UPDATE 1.3: 5 NEW COSMETICS, MAJOR BALANCE CHANGES, HALLOWEEN PROPS AND MORE!

Get ready for a spine-chilling adventure with our latest update, just in time for Halloween! We’re bringing the thrills and chills with a haunting collection of new skins, some major balance changes, the return our our Halloween props (and hero props), and our biggest sale yet!

Whether you're creeping through the night as a Vampire, uncovering cosmic mysteries as a Lost Astronaut, or embracing the festive spirit with our Pumpkin and Witch Hunter costumes, this update is packed with lots of wacky fun!

Update 1.3 is out NOW!

✨NEW COSMETICS ✨

New Ghost Skin: vampire

Introducing our haunting new vampire skin, bringing even more supernatural terror to your ghostly adventures!

NEW Ghost Skin: Lost ASTRONAUT

Unveil the eerie mystery of space with our new Lost Astronaut skin, and enjoy your ghostly encounters in the depths of the unknown!

New Hunter Skin: PUMPKIN HUNTER

Celebrate the spooky season with our new Pumpkin Hunter skin, featuring a fearless ghost hunter donning a jack-o'-lantern head for a festive and frightful look!

New Hunter Skin: WITCH HUNTER

Conjure up some spooky style with our new Witch Hunter skin and become master of the dark arts with a classic witch costume!

 

New Hunter Skin: ASTRONAUT

Blast off into the paranormal with our new Astronaut Hunter skin, as your ghost hunter suits up for an out-of-this-world adventure!

 

⚖️BIG BALANCE CHANGES⚖️

Major thanks to all players who have provided feedback and given suggestions! We have been listening, and have prepared quite a few balance related changes for this update!

  • Increased the number of health orbs available at Midnight, from 4 to 8

  • Increased the health Ghosts re-spawn with at Midnight, 75 if not vacuumed, 50 if vacuumed

  • Harpoon Bazooka shots now break Deflectors bubble

  • Hallucinate now plays more “game specific” sounds, such as Death Grip, Corruption, etc

  • Increased Riot Shield damage to props and Ghosts

  • Conjurer will try to find a better sized prop to spawn if there isn’t enough room to spawn one

  • Moved spawn location of Conjurer props closer to the ground to prevent the props from falling over

  • Midnight Ghosts can now break C4 with one swipe, previously this took two

  • Midnight Ghosts can now break Medkits with one swipe, previously this took two

  • Slightly increased the distance Ghosts need to move before Ectoplasm starts to drop

    • This is to help prevent Ghosts from only slightly moving back and forth to drop Ecto

  • Lowered projectile audio volume for both Project X and Frostbite

  • Phantom duration no longer decreases with Ghost movement

  • Slightly decreased Chill Haunt duration

  • Slightly decreased Chill Haunt movement speed reduction

  • Decreased cooldown for Doppelganger if it fails to activate due to available space

  • Increased Heavyweight damage reduction from 25% to 30%

  • Decreased Berserk movement speed to 20%, down from 30%

  • Reduced Quickcharge charge time, meaning this is slower to charge up than before

  • Slightly increased Spectral Cannon damage and splash damage radius

  • Slightly increased Sledgehammer damage against Ghosts (but not props)

  • Slightly decrease the number of shots needed to freeze large props with Frostbite

  • Tweaked Miasma to now tick twice as fast but for half the damage, overall damage is the same, but now more likely to hit Hunters running at full speed

  • Murder Doll/Witch no longer gets free "Shatterproof" - this prop will never break when hitting a Hunter, but will break like normal otherwise

  • Medium-sized props are now 20% more resilient against breaking on impact, requires 20% more velocity on impact to break as compared to small props

  • Increased health on bouncing ball props

🎃HALLOWEEN PROPS🎃

What would scary season be without some seasonal decorations? We’ve once again decorated all the maps with ghostly adornments galore. The three Halloween hero props are back once again for you to enjoy!

💵UPDATE SALE💵

Update 1.3 marks the start of our biggest discount yet! Midnight Ghost Hunt is 75% off right now on Steam! If you haven’t had a chance to check the game out yet, now is a great time to do so!

🐛BUG FIXES🐛

  • Multiple collision fixes of the rocks on Ghost Ship

  • Fixed collision of the beach house on Ghost Ship

  • Fixed collision of the top mast on Ghost Ship

  • Fixed invisible collision in cave on Ghost Ship

  • Fixed collision of pallets on Mall

  • Fixed invisible “Exit” sign on Theatre

  • Fixed missing rock collision in basement of Graveyard

That's all for now, Ghosts and Hunters, until next time! Please keep the feedback coming, and we’ll see you on the hunt!

