Games like Ghost Master®
If Ghost Master® is your kind of game, the closest matches are Evil Genius, Dungeons 3 and Evil Genius 2: World Domination — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its clever puzzle design, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Ghost Master is a 2006 strategy game developed by Sick Puppies and published by Strategy First in which players command various supernatural entities including banshees, gremlins, and spectres to frighten mortals through puzzle-based challenges. The game blends ghost-management with environmental interaction and level-based scenarios, requiring tactical positioning to overcome each challenge. Players describe it as atmospheric and immersive, with reviewers highlighting clever puzzle design and the importance of strategic placement. The game holds an 89% positive rating from over 1000 Steam reviews and is priced at $4.99. It does not currently support the Steam Deck.
About Ghost Master®: Grim spectres, howling banshees, and sly gremlins are yours to command as you unleash ghastly spirits on the town of Gravenville and scare the wits out of its citizens. In the world of the Ghost Master, spooks do your bidding, as you solve puzzles and unlock mysteries in a challenge that combines the best of strategy, adventure, and...
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Evil Genius
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Top pick for Ghost Master® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
Everybody wants to rule the world! Achieve global power with EVIL GENIUS, the one and only complete world domination simulator. All the everyday tasks of the deliciously wicked mastermind are available to experience and master from building your ultra-secret base to developing spectacular super-weapons to carry out your nefarious master...
Dungeons 3
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghost Master®.
Second-strongest match for Ghost Master® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!
Evil Genius 2: World Domination
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghost Master®.
Third-strongest match for Ghost Master® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Ghost Master®.
Ranked #4 for Ghost Master® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
A campy, crazy pixelart zombie apocalypse arcade sim where you're the bad guy. Drop your virus and spread it across the globe while you unlock a whole horde of bizarre undead to do your bidding.
War for the Overworld
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Ranked #5 for Ghost Master® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.
Ghost Master: Resurrection
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Ghost Master®.
Ranked #6 for Ghost Master® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
Command an army of specters, unleash terror on the town of Gravenville, and solve puzzles to unlock mysteries in this strategic adventure game of resource management and supernatural mayhem.
Tropico 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghost Master®.
Ranked #7 for Ghost Master® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
Become the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?
MachiaVillain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghost Master®.
Ranked #8 for Ghost Master® fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
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Scooby Doo! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving with Ghost Master®.
Reviewers of Ghost Master® cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Solve the mystery of Kraken Cove with Scooby, Shaggy and the rest of the Mystery Machine Gang or help Bugs and Daffy discover who is behind the dastardly defective MOCME products that are creating chaos.
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Ghost Master®.
Reviewers of Ghost Master® cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ghost Master® at current Steam store prices.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Ghost Master® on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ghost Master® on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ghost Master® on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Majesty Gold HD
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Priced ~50% under Ghost Master® on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
Bomber Crew
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Priced ~52% under Ghost Master® on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
Turmoil
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Priced ~48% under Ghost Master® on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ghost Master® on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Party Hard
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Priced ~60% under Ghost Master® on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ghost Master®.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Ghost Master®
- Does Ghost Master® work on Steam Deck?
- Ghost Master® is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Ghost Master® cost?
- Ghost Master® is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ghost Master®?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ghost Master® are Evil Genius, Dungeons 3, Evil Genius 2: World Domination.
- Who developed Ghost Master®?
- Ghost Master® was developed by Sick Puppies and published by Strategy First.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Ghost Master®.
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