The Other Side news & patch notes

Version 0.9.8.0_b

A small update focused on balancing, quality-of-life improvements, and bug fixes.

Added

• Added Seasoned and Veteran difficulty presets (6 standard difficulty presets total)

• Added Hidden Presets that can be copied for Custom Difficulties but do not appear in the main difficulty selection menu

• Added XP multipliers to sessions in the Session Browser

• Added 7 new Official Content Creator Cosmetic Packages

Balance & Quality of Life

• Balanced all standard difficulty presets

• Increased the rate at which temperatures rise in non-favorite rooms after the ghost changes favorite rooms

• Increased evidence drop chance (33% → 50%)

• Reduced Loaner Box fee (33% → 12%)

• Removed idle breathing animation when Headbob Reduction is enabled

Hidden Presets

The following presets have been moved to Hidden Presets:

• Masochist

• Streamer Bait

• Forensic Lockdown

These presets can still be copied and used as a starting point for Custom Difficulties.

Fixes

• Fixed a Wraith issue that could cause it to incorrectly show feet after extending a hunt

• Fixed an issue where some players could incorrectly receive a 1.0x reward multiplier at the post-contract payout screen despite primary tasks being completed successfully

Known Issues:

• Post contract summary stat "Time in Favorite Location" shows only the time the ghost spent in the last favorite location

Version 0.9.8.0_a - Hotfix

Changes:

• Increased decimal precision for reward multiplier text in Difficulty Selection and Custom Difficulty user interfaces

• Money is now refunded for furniture removed from the game, including furniture previously removed

• Stored Photo Limit inside the laptop can now be adjusted from the Photos app

Fixes:

• Custom Difficulties would sometimes not appear in the Difficulty Selection interface until a game restart was performed

• Equipment from training could be brought back to the HQ

Version 0.9.8.0 - Custom Difficulty Update

Hello Investigators,

Version 0.9.8.0 introduces one of the largest gameplay customization updates we've released so far. With the new Custom Difficulty System, you'll be able to tailor investigations to match your preferred playstyle, whether you're looking for a casual ghost hunt or a brutal challenge that pushes your team to its limits.

This update also includes a highly requested Headbob Reduction option, inventory improvements, contract selection enhancements, gameplay adjustments, and a variety of fixes.

Custom Difficulty System

The new Custom Difficulty System allows you to customize nearly every aspect of an investigation.

Adjust ghost behavior, hunt settings, evidence availability, player limitations, rewards, and much more. Reward multipliers will scale based on your selected settings, allowing you to create your own unique challenge.

False Evidence (Identify)

On higher difficulties, ghosts can now leave behind False Evidence.

False evidence initially appears as the strongest form of evidence before gradually degrading over time.

Examples:

• Audio 3 → Audio 2 → Audio 1

• UV 3 → UV 2 → UV 1

• Writing 3 → Writing 2 → Writing 1

When investigating, you'll need to decide whether to:

• Rule out the ghost using its behaviors

• Wait for suspicious evidence to degrade before making a final decision

Evidence Breakdown

Novice

• 3 Real Evidence

• No False Evidence

Intermediate

• 3 Real Evidence

• No False Evidence

Expert

• 2 Real Evidence

• 1 False Evidence

Master

• 1 Real Evidence

• 2 False Evidence

Favorite Room Changes

Ghosts can now change their favorite room during an investigation.

Frequency varies by difficulty:

• Intermediate: Low Chance

• Expert: Medium Chance

• Master: High Chance

When this occurs, the previous favorite room will not immediately return to normal temperatures. Instead, it will slowly warm back up over several minutes.

Keep monitoring the location carefully. The room you started in may not be the room you finish in.

Continuous Hunts After Death

With this modifier enabled, successfully killing a player will immediately restart the hunt timer.

The hunt doesn't end simply because someone died.

Shared Consequences

With this modifier enabled, if one investigator dies, the entire team dies.

This includes teammates who are outside of the huntable location.

Random Door Lockdowns

On higher difficulties, ghosts may occasionally lock nearby doors.

• Up to 2 doors can be locked at once

• Eligible doors are selected near the ghost's favorite room

• Doors remain locked for 30–45 seconds

• The ghost can still initiate hunts while doors are locked

Don't get trapped.

Random Tarot Card Effects

When enabled, each player begins the contract with a random tarot card effect.

