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Ghost Master®

Sick Puppies · Strategy First · 2006-12-21

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Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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...

Ghost Master® is a 2006 Strategy game priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 90% of 1,955 reviews and an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-10-14

1
playing now
90%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
39
Nexus mods (5.3k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 14,238 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 78k–156k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,955 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 125 of 143 observed days · $2.02 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
163Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2012 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2013 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2013 — avg 10 · peak 125Mar 2014 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2014 — avg 14 · peak 95Jan 2015 — avg 9 · peak 33Jun 2015 — avg 10 · peak 31Nov 2015 — avg 7 · peak 27Apr 2016 — avg 6 · peak 25Sep 2016 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2017 — avg 7 · peak 28Dec 2017 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2018 — avg 7 · peak 26Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 36Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 16Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 31Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 46Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 24Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 27Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 23Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 22Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 20Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.492015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $2.392026-09-20 — best price $2.392026-10-15 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

55262026-05-29 — 50 pageviews2026-06-02 — 39 pageviews2026-06-06 — 45 pageviews2026-06-10 — 35 pageviews2026-06-14 — 40 pageviews2026-06-18 — 36 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 31 pageviews2026-06-30 — 51 pageviews2026-07-04 — 34 pageviews2026-07-08 — 39 pageviews2026-07-12 — 39 pageviews2026-07-16 — 42 pageviews2026-07-20 — 47 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-28 — 33 pageviews2026-08-01 — 30 pageviews2026-08-05 — 32 pageviews2026-08-09 — 36 pageviews2026-08-13 — 39 pageviews2026-08-17 — 39 pageviews2026-08-21 — 40 pageviews2026-08-25 — 32 pageviews2026-08-29 — 49 pageviews2026-09-02 — 31 pageviews2026-09-06 — 39 pageviews2026-09-10 — 33 pageviews2026-09-14 — 27 pageviews2026-09-18 — 45 pageviews2026-09-22 — 41 pageviews2026-09-26 — 38 pageviews2026-09-30 — 27 pageviews2026-10-04 — 30 pageviews2026-10-07 — 31 pageviews
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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Similarity via IGDB.

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