Ghost Song (video game)

Gameplay follows a Metroidvania style format.^[1] The game features a system where use of ranged attacks allows the player to increase the strength of their melee attacks.^[2]

The studio Old Moon handled development, while Humble Games handled publishing.^[3]

Development of Ghost Song began in 2013, with early funding coming from a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.^[4][5][1] A Wii U port was considered,^[6][4] despite incompatibilities between OpenFL and the console.^[7] The games Super Metroid and Dark Souls were noted as influences by the developer.^[8] Over the course of development, the game was developed in three different fundamental platforms, starting as a Flash game before being ported to the Stencyl engine, before finally being ported to Unity for the release version.^[9]

Ghost Song was released on November 3, 2022.^[6] The game was made available on Xbox Game Pass on launch.^[10]

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Ghost Song received "generally favorable reviews" according to Metacritic.^[11] Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 69% of critics.^[12] A Rock Paper Shotgun review was overall positive, noting that the game had issues with leading the player.^[13] A review from PC Gamer was more critical, noting that the death system of the game was flawed and could lead to a "Catch 22", while also noting that the fundamental systems of the game were sound yet overall repetitive.^[2]