Possible effects include:

• Sleepy

• Squeaky Feet

• Blurry Vision

• Random Screams

• Butter Fingers

Each player receives their own effect, meaning teammates may begin the contract with entirely different conditions.

Adjustable Inventory Capacity

Customize how many items players can carry at once.

Available options:

• 1 Item

• 2 Items

• 3 Items

• 4 Items

Headgear is not affected by this setting.

Forced Evidence

Certain ghosts now have evidence types that will always appear when evidence is limited.

This does not apply to Zero Evidence configurations.

Create Your Own Challenges

Custom Difficulty isn't limited to the built-in presets. You can create and save up to 13 custom difficulty configurations, each with their own unique rules, restrictions, and reward multipliers.

Build your own challenge modes, experiment with unusual settings, or create custom presets tailored for different groups of friends. Once saved, your presets can be selected at any time from the difficulty menu.

From casual investigations to nightmare fuel, the choice is yours.

Heart Rate System Adjustments

You'll notice that the Starting Heart Rate modifier includes values that differ from the previous versions. This is because the entire heart rate system has been rebalanced.

New Heart Rate Range

Previous:

• 80 BPM → 140 BPM

New:

• 60 BPM → 160 BPM

New Heart Rate Status Tiers

• Normal

• Anxious

• Panicked

• Distressed

Hunt Changes

• Demons can now hunt when players are Anxious

• All ghosts can hunt when players are Panicked or Distressed

Additionally, hunt chances are no longer fixed once a threshold is reached. The higher your heart rate rises, the greater the chance of a hunt occurring, creating a more dynamic escalation of danger throughout the investigation.

Dedicated Headgear Slot

Headgear no longer occupies one of your inventory slots.

A new dedicated equipment slot has been added specifically for head-mounted gear, ensuring that inventory capacity modifiers won't remove your ability to use a headlamp.

Additional notes:

• Holding the drop key will drop your headgear

• Headgear functionality remains on its own keybind

• Inventory capacity settings do not affect headgear

Laptop Overhaul

The contract laptop has received a significant usability update.

You can now:

• Purchase equipment

• Organize your loadout

• Select equipment to bring into a contract

All from a single interface without needing to run and back and forth between the crate and your laptop!

Headbob Reduction Setting

One of the most requested accessibility features is finally here.

A new Headbob Reduction setting has been added, significantly reducing camera movement while preserving multiplayer animation synchronization.

This feature is currently considered experimental and may continue to improve in future updates.

Spectral Affixer Changes (Cleanse)

The Spectral Affixer has been adjusted to reduce unnecessary punishment on higher difficulties.

You can now only enter the exact number of characteristics required for a scan.

Examples:

• If a scan requires 2 characteristics, you may only enter 2 total

• If a scan requires 3 characteristics, you may only enter 3 total

This change applies regardless of difficulty settings and removes situations where higher difficulties could unintentionally punish players simply for entering additional information.

Additional Changes

Contract Guide

• The contract guide on your cellphone now displays active difficulty modifiers

Grace Period

• Added a 5-second grace period when returning from the Death Room

Session Codes

• Removed ambiguous characters from invite codes

Hiding Spots

• Adjusted various hiding spots throughout multiple locations

Identify Mode

• Various gameplay improvements and balancing adjustments

EMF

• Low-grade EMF can now occasionally remain after ghost events

Remote Temperature Sensor

• Cost reduced from $150 to $90

• Temperature updates now occur faster

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Doppelganger could occasionally hunt from outside its favorite room under rare circumstances

• Fixed the Pickup Truck clipping into a fence on Abaddon Hallows East

• Various stability fixes

Thank you for all of the feedback and suggestions that helped shape this update!

We're excited to see the custom challenges, chaotic investigations, and creative difficulty presets the community comes up with.

See you on the other side.

-The Other Side Development Team

Version 0.9.7.5_h

Thank you to the entire community for helping spot many of these issues and suggesting several of these quality-of-life additions during our last stage meeting in the Discord. Your feedback genuinely helps shape The Other Side and we appreciate everyone who took the time to participate!

