Games like Ghostly Matter
If Ghostly Matter is your kind of game, the closest matches are After Death, OUTBUDDIES DX and Omega Strike — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, eerie and mysterious. 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 →About Ghostly Matter: Ghostly Matter is a metroidvania with elements borrowed from graphic adventures. The year is 1986. A professor obsessed with the paranormal, an old friend who disappeared mysteriously. Time to arm yourself with the best anti-ghost technology and set off in search of the truth.
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After Death
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Top pick for Ghostly Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
OUTBUDDIES DX
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Second-strongest match for Ghostly Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Omega Strike
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Ghostly Matter.
Third-strongest match for Ghostly Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Omega Strike is a metroidvania game with a vast, open ended world and multiple playable characters. Explore the world, learn new abilities, upgrade your weapons and defeat Doctor Omega and his mutant armies!
Mini Ghost
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Ranked #4 for Ghostly Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
"Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.
Rex Rocket
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Ranked #5 for Ghostly Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.
Alwa's Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Ranked #6 for Ghostly Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghostly Matter.
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Infernax
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Ranked #7 for Ghostly Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Owlboy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Ranked #8 for Ghostly Matter fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Reviewers of Ghostly Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostly Matter.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ghostly Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
Ghostbusters™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Reviewers of Ghostly Matter cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Ghostly Matter.
Grab your Proton Pack and join the Ghostbusters alongside your friends, exploring Manhattan, blasting ghosts, and trapping those runaway ghouls.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ghostly Matter at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ghostly Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ghostly Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Ghostly Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ghostly Matter.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ghostly Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ghostly Matter.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ghostly Matter on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ghostly Matter.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Ghostly Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Ghostly Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ghostly Matter on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghostly Matter.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Trick & Treat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghostly Matter.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
After Death
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.
OUTBUDDIES DX
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Alwa's Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghostly Matter.
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Infernax
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
Owlboy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ghostly Matter.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ghostly Matter.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
Frequently asked about Ghostly Matter
- Is Ghostly Matter verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Ghostly Matter is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Ghostly Matter cost?
- Ghostly Matter is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ghostly Matter?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ghostly Matter are After Death, OUTBUDDIES DX, Omega Strike.
- Who developed Ghostly Matter?
- Ghostly Matter was developed by Small Bros and published by Milestone S.r.l..
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