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Ghostlords
Ghostlords is a strategic turn-based RPG that tells the story of a post-apocalyptic haunted Great Britain. Experience the new world, capture wild spirits, and put together a team of ghosts to help you battle the forces of evil.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“This game came out of nowhere, I never heard of a single thing about it nor anything else and last night I saw under new releases, ghostlords. It looked up my alley, I love it already. I beat one campaign, I won't spoil who or what you had to do. But I imagine it was the easiest…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“The only thing Ghostlords shares with Pokemon is the turn-based battles and monster collection. Otherwise, the more mature themes and story scenarios, roguelike elements, and procedurally generated encounters sets it apart from other games that draw inspiration from the popular…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“A scenario-based variant of the usual monster-catching RPG formula. There's a pretty nice variety of creatures, each with their own personality. Balance-wise some of these creatures are clearly stronger (or weaker) than others but it never gets out of hand as every creature has…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedLatest official news
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1.1 update!
Ghostlords 1.1 is now live! Here's what's new: The Shadowfiend, an evil ghost made of darkness. The Protector, a righteous ghost that attacks with a morning star. The Boltzor, an electrically charged
1.1 update!
Ghostlords 1.1 is now live! Here's what's new: The Shadowfiend, an evil ghost made of darkness. The Protector, a righteous ghost that attacks with a morning star. The Boltzor, an electrically charged
1.0.4 released
Patch 1.0.4 is now live. A couple of small fixes: - The mysterious "Error Ghost" should now be much more elusive. - Fixed an error that could occur on Linux.
1.0.4 released
Patch 1.0.4 is now live. A couple of small fixes: - The mysterious "Error Ghost" should now be much more elusive. - Fixed an error that could occur on Linux.
1.0.3
Patch 1.0.3 is now live. Fixes include: - Fixed a error in an enemy Ghostlord encounter, where paying to escape the encounter would break the game. - Fixed a error in 'The Gauntlet' when a ghost would
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Adventure · RPG · Indie · Strategy · Creature Collector · Pixel Graphics · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | http://ghostlords.helixfox.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 800x600+ Storage: 200 MB available space