Ghost Watchers news & patch notes

• The hunting phase is fully playable and it feels a bit like cat-and-mouse. You need to track its traces, set up sensors and use other special tools to track or deal damage. The ghost can hide and launch special attacks
• We've added new items and reworked existing tools. They mostly focus on detection. Use them to signal when the ghost is near and pinpoint its location.
• Careful where you aim! When your mental health is too low, you mates appear as ghosts. Friendly fire alarm!

Renderise Week Long Sale 9-16 February:

• Ghost Watchers -40%

• Dollhouse of dead -30%

• Occult -40%

• The Last Man Survivor -50%

• Iton Blood VR -80%

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• Death Race VR -80%

We’re excited to announce that Ghost Watchers will be taking part in the upcoming Four Is a Party festival!

A New Horror From the Team Behind Ghost Watchers. We’re thrilled to share that the demo for our next game, Dollhouse of Dead, is now available!

If you enjoyed the tension and paranormal atmosphere of Ghost Watchers, you’ll feel right at home in the haunted halls of the dollhouse — but this time, the terror takes a new form. Step into the dollhouse today and be among the first to experience our new vision of fear

Ghost Watchers Joins the Hungry Ghost Festival

We’re thrilled to share that Ghost Watchers will take part in the upcoming Hungry Ghost Festival—a cultural event deeply rooted in Asian traditions, where spirits are honored and the boundary between the living and the dead grows thin

With 18% of our players coming from Asia, this feels like the perfect occasion to celebrate together. The Hungry Ghost Festival is not just about fear—it’s about respect for the unseen, and we’re honored to bring Ghost Watchers into this atmosphere of mystery and reverence

Expect haunting encounters, eerie thrills, and perhaps a few surprises prepared just for the festival

To our Asian community—and all ghost hunters worldwide—thank you for being part of this journey. See you at the festival!

We are pleased to present our new project, the cooperative roguelike shooter IRONSAND

Epic battles, cute long-eared companions, and gigantic combat robots await you! You can try out the demo version of the game now

We look forward to your feedback. Enjoy the game!

A couple of days ago, we launched an open playtest for our new game - Dollhouse of Dead. You will play as scavangers who sneak into abandoned factories filled with scary toys

We would love for you to participate in the playtest and look forward to your feedback!

We are pleased to present you a major update of the game, marking the release of the game in full access! We have added a lot of new things!

Thank you for being with us all this time! Since its Early Access debut, Ghost Watchers has captivated players with its immersive atmosphere, dynamic ghost behaviors and lots of funny moments (and bugs, ofc!). This update represents months of polish, new features, and scares that will test even the bravest ghost hunters

In this update, you will find:

• New map - Cemetery Forest

• New Ghosts - The Yellow King and the Witch

• New items

• Added tutorial

• Added mini games

• Rebalance and fixes of ghost behaviors and their features

• Fixed bugs in mind stealing

• Fixed bugs with items

• and much more!

• Updated version of Unity
• Fixed the Mad Doctor:
• Added a statue of the Mad Doctor to the Walk of Fame
• Fixed the switch of the Tesla Сoil on the Church map
• The Tesla coil now does not work when fully weakened, and when the pentagram is activated, it goes into a long cooldown
• The Tesla coils now appear in other random places after each deactivation or activation
• Fixed taking damage from the Doctor's saw when you take the oath. Added cooldown to recharge this saw
• Reduced the damage from the saw of the Mad Doctor
• Fixed the indication of switches on the Tesla coil
• Added gradation of the firing rate of the Tesla coil by difficulty level
• Fixed the Black Death feature. Fixed multiple de-weakening
• The Iron Maiden now finds the special trap faster and runs to it. Fixed the appearance of special traps
• Reduced the number of clown balls. Increased cooldown. Reduced chance of getting inside the ball
• Fixed the attack of the large scarab. Small scarabs can no longer be crushed while standing still
• Fixed damage caused by touching the Wendigo cage
• The Drowned creates her copies for a limited time. Increased the cooldown for the appearance of such copies. Copies appear at the points closest to the player
• The Ghoul Crow only kills those who have been within sound range for more than 6 seconds
• Reduced viewing angle for the Babadook's eyes
• The Vampire can no longer attack while player being dragged away
• Fixed the Nun's prayer
• Fixed Holy Paints for insane difficulty and some types of attacks
• Fixed some bugs with Ghost Catcher
• Fixed the bug with reaching the Detective of the Bugs achievement
• The ghost now reacts more slowly to collecting ectoplasm
• The ghost is now running on the boombox in a visible state. The ghost does not follow the boombox outside
• When fully weakened, the ghost should not steal the mind
• Fixed a bug with returning the camera when stealing minds by 4th rank ghosts
• Session tasks are now counted in advanced statistics
• Fixed network errors in the session. Improved network code stability
• Fixed a bug when creating a lobby.
• Fixed errors in interacting with objects
• Fixed bugs when spawning items
• Fixed the test puppet in the Lobby scene
• Slow down in Run or Die mode now only works on Insane difficulty
• Slowing after death and low health has been removed
• Fixed an error with the display of the inscription about the search for wisps
• Fixed the occurrence of global events
• Fixed the display of the list of weakening in Asian languages

