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Ghost Master®

Sick Puppies · Strategy First · 2006-12-21

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Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 05, 2003 (Mac), Jan 29, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2004 (PlayStation 2), Aug 27, 2004 (Xbox)

Grim spectres, howling banshees, and sly gremlins are yours to command as you unleash ghastly spirits on the town of Gravenville and scare the wits out of its citizens. In the world of the Ghost Master, spooks do your bidding, as you solve puzzles and unlock mysteries in a challenge that combines the best of strategy, adventure, and...

0
playing now
90%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Ghost Master is a puzzle strategy game developed by British studio Sick Puppies for Windows. The game was later published on Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. The player assumes the role of a Ghost Master, a bureaucratic spirit tasked to perform certain duties. While the bulk of a Ghost Master's duties consist of hauntings, a Ghost Master may also be "called in" to increase belief in the supernatural, avenge deaths, and conscript renegade ghosts. Because a Ghost Master cannot directly interfere in the world of mortals, the Ghost Master is given a team of subordinate ghosts to do so. When not haunting, the Ghost Master is responsible for the training of the ghosts under their command. A remastered version called Ghost Master: Resurrection was released for Windows, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch on March 20, 2026.

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  • · Top 22% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 78k–156k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,949 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.39-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.39-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2021-02-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 96 of 111 observed days · $2.02 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $0.742015-08-10 — best price $1.242016-05-11 — best price $0.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-11-27 — best price $4.992018-04-30 — best price $0.492018-10-15 — best price $1.492019-02-04 — best price $0.492019-09-25 — best price $0.592020-01-25 — best price $4.952020-04-04 — best price $5.992020-07-06 — best price $0.752020-08-28 — best price $4.992020-10-13 — best price $4.392020-12-07 — best price $4.992021-02-09 — best price $4.992021-03-23 — best price $3.662021-05-15 — best price $4.142021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-10-02 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $3.662022-03-01 — best price $4.812022-06-06 — best price $0.592022-09-15 — best price $4.992022-12-06 — best price $3.662023-03-13 — best price $0.742023-06-12 — best price $4.992023-10-16 — best price $4.992024-02-08 — best price $0.752024-04-30 — best price $1.192024-07-31 — best price $4.992024-10-30 — best price $3.662025-02-28 — best price $1.192025-06-10 — best price $1.192025-10-07 — best price $1.192026-02-20 — best price $2.392026-04-28 — best price $3.892026-08-12 — best price $2.392026-08-30 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

FunnyComedyHorrorPuzzleClassicSandboxStrategyTacticalManagementSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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