Fit check
Is Ghostly Matter worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania fans who want exploration combined with graphic-adventure puzzles
- Players who enjoy supernatural mysteries involving clues, collectibles, and NPC conversations
- Action-adventure players seeking extensive room-based exploration and boss fights
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly linear adventure may find the 600-plus-room map sprawling.
- Those wanting a primarily narrative or puzzle-focused game may find the frequent combat, weapons, bosses, and enemies distracting.
- Players uninterested in supernatural settings or pop-culture references may find the theme mismatched.
Our take on Ghostly Matter
The hybrid structure trades a narrowly focused puzzle adventure for a broader exploration-and-combat loop. Progress is spread across rooms, collectibles, clues, weapons, enemies, and power-ups, so the investigation is paired with substantial action rather than kept as a purely cerebral mystery.
What is Ghostly Matter?
Ghostly Matter combines metroidvania exploration with graphic-adventure puzzles in a supernatural mystery.
Professor Penderghast travels to the cursed Blackwood mansion in northern Scotland after receiving a distress call from his missing friend Melvil. The game features an open map with over 600 rooms across more than 20 settings. Exploration includes collecting items, finding clues, speaking with NPCs, and solving puzzles. Combat includes 40+ enemies divided into three categories, 10 bosses, six weapons, and 14 power-ups. The polterscope visor reveals ghosts and hidden items. More than 100 collectibles and references to pop culture supplement the investigation, while a customisable CRT filter controls blur, curved-screen, desaturation, and glitch effects.
How Ghostly Matter plays
- 01Large explorable map
- The world contains over 600 rooms spread across more than 20 settings.
- 02Supernatural combat
- Combat includes 40+ enemies in three categories, 10 bosses, six weapons, and 14 power-ups.
- 03Hidden-object visor
- The polterscope reveals ghosts and other concealed items during exploration.
- 04Investigation puzzles
- Progress combines clue discovery, NPC conversations, item collection, and puzzle solving.
- 05CRT display controls
- The visual filter can adjust blur, screen curvature, desaturation, and glitch effects.
Ghostly Matter compared to similar games
Sundered: Eldritch Edition is the listed alternative that shares Ghostly Matter's metroidvania structure, while Ghostly Matter adds graphic-adventure investigation through puzzles, clues, NPC conversations, and item collection. Ghostly Matter also frames its exploration around a haunted mansion, supernatural creatures, weapons, and a missing-person mystery.
Ghostly Matter: platforms & release
Is Ghostly Matter worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania fans who want exploration combined with graphic-adventure puzzles. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly linear adventure may find the 600-plus-room map sprawling.
Where can I download Ghostly Matter?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Ghostly Matter's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Ghostly Matter on?
Windows only.