Additions:

• Added live Steam player counts to the session finder

• Added a visual indicator in the HUD equipment slots when equipment is powered on

• Added equipment status indicators to the HUD for relevant items, including remaining Holy Spray charges, Anxiety Pill usage, and Glowstick light intensity

• Added the ability to interact with dropped equipment

• Added an always-on HUD reticle/crosshair option (this is experimental and will be expanded upon in coming updates)

• Players you encounter in-game are now automatically added to Steam's Recent Players list

• Added a filter option to hide full sessions in the session browser

Changes:

• Session sorting now maintains its state after refreshing

• Session codes are now case insensitive

• Players can no longer join sessions that are already at capacity

• Reduced radio voice chat volume

• Improved Spectral Affixer lighting quality

• Reduced the long black screen delay after the drive-up intro finishes

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where rapidly clicking could cause Holy Water to spray multiple times at once, instantly consuming all charges

• Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would snap back to the center of the screen after returning to the main menu

• Removed the Easter Event tab from the HQ laptop browser's homepage

• Fixed an issue where disconnecting from the session while interacting with the Spectral Affixer would leave it unusable

• Fixed glitch spots in Abaddon Hallows East

• Fixed glitch spots in Summerhill Psychiatric Institution

• Corrected Shura and Skia ghost speed discrepancies from previous patch notes

• Fixed an event in Summerhill Psychiatric Institution causing the door to remain locked for several minutes

• Fixed the tricycle causing players to glitch through the floor in St. Joseph's Orphanage

• Fixed the Doppelganger being able to hunt from outside of its favorite room

Version 0.9.7.5_g - Adopt Your Bunny!

We’ve seen a massive wave of new investigators joining The Other Side recently, and a lot of you just missed out on the Easter Event’s exclusive Pet Bunny, our very first Headquarters pet.

So, we’re doing something special.

Content Creators will soon receive an exclusive HQ furniture item: a Bunny Kennel. Players who visit a participating creator’s Headquarters will be able to interact with the kennel to unlock their own Pet Bunny to keep in their HQs permanently.

Thank you all for the incredible support lately we have a ton of new stuff coming real soon!

Fixes:

• Improved network stability for connections with changing NATs

• Fixed shadows on some furniture

• Fixed a spot in Abaddon East where ghosts could become stuck

• Performance optimizations in Abaddon East/West

• Tricycle in St. Joseph's Orphanage could cause players to get pushed below the floor

• Various other minor performance/stability fixes

Changes:

• Windowed Mode now has a border to allow resizing and dragging

• Adjusted the radio volume to better match proximity voice chat

• Adjusted Leaderboard TV furniture UI to support numbers above 999

Additions:

• Content Creators now have a Bunny Kennel furniture that visiting players to their HQ can interact with to obtain their own pet bunny!*

*Starting at 4PM BST / 11AM EST - Visit a content creator lobby (labeled CONTENT CREATOR in the session finder) and interact with the kennel to claim your bunny. There are 5 different fur variations and is unchangeable. One bunny per person. No returns.

New Investigators Welcome!

We've seen a huge new wave of players discovering The Other Side lately - so we're kicking off a 7-day sale to celebrate.

Whether this is your first time stepping into the paranormal genre, or you're bringing your full 6-player team back for another night of ghost hunting, there's never been a better time to jump in.

Thank you for all the support lately. More is coming.

The Other Side is now on sale for a limited time!

Version 0.9.7.5_d

Fixes:

• Various stability issues have been addressed

• Settings UI was showing in main menu before going to settings

• Room bounds were not fully encompassing one of the lots in Abaddon Hallows West

Changes:

• Wraith's disorientation time from Holy Water is now 5 seconds (as stated in previous patch notes)

Additions:

• Added session filtering for lobbies that have hidden easter eggs

• Session owners can now change session privacy without needing to restart the session

• Ability to recover all easter eggs in your HQ if you've placed the maximum amount

Version 0.9.7.5_b

Fixes:

• Alive players could sometimes to see dead players.

• Purchasing 2XP tickets was inaccurately deducting the wrong currency.

• Obsidian Shield Candle was not protecting players that were coming back to life.

• "Buddy System" ankle monitor was incorrectly placed on some costumes.

• Some eggs were inaccessible in Aspen.

Additions:

• New furniture: Leaderboard Television

The Haunted Hunt has begun.

Easter eggs have begun appearing across contracts… but these aren’t your typical holiday treats. Search each location to uncover hidden eggs scattered throughout the map. Smaller maps contain 24 eggs, while larger locations hold up to 36. With hundreds of possible spawn points per map, no two hunts will ever feel the same.

But be careful. Not every egg is safe.

