StrategyFit check
Is The Other Side worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Small groups of players who want cooperative paranormal investigations
- Solo players who prefer evidence gathering and objective-based gameplay
- Players interested in customizing characters, vehicles, and a headquarters
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat-focused action rather than investigation, observation, and cleansing tasks
- Players who prefer sessions without equipment planning or repeated contract objectives
- Players looking for a single-player-only game
Our take on The Other Side
Rather than treating paranormal horror as a solitary escape experience, the game centers on shared investigation work. Evidence collection, equipment distribution, voice communication, and artifact destruction make team coordination the main structure, while headquarters and vehicle customization add progression outside each location.
What is The Other Side?
The Other Side is a cooperative paranormal investigation game for one to six players.
Teams investigate haunted locations, gather evidence, observe entity behavior, and complete contract objectives. Equipment and environmental tools support activity tracking and entity identification. After identifying an entity, players enter its characteristics into the Spectral Affixer, locate artifacts binding it to the site, and destroy them to cleanse the location. Proximity-based voice chat supports local coordination, including communication with fallen teammates through a spirit box. Players can share equipment and coordinate loadouts. Contracts provide money for customizing characters, vehicles, headquarters, and loadouts. Larger vehicles can carry more items into investigations, while locations offer different layouts, environmental details, and challenges.
How The Other Side plays
- 01Six-player cooperation
- The game supports solo play and teams of up to six participants.
- 02Entity identification
- Players combine collected evidence with observed behavior to determine which entity occupies a location.
- 03Artifact cleansing
- The Spectral Affixer reveals artifact locations after entity characteristics are entered, allowing teams to destroy them.
- 04Proximity voice chat
- Local voice communication supports coordination, and a spirit box allows contact with fallen teammates.
- 05Shared equipment
- Team members bring and use investigation gear while planning loadouts for each contract.
- 06Headquarters customization
- Contracts provide money for furnishing and upgrading the headquarters, vehicle, character, and loadout.
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The Other Side: platforms & release
Is The Other Side worth it?
It is worth it if: small groups of players who want cooperative paranormal investigations. Skip it if: players seeking combat-focused action rather than investigation, observation, and cleansing tasks.
Where can I download The Other Side?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Other Side's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Other Side on?
Windows only.