Patchnote

• A new ghost - Mad Doctor
• A new bracer - The Mercenary's Bracelet
• New items - Blessed Paints and a Boombox
• Added advanced post-game stats
• Rebalance the economy of capture according to ghost ranks
• Simplified the behavior of the Iron Maiden and Mummy
• Added to the behavior of the Black Death a reset of weakening according to rank
• Rebalance of the behavior of ghosts of 2-3 ranks
• Fixed a bug with falling under the map
• Fixed bugs related to bracers
• Fixed errors in translations and text display in some languages

Patchnout

Patchnote

Patchnote

• Unique behavior for rank 1 and 2 ghosts
• New shop and lobby customization
• Walk of Fame
• New Ghost
• New modifier - Crisis
• Pets
• New van
• Economy update
• Pentagram bug fix
• And a lot of small bugs

Fix - November 08

• Added modifier - Low rank. The High Rank modifier has been changed.
• Added the ability to purchase additional items for the ritual of the pentagram
• Improved Sanity modifier.
• Improved interaction of ghosts with Voodoo doll and Ouija board
• Added a notification when the ghost does not interact with objects.
• Added notification when ghosts reset weaknesses
• Added a new ghost event - Phantom Rain
• Damage from the Iron Maiden's special traps has been reduced
• Reduced damage from shadows
• Improved descriptions of ghosts in the HOW TO PLAY section
• Improved description of the task Anger the ghost
• Fixed teleportation of the ghost from the pentagram after completing the ritual
• Added setting to enable/disable camera shake
• Fixed a bug with pentagram activation
• Fixed bug with connection to servers

• Some errors with the pentagram have been fixed
• Candle errors have been fixed
• The disappearance of the Ghost Catcher after throws has been fixed
• An issue with items in the feet has been fixed
• Ectoplasm collection has been fixed
• Balanced appearance of shadows according to the difficulty and number of players
• Ghost behaviors have been balanced
• Lobby music has been updated. Old compositions have been restored
• Some errors with daily tasks have been fixed
• An issue with the same ghost dropping multiple sessions in a row has been fixed
• Improved display of the ghost's name
• Fixed network errors

• Fixed part of network errors.
• Fixed the Black Death feature. A limit on poison swamps has been added.
• Fixed the Iron Maiden feature. Now two actions are restored.
• Improved interaction parameters with voodoo doll, Ouija board, and other items.
• Improved parameters of the Ectoplasm modifier.
• Simplified daily and weekly tasks. Increased rewards.
• Synchronized the settings menu in the lobby.
• Fixed a bug with the doors.
• Fixed an error with rewards allocation on insane difficulty.
• Balanced the number of ghost re-attacks based on difficulty and number of players.
• Restored the functions to hide and copy lobby code.
• Added a setting to disable Film Grain

Patchnote

• 3D lobby
• Unique behaviors of ghosts of ranks 3 and 4
• Ghostly events
• New ghost - Bloody Countess
• Asian server is back
• New skins
• Health mechanics and first aid kit
• Daily and weekly tasks
• New map screamers
• Added rewards for playing on different maps
• Improved UI
• Unique movement sounds added for each ghost
• In-game text chat
• Sounds added and fixed
• Interaction of ghosts with old items fixed
• Ressurection wisps mechanic updated
• Character movement animations improved
• Magic mirror functionality improved
• Camera errors fixed
• Ghost AI errors corrected

Bugfix May 31

• Lobby scene optimization
• Localization errors fixed
• Ghostly events and unique ghostly behaviors do not appear during the pentagram ritual
• Balanced screen damage effect based on health level
• Fixed the appearance of the Wendigo cage
• Fixed Krampus's snowman. Now you can escape from it
• UI errors fixed
• Fixed error connecting from old Asian servers

Patchnote

• Added a new ghost - Clown.
• The number of attempts at new Voodoo dolls and Ouija boards is limited in terms of difficulty.
• The frequency of attacks in Run or Die mode has been updated. Some bugs have also been fixed.
• Fixed a bug with candles on maps.
• The magic powder now also slows down the ghost.
• Fixed bugs in ghost animations for capsules.
• Fixed a bug with moving obstacles in rooms.
• Improved interaction with the Voodoo doll (standard and advanced).
• Improved ghost interaction with old objects to search for clues.
• Rewards for modifiers and session completion are slightly balanced.
• Minor bugs in ghost logic have been fixed.

