| Ghost Song | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | PC: 79/100 [11] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| 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]
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