Some eggs carry negative effects that can increase ghost aggression, boost its speed, and reduce hunt cooldowns. The more you collect, the more dangerous the contract may become.

Outside of contracts, the hunt continues.

All players receive eggs to place in their Headquarters. Visiting other players’ HQs and interacting with their eggs rewards both players with event currency, encouraging exploration and “headquarter hopping.”

Additional eggs can be earned by:

• Achieving perfect games

• Finding bonus eggs

• Completing optional objectives

• Hosting and visiting HQs

You’ll have limited time to gather as many eggs as possible:

• 4 minutes on smaller maps

• 5 minutes on larger maps

Maps rotate daily, with all maps available on the final day. Rotation occurs at 5PM EST.

Earn currency, take risks, and unlock exclusive rewards during this limited-time event.

Happy Hunting and Good Luck!

Version 0.9.7.4-8

This patch finally fixes a couple critical issues such as players sometimes getting disconnected back to the main menu upon loading into a contract along with the Open Mic voice chat crash.

Fixes:

• Using open mic voice chat would often cause a crash for players when transitioning from HQ -> Contract or Contract -> HQ.

• Players would sometimes lose connection to the host when transitioning from HQ -> Contract or Contract -> HQ.

Version 0.9.7.4_6 - Stability Patch

This update is to address a bunch of stability issues that are affecting a wide range of players. Notably the voice chat issue that would cause players to crash when using open-mic should be resolved. We are going to keep an eye on the bug-reports, so please make sure to submit those if your game crashes as it helps us out tremendously.

Fixes:

• Increased stability when transition between maps

• Voice chat causing a crash with open mic when transitioning between maps

• Closing the game while in a session would often cause a "steam64" crash

• Affixer would cause players to get stuck in it when interacted with by another player as they were exiting the interface

• Increased brightness would cause odd fading in/out after respawning

• Incorrect active audio input device would be displayed in the audio settings

• Performance optimizations in Ravenwood, Cedar, and Stone Manor

Changes:

• Cellphone no longer flashes to complete darkness when near a hunting ghost, instead dims to half brightness

• Initial setup durations have been adjusted per difficulty

  • Novice = 3 minutes

  • Intermediate = 2 minutes

  • Expert = 1 minute

  • Master = No setup time

• Increased the Fast LOS speed slightly (Wewe Gombel and Wraith)

• Loading screen visual refresh with new tooltips

Additions:

• Toggle Voice Chat setting

• Developer cash register furniture which grants visiting players that interact with it $2,000 and a 2XP ticket*

*Visit a developer lobby (labeled DEVELOPER in the session finder) and interact with the cash register to gain your reward. There is a 2-hour cooldown. When a developer lobby is open, there will be a global message in the text chat box. These lobbies will not be available too often, so get it while they're open!

Welcome to St. Joseph's Orphanage, our newest investigation site. Its graffiti-covered halls and vandalized rooms tell the story of decades of abandonment. But investigators have recently discovered the building isn’t empty. A child’s ghost now roams the orphanage, unleashing terrifying new ghost scares.

Along with the new location, we have also made some other change in preparation for custom difficulty and challenge modes:

• All Ghosts except the Phantom, Echo, Skia, Wisp, and Strigoi, can now blow out candles.

• No ghosts can light candles.

• Swapped Poltergeist Evidence with Revenant to give the Poltergeist EMF and Radiation.

• Significantly increased the amount of items thrown by the Poltergeist.

• Increased the probability of shadow events for all ghosts.

• Slightly increased Line-of-Sight Ghosts Speeds (Poltergeist, Doppelganger, Wisp, Tantalus, Iblis, Forgotten, Strigoi).

• Decreased frequency of ghost interactions with FLX-POD and Candles.

• Tariaksuq can now blow out up to 10 candles within proximity (In the name of fun).

• Spirit Box idle volume is slightly turned down.

• Light flickering sounds during hunts have been turned down.

• Light flicker distance from an actively-hunting ghost has been greatly reduced (Notably, on Stone Manor, you should not encounter lights flickering if the ghost is not on that level).

• Heartbeat sounds turned down during a hunt

Hunting ghosts now have a base speed when they do not have line of sight and not actively targeting a player.