👻 -Team MGH 

UPDATE 1.2: Farsight, Conjurer, New COSMETICS and more!

Hey Haunters and Hunters! Gear up for a new wave of ghost-hunting thrills! Update 1.2 is out NOW!

A new Ghost Haunt, a new Hunter Perk, new skins (and the return of an old favorite) and more; lets dive in!

👀NEW Hunter Perk: Farsight 👀

Farsight allows you to see corrupted and poltergeist props, as well as death grip through walls! Your max health is set to 80, and your movement speed is also slightly slower to balance it out.

Use Farsight to get an early warning to your team before walking into a room filled with Ghostly traps!

👻 NEW GHOST Haunt: Conjurer👻

Conjurer allows you to spawn a random, large prop at your location as a dead Ghost. Help your friends escape those pesky Hunters by dropping a couch in their getaway path, or block a doorway with a table!

✨NEW COSMETICS ✨

New Ghost Skin: Dead Duck

Prepare to quack under pressure with our new ghost skin, Dead Duck—it's bound to ruffle some feathers in the afterlife!

Returning Ghost Skin: Bride

We heard your requests, and the Bride has made her ghostly return! She is back and ready to haunt your happily ever after!

The old “Bride” skin is now properly renamed Prom Queen to better match the visuals!

New Hunter Skin: Knight

Armor up and get ready to joust with the paranormal, because our new Knight Hunter skin is here! Complete with a fancy tattered cape, this new Hunter skin is sure to make an impression.
Caution: Does not protect against evil possessed Knights of the Mansion!

💵UPDATE SALE💵

If you haven’t had a try at hunting and haunting quite yet, now is a perfect time to do so!

Midnight Ghost Hunt is 66% off right now on Steam!

🐛BUG FIXES/QOL Improvements🐛

  • Dedicated servers will now go through all 10 maps in order, rather than randomly picking the next map

    • We certainly heard your feedback on this, where you may end up playing Mansion 5 times before ever seeing Mall. This should fix that problem, thanks for the feedback!

  • Additional checks to hopefully prevent Ghost bots from being able to possess props through walls

  • Out of bounds fixes based on your reports

  • Improve hit detection for Ghosts when trying to destroy C4 with Ghost punches

  • Minor localization fixes

That's all for now, Ghosts and Hunters, until next time!

👻 -Team MGH 

UPDATE 1.1: Copycat, Ecto-Rush, Berserk and more!

As summer spreads its sunny embrace across the world, now is the time to gather your ghost hunting gear and prepare for a delightfully eerie summer, because Update 1.1 is out NOW!

🖨️NEW GHOST ABILITY: COPYCAT 🖨️

Spawn a copy of your *current* prop! Ever wanted another Knight? What if your friend also wants to be the T-Rex head? Just equip copycat, and spawn another one!

Larger items have a longer cooldown, but can be sped up using the Ghostly Focus perk.

👟 NEW GHOST PERK: ECTO-RUSH👟

The higher your ectoplasm buildup, the higher your movement speed! We have found this is *fantastic* for quickly getting away after being found by those pesky Hunters!

This also affects ghost form, doppelganger, and the spirit ability by giving them a base movement speed increase (as they always have the highest ectoplasm by default).

🏃 NEW HUNTER PERK: BERSERK🏃

30% Damage boost AND 30% movement speed buff when you are less than 50% health!

Go Berserk running away at Midnight! High risk, but high reward.

✨NEW COSMETICS ✨

New Ghost Skin: Deathday

Introducing our newest ghost skin, "Deathday," celebrating the spectral counterpart to birthdays with chilling…elegance? Just in time for summer! Happy Deathday!

5 new weapon skins

  • Battleworn Ghostsmasher

  • Fluorescent Salt Shotgun

  • Camo Riot Shield

  • Chrome Flamethrower

  • Frosted Riot Shield

3 new Ghostmaster handheld gaming device skins

  • Orange

  • Transparent Orange

  • Shiny Gold

💵UPDATE SALE💵

If you haven’t had a try at hunting and haunting quite yet, now is a perfect time to do so!

Midnight Ghost Hunt is 66% off right now on Steam!

🕹️Ghost Invaders🕹️

Ever wanted to play Ghost Invaders on your real handheld gaming device™? Well, now you can!

I have created a homebrew version of Ghost Invaders that you can download on our Discord and play on your favorite handheld gaming device! Included in the ZIP are a playable ROM, as well as a .pocket game file!

This was a fun side project for me, recreating all of the art, gameplay, music, etc. We hope you enjoy this special Ghost Invaders port!

