frights of Ghostwire". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/16/developer-tom-soderlund-explains-the-frights-of-ghostwire/#continued. Retrieved 2010-04-14. 
  9. ^ Cook, Brad. "Review - Laser Ghost". allgame. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=10407&tab=review. Retrieved 2010-06-20. 
  10. ^ Satterfield, Shane (2001-11-08). "Luigi's Mansion Review - Luigi's Mansion features some refreshing ideas but fails to match the classic status of Mario's adventures.". GameSpot. http://uk.gamespot.com/gamecube/action/luigismansion/review.html. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
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  12. ^ Perry, Douglass (2010-04-13). "Silent Hill 4 Hands-On - We explore the E3 demo disc even further. New movies and images.". IGN. http://uk.ps2.ign.com/articles/532/532736p1.html. 
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