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The Other Side
The Other Side is a co-op psychological thriller for up to 6 players. Your goal is to investigate haunted locations using modern ghost hunting equipment, gather evidence, identify entities, and cleanse them from the location. Customize your character, headquarters, and more.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Distinctive cleansing investigations” (89 of 104 reviews) and “Active feedback-driven developers” (34); the most common complaint is “Familiar shallow gameplay loop” (7). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-16.
What reviewers agree on
89 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I've played the demo and a single contract in the full game. Already feel like what phasmophobia should have been a year after its launch. Evidence level is a refreshing take. I'm looking forward to what the devs are…”
“In the current state that it is in this game is vastly superior to phasmaphobia I like both both if I had to choose it would be this over phas. Only Thing I want is more scary lol”
“The game has had a lot of updates since I got it and character customisation, base customisation. The events are really fun, and while you can play this solo, I much prefer with friends. I have 200+ hours, enjoyable…”
34 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I've played the demo and a single contract in the full game. Already feel like what phasmophobia should have been a year after its launch. Evidence level is a refreshing take. I'm looking forward to what the devs are…”
“The game has had a lot of updates since I got it and character customisation, base customisation. The events are really fun, and while you can play this solo, I much prefer with friends. I have 200+ hours, enjoyable…”
“Cant wait to see it evolve. lot more work needs to be done but its potential is more then any ghost game perhaps even phasma. BUY THIS GAME!!! support the developer.”
28 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game is the best replacement for Phasmophobia :) customization is great, animations look great for early access, my friends love it so far! We're looking forward to playing more and trying the other game modes.”
“This is how an Early Access game should feel. Having two game modes (the usual "figure out the ghost ype" Identify and the Cleanse to actually get rid of the ghost) really helps break up the monotony that just…”
“Way better than phasmophobia, the idea of talking through spirit boxes while dead is cool along with having actually good customization for your character AND lobby. Absolutely love the animations & the death cutscenes…”
19 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The game has had a lot of updates since I got it and character customisation, base customisation. The events are really fun, and while you can play this solo, I much prefer with friends. I have 200+ hours, enjoyable…”
“First time playing with my boyfriend and I got bullied by a little child ghost that kept whispering in my ear to look at his teddy, but really it was a trick to lure me in so he could chase and terrorize me. 10/10 -…”
“Way better than phasmophobia, the idea of talking through spirit boxes while dead is cool along with having actually good customization for your character AND lobby. Absolutely love the animations & the death cutscenes…”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The game has had a lot of updates since I got it and character customisation, base customisation. The events are really fun, and while you can play this solo, I much prefer with friends. I have 200+ hours, enjoyable…”
“This game is the best replacement for Phasmophobia :) customization is great, animations look great for early access, my friends love it so far! We're looking forward to playing more and trying the other game modes.”
“This is how an Early Access game should feel. Having two game modes (the usual "figure out the ghost ype" Identify and the Cleanse to actually get rid of the ghost) really helps break up the monotony that just…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I really wanted to like this game, but after a few hours it honestly just feels like a weaker version of Phasmophobia with extra cosmetics. Yes, it has its own ideas and I understand it’s still Early Access, but right…”
“I think it's still worth the purchase but i cant recommend it There's a few things that need improving such as: 1. what is counted as photo evidence. It would really be nice if EMF, Geiger, and temps counted as…”
“It's not bad I guess.. just felt too much like Phasmo, which I think we're all pretty used to.”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I think it's still worth the purchase but i cant recommend it There's a few things that need improving such as: 1. what is counted as photo evidence. It would really be nice if EMF, Geiger, and temps counted as…”
“It's a very good game with so much potential. So many great ideas that differentiate it from something like Phasmophobia. The cleansing hunts, post death mechanics, and environmental storytelling for instance. It just…”
“This game is honestly so much fun, I love the lore and have fallen in love with the ghosts (especially Sally), the devs actually listen to the community and add or fix things we ask, they are very involved in the…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I really wanted to like this game, but after a few hours it honestly just feels like a weaker version of Phasmophobia with extra cosmetics. Yes, it has its own ideas and I understand it’s still Early Access, but right…”
“I think it's still worth the purchase but i cant recommend it There's a few things that need improving such as: 1. what is counted as photo evidence. It would really be nice if EMF, Geiger, and temps counted as…”
“Fun game but cant recommend because there are no achievements.”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I think it's still worth the purchase but i cant recommend it There's a few things that need improving such as: 1. what is counted as photo evidence. It would really be nice if EMF, Geiger, and temps counted as…”
“If you're here, then you've probably left Phasmo like I have, due to the drop of their character customisation update and how poor it is. The otherside takes everything Phasmo has and makes it better and more engaging.…”
“While its still only access, I enjoy what there is currently available in this game as of this review. I love that there is so much customization from the jump, and I love the variety of tools. I also ADORE the death…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I really wanted to like this game, but after a few hours it honestly just feels like a weaker version of Phasmophobia with extra cosmetics. Yes, it has its own ideas and I understand it’s still Early Access, but right…”
“Fun game but cant recommend because there are no achievements.”
“This game has potential but dont buy it expecting it to be as good as phasmo It doesn't have real depth and it feels super basic and boring after a while I can see it being amazing in a year but currently its just…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-16
“Definitely one of the better ghost hunting games out there. They took all of the things that work about Phasmo and Demonologist and elevated them. This game has been my group's go-to hunting game the past couple months. We tried going back to Phasmo multiple times, and it's just…”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played“Genuinely I'm almost glad Phasmo screwed up so much so I could learn about this game and give it a chance; even in only a year, it's just about on par with Phas, except it looks better and feels like there's much more care put into it. Especially with multiple modes, it also…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Has honestly gotten to point where I like this game more than Phas, especially with that game's latest update causing so many problems. This game's cleanse contract also makes more sense logically to me. It also has classic identify as a faster mode. There should be a new mode…”
— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Halloween Event | Hotfix & QoL Update
This update brings several fixes, quality-of-life improvements, and additional content to our ongoing Halloween Event, Thinning of the Veil. Fixed several crashes related to the laptop interface and v
HALLOWEEN EVENT - Thinning of the Veil
Halloween 2026: Thinning of the Veil The veil between the living and the dead is growing thinner, and something sinister is creeping into The Other Side . This Halloween, we're introducing an all-new
Voice stuff, fixes, and a thing.
GENERAL FIXES: Fixed non-wraith ghosts not having footsteps in some situations Removed artifact spawn on piano in McGavin House (Against my will) Adjusted proximity voice chat sound distance and occlu
NEW TRAINER LOBBIES
We hear you, and we don't disagree. Our current tutorial is lacking, to say the least , and improving the new-player experience is something we're actively prioritizing. For that reason, our existing
v0.9.8.2_a is now LIVE!
v0.9.8.2_a Fixes: Locked door sound would not play on doors in the new McGavin House location Some GPUs would suffer from blurry/pixelated textures regardless of texture quality setting The player lis
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-16.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Action · Action-Adventure · FPS · 3D · First-Person · Realistic · Dark · Horror · Demons · Psychological Horror · Co-op · Character Customization (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Stereo Sound · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simpli… |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel i5 or new-gen i3 / AMD equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 GB available space