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GhostControl Inc.

GhostControl Inc.

Manage a team of ghosthunters and free London from paranormal terror in turn-based battles. Develop your own strategy and build your business well.

Released Jun 6, 2014 Developer bumblebee Publisher Application Systems Heidelberg Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Turn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatBase-BuildingManagement
View on Steam ↗ $18.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

72.2%positive180 reviews
Recommended · 99 found this helpful

“Seems like a rather nice casual TurnBasedStrategy game. Simple mechanics (for a turnbased veteran at least, but not too simple that it gets booring) that are still rather engageing and forgiving. Small quick maps, that can still potentially overwhelm you. It's not X-com: Ufo…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 49 found this helpful

“If you enjoy Turn-Based Strategy, Ghost Busters and/or Business Management, there is no way I could recommend this game more highly than I do right now. Pros: Ghost Busters Simulator (but not so much like Ghost Busters it feels like plagiarism), a great depth of tactics and…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Not recommended · 56 found this helpful

“Only buy this game if its 75% off or more. You'll get 5 hours out of this game and I'll explain why. The game starts out fun. Its like a combination of the old Ghostbusters game (minus the ghost catching driving sections) for the 128K era mixed with X-Com. You can buy equipment,…”

— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

53achievements
7.1%median completion
0.6%rarest: Trophy-Bighead
87.0% of players 67.6% of players 64.4% of players 59.2% of players 55.8% of players 51.4% of players 45.9% of players 45.8% of players 42.1% of players 40.2% of players 38.8% of players 33.8% of players 25.2% of players 23.8% of players 23.6% of players 20.9% of players 15.7% of players 15.2% of players 14.8% of players 14.4% of players 13.7% of players 13.3% of players 12.1% of players 9.8% of players 8.3% of players 7.9% of players 7.1% of players 6.6% of players 6.4% of players 6.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.4% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.0% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 87.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
87.0%Ghost Schooling — You completed the Tutorial! Well done!
67.6%Ghosthunting Rookie — Congratulations! You caught your first 5 Ghosts.
64.4%Explorer — Marco... Polo!
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Trophy-Bighead — You've collected fourty achievements!
0.6%I ironed the Tea-Rex! — You beat the Tea-Rex in ironman!
0.7%Team Spieletipps — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$18.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$18.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US18.99 USD
EU18.49 EUR
UK15.89 GBP
Australia27.95 AUD
Canada24.79 CAD
Japan2,100 JPY
Brazil57.99 BRL
China72.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 19, 2018
Ghosthunting guide available

Ghost Hunting in the 21st Century Fellow ghost hunters. It is now time to check out the manual you've always wanted in the Steam client. Select GhostControl Inc. from your library and then in the LINK

Oct 26, 2017
GhostControl Inc. 3.5 is here!

It took a little while but we can now announce news for GhostControl Inc. Lots of people requested an Ironman mode and here it is now: No turning back to a saved game keep going until you succeed or l

Oct 26, 2017
GhostControl Inc. 3.5 is here!

It took a little while but we can now announce news for GhostControl Inc. Lots of people requested an Ironman mode and here it is now: No turning back to a saved game keep going until you succeed or l

Nov 17, 2015
GhostControl Inc. 3.0

We're proud to announce version 3.0 of GhostControl Inc. This is a major upgrade to the game with great new features which further enhance the play and game strategy as well as many minor improvements

Nov 17, 2015
GhostControl Inc. 3.0

We're proud to announce version 3.0 of GhostControl Inc. This is a major upgrade to the game with great new features which further enhance the play and game strategy as well as many minor improvements

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsTurn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Combat · Base-Building · Management · Turn-Based · Character Customization · Casual · Strategy · Isometric · Story Rich · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German * , Spanish - Spain *
Achievements53
Official sitehttp://www.application-systems.co.uk/ghostcontrolinc/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows XP Processor: 1.2GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 256MB VRAM Storage: 350 MB available space