Normal Base Speed Ghosts

• Wewe Gombel

• Revenant

• Tariaksuq

• Phantom

• Poltergeist

• Bhoot

• Doppelganger

• The Echo

• Banshee

Fast Base Speed Ghosts

• Wraith

• Skia

• Shura

• Demon

• Wisp

• Tantalus

• Iblis

• The Forgotten

• Strigoi

Some ghosts have had their line-of-sight speeds adjusted as well.

Normal Line-of-Sight Speed Ghosts

• Revenant

• Tariaksuq

• Phantom

• Bhoot

• Doppelganger

• The Echo

• Banshee

Medium Line-of-Sight Speed Ghosts

• Poltergeist

• Wisp

• Tantalus

• Iblis

• The Forgotten

• Strigoi

Fast Line-of-Sight Speed Ghosts

• Wewe Gombel

• Wraith

• Skia

• Shura

Holy water now disorients for 3 or 5 seconds, never 8 seconds.

3 Second Disorientation Ghosts

• Revenant

• Tariaksuq

• Phantom

• Poltergeist

• Bhoot

• Doppelganger

• The Echo

• Banshee

• Skia

• Tantalus

• Iblis

• The Forgotten

• Strigoi

• Shura

5 Second Disorientation Ghosts

• Wewe Gombel

• Wisp

• Demon

• Wraith

More diverse character customization!

We Increased the skin tone slider range in the wardrobe to allow for more diverse character customization and added more hairstyles!

See you on The Other Side!

Version 0.9.7.2 - Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

Earn +10% money per player, per contract until February 14th @ 11:59PM CST!

Changes:

• Players within the Spectral Affixer radius during a scan **must** now be inside the location to be counted

Additions:

• New UI section in the Spectral Affixer interface that displays how many characteristics are required for the difficulty

Version 0.9.7.1 Hotfix 1

Fixes:

Version 0.9.7.1

Fixes:

• Some Content Creator Package wallpapers would not load when selected

Additions:

• New Equipment: M4 Motion Sensor

• New Equipment: LT-7P Trip Wire Sensor

• New Task: Detect Paranormal Movement

• Phantom Detect cellphone app is now keybindable for quick access

Changes:

• Adjusted temperature update rate for Remote Temperature Sensor

• Increased each vehicle inventory space vertically by 2 slots

*Wraiths do not set off the new trip wire sensor equipment if laser is below knee level

Fixes:

• When purchasing multiple quantities of equipment, players would get charged full price even if their inventory was full

• Memory leak from animated laptop wallpaper

Changes:

• 6 players for ALL vehicles

• Reduced variability in displayed heartrate for cellphone vitals

• Abaddon Hallows West and Aspen Heights added to Random Location pool

• Increased the chance of Tariaksuq being able to blow out multiple candles in a proximity

• Adjusted death vision to be less intense

Additions:

• Banshee now has a chance to scream through radios when it turns them on

• New Tape Recorder radio sound in morgue in Summerhill Psychiatric Institution

• New app for the cellphone to monitor sensor/camera equipment: Phantom Detection

• New equipment: Remote Temperature Sensor

• New vehicle: Camper (Retrofitted RV)

Players that have purchased the Pickup Truck will automatically unlock the Camper vehicle.

Fixes:

• Date in Vehicle's CCTV UI was incorrectly formatted

Changes:

• Elf On A Shelf furniture is now a decorative furniture
• Christmas Tree furniture is now a decorative furniture
• Various changes to CC cosmetic packages

Additions:

• Floating Effigy Event Trophy (found in the event shop)
• Pickup truck now has CCTV laptop
• CCTV cameras can now zoom in/out
• Sound cue when a ghost lights a candle

Version 0.9.6.10 - Minor Patch

Fixes:

• UV left when a ghost interacts with light switches in 317 Aspen Heights was never visible
• Doors would sometimes slam when initially opened without Easy Door enabled

Additions:

• Even more Content Creator Cosmetic Packages (check with your favorite content creator to see if they have a package to redeem through the laptop)

Version 0.9.6.9 - Minor Patch

Fixes:

Changes:

Additions:

Version 0.9.6.8

Celebrate the new year in style with the time-exclusive Firework furniture for your HQ! Visit a developer or Official Content Creator's HQ and interact with their Elf to unlock it before the Christmas Event ends!