Patchnote

• Added new Advanced Items modifier, that replaces the clues' one
• Added new hand animations (can be disabled in settings)
• Added a new ghost - Black Death
• Redesigned some old tools
• Added 2 new skins
• Updated ghost capsules and added the ability to upgrade them
• Added a bracelr to prevent items from falling out of your hands
• Added new voice recognition system
• Added ability to reset control settings
• Increased the acceptable texture quality. More video memory is needed at high settings.
• Added and updated sounds
• Added and updated effects
• Fixed bugs with spawning of items on the location
• Fixed the appearance of two ghosts
• Fixed items getting stuck on ghosts
• Fixed some item materials
• Fixed UI bugs
• Fixed a bug with taking a picture of a ghost
• Fixed bugs with lighting
• Fixed bugs with ghost behavior
• Fixed bugs with player effects

Bugfix December 15

• Advanced items are now available at insane difficulty
• Switching between items without using animation is now instant
• Fixed bugs with new items
• The HOW TO PLAY section has been updated
• Added accounting for new items in session tasks
• Fixed taking into account session tasks
• The unique rank behaviors of ghosts do not appear before materialization
• The reward for session tasks is now the same for everyone
• Fixed some item materials
• Fixed bugs with old items
• Fixed bugs on locations
• Fixed some volume effects

• Changed the reaction to items you hold in your hand. Now on normal and hard difficulty they stay in your hand as before
• Stationary items that irritate ghosts now irritate ghosts as well as other items
• Repeated attacks are limited in number depending on the difficulty level
• Reduced radiuses for repeated attacks
• In the mechanics of mind stealing by rank 4 ghosts, the camera now always look at the player for easy escape
• Added a warning sound for an impending chase in the mind stealing mechanic
• On normal difficulty level, the player now does not lose items while attacking in the mind stealing mechanic
• Fixed a bug with the inability to defend against non-lethal attacks
• Fixed a bug that prevented you from slowing down a ghost with the "Run" or Die modifie

• Weakening items now fully protect you from a ghost's attack
• Items that irritate the ghost give you a small amount of time to escape. As long as you see the effect of the attack on the screen, then you are in danger

• Fixed a bug with ghost taking ectoplasm through stairs
• Fixed bug with displaying lobbies already running
• Fixed bugs with getting stuck by moving obstacles
• Fixed bugs with item spawning in Battle Royale
• Fixed bug with player getting stuck in one place when defending against a ghost
• Fixed bugs with Anti-aliasing
• Fixed bug with displaying weakening list on small screens
• Fixed bug with ghost steps
• Fixed bug with player dragging hangs when moving obstacles
• Fixed US-2 server

Patchnotes

• Added new mechanics for ghosts reaction to defense items
• Added a new 4th rank ghost - Iron Maiden
• Added 4th rank mechanic - Stealing Consciousness
• Screamers now are able to attack nearby players
• Fixed a bug while catching a ghost
• Fixed Field of View setting
• Added and updated sounds
• Fixed bugs on locations
• Fixed a number of minor bugs in the behavior of ghosts

New mechanics for ghosts reaction

Hotfix July 21

• Fixed double appearance of the ghost from around the corner
• The 4th rank ghost will now appear with the High rank modifier
• Fixed text display in the How to Play section for widescreen monitors.
• Fixed errors in ghost's reactions to defense items
• Fixed reattack distances after reacting to an item
• Fixed bug with magic book
• Fixed bugs on locations

Patchnotes

• Added new modifier - Battle Royale
• Added new ghost - Wendigo
• Added ability to switch voice chat input mode
• Updated UI
• Fixed errors in locations
• Made minor game optimization
• Updated money spawn points
• Fixed navigation errors for ghosts

Hotfix May 13

• Fixed a bug with ectoplasm collection
• Fixed a bug with the collection of ghost orbs
• Fixed some network bugs
• Fixed some bugs with UI