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Ghostly Matter

Small Bros · Milestone S.r.l. · 2018-07-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ghostly Matter is a metroidvania with elements borrowed from graphic adventures. The year is 1986. A professor obsessed with the paranormal, an old friend who disappeared mysteriously. Time to arm yourself with the best anti-ghost technology and set off in search of the truth.

Ghostly Matter is a $0.99 Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2018, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 49 reviews).

67%
positive of 49 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 28,225 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920182025Week of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Italian, French

Census log

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