Version 0.9.6.7

Fixes:

• Room bounds for the dining room (construction area) in Aspen Heights did not encompass the nook area
• Effigies were sometimes not showing UV-reactive
• Players could get stuck on boxes in the basement of Aspen Heights
• Doors would appear closed when joining another player's HQ even if they were open until interacted with
• Voice Indicator on HUD in HQ would often show players talking that were no longer in the HQ
• Players could join sessions that were full
• Cemetery Christmas effigies were inconsistently spawning out of bounds on the partial version

Changes:

• Blinks during hunt are more deterministic, so no more REALLY long blinks
• The Archive now uses a standardized currency (TOS Tokens)
• Developer elves have a 66% chance of giving a 2XP ticket
• Official Content Creator elves now give out 10-15 candy canes with a 33% chance of a 2XP ticket

Additions:

• Event Currency Converter in the Archive website in HQ laptop
• Male and Female Elf outfits can be unlocked by interacting with developer and official content creator elves
• Holiday Wreath bonus furniture (bonus*)
• RGB Christmas Wall Light furniture (bonus*)
• Small Wooden Reindeer furniture (bonus*)

Part 1 - A Haunted Holiday Atmosphere (Begins December 18th)

Every contract location has been transformed with snow, decorations, and festive details, letting you get cozy with your favorite ghosts—if you dare.

* 317 Aspen Heights joins the festivities shortly after its debut.

New quality-of-life additions include:

• Photos App on the laptop to store and review contract photos

• Announcement Banner for upcoming content and events

• Updated laptop desktop icons for a cleaner, unified look

New Headquarters Location — Winter Lodge (December 18th)

A warm refuge wrapped in falling snow, the Winter Lodge HQ blends rustic charm with quiet unease.

New Contract Location — 317 Aspen Heights (December 19th)

Explore a partially renovated 1970s home where construction uncovered a dark and forgotten past. Exposed walls, abandoned tools, and escalating paranormal activity reveal a presence that never truly left. She is no longer a child—only the echo of someone who grew up in the shadows… still waiting.

Part 2 — Elf on a Shelf & Candy Canes (December 21st)

Celebrate the season together with the Elf on a Shelf HQ furniture piece.

• Place your Elf anywhere in your HQ

• Visiting players can interact with it to earn Candy Canes

• HQ owners receive Christmas Presents under their tree instead

• Open presents at your Christmas Tree to claim Candy Canes

Candy Canes can be exchanged for:

• Christmas Presents

• Double XP Tickets

• Cold Hard Cash

• Event cosmetics and furniture

You can earn Candy Canes by:

• Interacting with other players’ Elves

• Opening gifted presents

• Completing contract objectives

• Playing in developer lobbies (bonus rewards!)

A new session browser filter lets you search specifically for HQs that are in the Christmas Spirit.

Part 3 — Hans Trapp Effigies (December 23rd)

The holidays take a darker turn with the arrival of Hans Trapp Effigies.

These twisted effigies empower the ghost while they remain:

• More frequent hunts

• Faster hunt speed

• Fewer interactions and reduced evidence

• Investigators lingering near effigies may be revealed

Effigies are UV-reactive, rewarding observant investigators. Destroying them weakens the ghost—collect them all to fully break its power and gain a major advantage.

• Novice difficulty is protected from extreme effects

• Effigy collection and flawless photos reward Candy Canes and cash

• Each location features a unique number of effigies

The Christmas Event runs from December 18th through January 10th. Decorate your HQ, trade with other players, hunt down effigies, and survive the holidays—before the snow melts and the darkness returns.

Happy haunting!

HALLOWEEN EVENT 2025 UPDATE!

Get ready to scream with excitement! Our spookiest update yet has arrived, and it’s packed with tricks, treats, and tons of Halloween fun!

COLLECT CANDY, UNLOCK TREATS!

Candy buckets have appeared all across the maps! Search far and wide for these randomly spawning Halloween buckets each one rewards you with a candy piece to collect. Trade candy for exclusive unlockables, including 9 full Halloween costumes to transform your character into something wickedly fun.

TRICK OR TREAT SYSTEM

Every time you collect from a bucket, you’ll trigger our brand new Trick or Treat system! Will you get a temporary buff to boost your gameplay or will you suffer a spooky debuff? There's only one way to find out...

You can even go trick or treating in other players’ HQs for extra candy!

HALLOWEEN MAP MAKEOVER

Each map has been given a haunted makeover, expect pumpkins, ghosts, creepy lighting, and a whole lot of atmosphere. Whether you're sneaking around or sprinting to safety, the spirit of Halloween is everywhere!

