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Ghostory cover art

Ghostory

RigidCore Games · 2017-10-23

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 23, 2017 (Mac), Oct 23, 2017 (Linux), Oct 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Puns, and puzzles. Horrible puns and devious puzzles actually, along with several incorporeal entities are what makes Ghostory a pixel art puzzle adventure brimming with humour and intrigue. Take on the role of a cursed traveler, master your ghostly form, find a cure, and escape a perilous cave system.

93%
positive of 71 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 67% of 13,754 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 71 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2021-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$1.392017-10-242026-08-312017-10-24 — best price $5.942018-05-21 — best price $4.192018-10-01 — best price $6.992019-01-04 — best price $6.992019-07-09 — best price $6.992020-01-02 — best price $6.992020-04-20 — best price $6.992020-11-02 — best price $6.992021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-07-08 — best price $6.992021-12-01 — best price $6.992022-02-28 — best price $6.992022-08-08 — best price $6.992022-10-17 — best price $6.992022-11-29 — best price $6.992023-02-20 — best price $6.992023-05-01 — best price $6.992023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-10-09 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-01-15 — best price $6.992024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-05-20 — best price $6.992024-07-22 — best price $6.992024-11-04 — best price $6.992024-12-16 — best price $6.992025-01-27 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-06-02 — best price $6.992025-07-21 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.592026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-05-11 — best price $1.592026-07-13 — best price $1.592026-08-31 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime

14 supported languages: English, Czech, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Danish, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleMysteryColorfulAdventureDifficultDark Humor

Census log

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

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