| Ghost Song | |
| Developer: | Old Moon |
| Publisher: | Humble Games |
| Engine: | Unity |
| Released: | November 3 2022 |
| Genre: | Metroidvania |
| Modes: | Single-player |
| Composer: | Grant Graham |
Ghost Song is a 2022 video game developed by Old Moon and published by Humble Games for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Gameplay follows a Metroidvania style format. The game features a system where use of ranged attacks allows the player to increase the strength of their melee attacks.
The studio Old Moon handled development, while Humble Games handled publishing.[1]
Development of Ghost Song began in 2013, with early funding coming from a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.[2] [3] A Wii U port was considered,[2] despite incompatibilities between OpenFL and the console.[4] The games Super Metroid and Dark Souls were noted as influences by the developer.[5] 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.[6]
Ghost Song was released on November 3, 2022.[7] The game was made available on Xbox Game Pass on launch.[8]
Ghost Song received "generally favorable reviews" according to Metacritic.[9] A Rock Paper Shotgun review was overall positive, noting that the game had issues with leading the player.[10] 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.