NEW FEATURES & UPDATES

Spirit Box Dead Player Communication - No ouija board required.

Dead Player Crouching - Stay low, even in the afterlife.

Dead Player Phone - Ghost calls? Maybe…

Bug Fixes & Quality of Life Improvements - Smoother than ever. Localization in 26 Languages available in the coming days - mid-event!

Preview of Our New Laptop UI System - Coming soon!

This Halloween event is limited time only, so get out there, collect candy, explore the haunted maps, and see what tricks or treats await you!

The candy hunt begins NOW… if you dare.

Step into Abaddon Hallows, our newest location. This sprawling gothic-era cemetery, long abandoned to ruin, is now undergoing renovations to bring it back to life. But when the past was disturbed, something awoke. An unnatural presence that turned a construction site into a site of investigation.

This release includes two playable versions of Abaddon Hallows East:

• Abaddon Hallows East – The full version of the cemetery, our largest and most ambitious map to date, spanning crypts, family grave lots, and a church.

• Abaddon Hallows East (Partial Grounds) – A smaller, cordoned-off version of the cemetery. Many areas remain closed for renovations, creating a more focused and intense experience.

The Abaddon Hallows West grounds are still undergoing restoration and will become available in a future update.

Will you brave the haunted restoration of Abaddon Hallows, or will the cemetery’s secrets claim you as their own? See you on The Other Side!

v0.9.2.6 Update Notes

Complete ghost overhaul

• 18 ghost types in Identify, all with unique behaviors that can identified without evidence specific equipment

• Ghost behaviors can currently be found in the official TOS Discord

• A fully detailed work-up of the behaviors will be available soon for those that want exact numbers

Summerhill Psychiatric Institution location rework

• Now contains TWO new favorite eligible rooms, a small break room (not favorite-eligible), and 2 access hallways to help navigate the location better. Along with some changes to the layout of the location, there is also proper color balancing of the environment to get it to the correct horror atmosphere it deserves.

Lobby size increase

• Pickup truck now allows for 5 player contracts, and Box Truck allows for 6!

CCTV System

• Available only in the Box Truck, view the location through static cameras or other players cellphone cameras!

New Equipment

• FLX-POD: Generates an EMF field when powered on, agitating the ghost. Provides audio and visual indicators that the ghost is near, and just how close!

• Holy Water Sprayer: Modernized spray bottle that sprays holy water mist that will disorient a hunting ghost.

• Old Candle: Placeable candle that can be used to encourage an interaction by the ghost. They can also be found in some locations.

Inventory Overhaul

• Features a secondary "Blessed" section that protective items can be placed into.

• Visual UI update that provides easier identifying of item types and their uses.

• HQ inventory stash screen now displays the location, difficulty, and contract type to help plan accordingly, as well as any issues like missing suggested equipment.

v0.9.2.6-Spire HOTFIX Patch Notes:

• Fixed issue causing interaction failures

• Fixed issue with FLX POD interaction (turning it off)

• Fixed issue that would sometimes cause the holy water to disorient the ghost permanently

• Fixed some typo errors in ghost descriptions/names

• Applied attenuation to holy water ghost reaction sound

This marks our biggest update yet, and it's not even done yet. Coming soon is the new Cemetery location, Abaddon Hallows!

We can’t thank the community enough for your patience, support, and continued feedback. Your enthusiasm keeps us building! Like always, if you have any suggestions, or feedback (good or bad), let us know!

Version 0.9.2.5

Steam Online Interface Overhaul

• No more region lock during peak hours
• Ability to see public "In Contract" sessions
• Shorter session codes
• Clients no longer disconnect and reconnect during map loads
• Higher quality voice chat
• Higher quality Steam avatar images in game
• Overall better network stability

Additions

• Code system for unlockables in laptop
• Community 1K Founder T-Shirt skin (code found in the official Discord)
• Randomized restricted hiding spots based on difficulty
• Brightness slider in settings
• Steam cloud saves enabled

Changes

• All “super safe” hiding spots removed
• Ghost base hunt speed changes
• Removed Jitter when hunting
• Equipment prices adjusted
• Photo anomaly payouts adjusted
• All task rewards adjusted
• Difficulty for Asylum increased to 2x from 1.75x
  • Obsidian Shield adjusted
  • Price changed from $175 to $90
• Small Storage Container temporarily disabled