Ghost Song | |
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Developer(s) | Old Moon |
Publisher(s) | Humble Games |
Composer(s) | Grant Graham |
Engine | Unity |
Platform(s) | |
Release | November 3 2022 |
Genre(s) | Metroidvania |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Ghost Song is a 2022 video game developed by Old Moon and published by Humble Games for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Gameplay follows a Metroidvania style format.[1] The game features a system where use of ranged attacks allows the player to increase the strength of their melee attacks.[2]
The studio Old Moon handled development, while Humble Games handled publishing.[3]
Development of Ghost Song began in 2013, with early funding coming from a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.[4][5][1] A Wii U port was considered,[6][4] despite incompatibilities between OpenFL and the console.[7] The games Super Metroid and Dark Souls were noted as influences by the developer.[8] Over the course of development, the game was developed in three different fundamental platforms, starting as a Flash game before being ported to the Stencyl engine, before finally being ported to Unity for the release version.[9]
Ghost Song was released on November 3, 2022.[6] The game was made available on Xbox Game Pass on launch.[10]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | PC: 79/100[11] |
Publication | Score |
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Nintendo Life | [1] |
PC Gamer (US) | 49/100[2] |
RPGFan | 91/100[5] |
Ghost Song received "generally favorable reviews" according to Metacritic.[11] A Rock Paper Shotgun review was overall positive, noting that the game had issues with leading the player.[12] A review from PC Gamer was more critical, noting that the death system of the game was flawed and could lead to a "Catch 22", while also noting that the fundamental systems of the game were sound yet overall repetitive.[2]