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Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition

IllFonic · IllFonic Publishing · 2023-10-19

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Ghostbusters · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 19, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Oct 19, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 19, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 19, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 19, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is an asymmetrical game of hide and seek. In true form to IllFonic’s past titles, this title is a 4v1 setup where players will either play as part of a team of new Ghostbusters or a singular Ghost.

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition is an Action and Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1295 reviews).

8
playing now
90%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 88 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (263 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,295 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.70 at GreenManGaming (2026-03-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 33 of 53 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24024020232026Week of 2023-10-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2202026-09-15 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1705Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 170 · peak 657Nov 2023 — avg 96 · peak 497Dec 2023 — avg 33 · peak 86Jan 2024 — avg 24 · peak 76Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 86Mar 2024 — avg 29 · peak 131Apr 2024 — avg 31 · peak 126May 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 75Jul 2024 — avg 20 · peak 53Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Oct 2024 — avg 18 · peak 81Nov 2024 — avg 22 · peak 92Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 37Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 38Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 64Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Apr 2025 — avg 11 · peak 44May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 42Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Aug 2025 — avg 23 · peak 74Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 57Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 91Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 25Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 104Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 101Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 38
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.702023-10-192026-08-172023-10-19 — best price $14.992023-12-04 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $19.992024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-06-20 — best price $12.992024-07-18 — best price $9.992024-10-18 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-02-24 — best price $19.992025-03-21 — best price $19.992025-04-07 — best price $7.992025-04-15 — best price $7.992025-05-19 — best price $7.992025-06-10 — best price $19.992025-07-11 — best price $17.882025-08-14 — best price $7.992025-08-26 — best price $17.882025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-24 — best price $19.992025-11-18 — best price $19.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-19 — best price $7.992026-03-02 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-04-13 — best price $7.992026-05-18 — best price $8.002026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-06-18 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-08-17 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
90.3%
earned "Stylish"
15.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-01-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1863%51
Switch (Nintendo)310%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSPvP1980sActionHorrorAdventureTeam-BasedMultiplayerFirst-PersonOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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