🐛BUG FIXES🐛

  • Fixed a number of out of bounds spots in various maps (keep those reports coming - thank you all!)

  • Various localization bugs fixed for all languages, with more to come soon

That's all for now, Ghosts and Hunters, until next time!

👻 -Team MGH 

1.0 FULL RELEASE OUT NOW!

Following nearly 2 years in Early Access, Midnight Ghost Hunt 1.0 is OUT NOW on both Steam and the Epic Games Store!

It’s been a long and exciting road as we ramp up to this full release!

Here’s a rundown of what has changed for our 1.0 release:

✨ALL 10 maps FULLY REVAMPED✨

We've been tirelessly working behind the scenes, overhauling all the maps to ensure they reach their absolute best versions! Our objectives with these changes were:

  • Large layout changes on most maps

    • Less reliance on ladders for verticality on maps like Ghost Ship or Asylum

    • Improved map flow for getting around the map easier

  • Add more line of sight breaks for escapes

    • By breaking up line of sight, Ghosts can get away from Hunters easier by having more walls/corners to hide behind

  • Add more hiding spots and have less dead ends

    • The redesigns of most of the maps allowed us to rethink a lot of the hiding spots for Ghosts as well, which has led to many more exciting “run-away” moments

    • We also ensured that every spot on every map has multiple ways to escape, always giving the Ghost a chance to get away from those relentless Hunters 😉

  • Improved lighting and contrast

    • During Early Access, most of our maps were very blue. With the new lighting pass, we have added warmth and contrast back to the maps, which also reduces a lot of the visual noise; allowing Ghosts to stand out even more 👻

🔫WEAPON SKINS🔫

We wanted another way for players to spend their hard earned Ghost Shards, and weapons skins seemed like the obvious choice! For 1.0 every weapon has at least 1 new skin that can be unlocked via Ghost Shards. Each weapon also has a ✨golden ✨ skin, which can only be unlocked by getting the Mastery achievement for that weapon!

🤖 ALL NEW BOT AI, Difficultly levels, Profile Pictures, and more!🤖

Both the Hunter and Ghost bots have gotten a MAJOR upgrade! Their revamped AI will employ improved strategies and navigation - and will make for indispensable allies or formidable foes!

We wanted to make sure that if you just wanted to chill in a lobby with a couple of friends, that you could turn the bots on the fill out your teams, and feel good knowing that they will actually be able to play with you as Hunters or Ghosts.

👻new ghost VISUALS👻

Our new and improved Ghost visuals enriches the appearance and aura of our spectral friends. From the default skin to the Krampus and everything in-between, our overhauled Ghost visuals are a significant upgrade.

Much like with the map changes, we felt the Ghost visuals were much too bright and blue, so we redid all of them to add even more visual clarity to your chosen spectral skin.

🛠️NEW HUNTER WEAPON VFX🛠️

Spectral Cannon, Project X, Ghostsmasher, Grenade, and more all received new and improved visual effects for improved clarity! The goal was to make the weapon effects warmer colors so they contrast better against all the Ghostly blue.

AND MORE…

  • New Pathfinder screen to prevent motion sickness/improve clarity

  • Medkits now heal 40% of your max health, instead of a 100% heal previously

  • Medium sized props are now more likely to break when using charge up attack

  • Spirit should no longer rotate incorrectly when exiting spirit

  • Improved Riot Shield and Ghost Smasher Shield block success rate

  • Finalized localization in the 11 supported languages

  • Player titles now show on all of the end of game screens

  • Hunter gadgets (trap, camcorder, etc) no longer disappear when changing loadout at the generator if gadget is unchanged

And so much more just waiting for you to discover on the hunt!

Thanks for reading, and for joining us on our early access journey! What started as an after-hours passion project has grown into what Midnight Ghost Hunt is today, and we couldn't have done it without you.

Also a huge thanks to Ernst & Borg, our co-development studio. We couldn’t have brought MGH to full 1.0 release without them!

Hope to see you on the hunt! 🥳

👻 -Team MGH 

1.0 FULL RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT!

You read that right Ghosts and Hunters, 1.0 is right around the corner!

Following nearly 2 years in Early Access, we're thrilled to announce the official full release of Midnight Ghost Hunt 1.0 on March 21st, 2024 on both Steam and the Epic Games Store! The excitement is palpable as we unveil some truly AMAZING changes to accompany our 1.0 release. Let's dive right in!

✨ALL 10 maps FULLY REVAMPED✨

We've been tirelessly working behind the scenes, overhauling all the maps to ensure they reach their absolute best versions! Brace yourself for all new designs, new layouts, new lighting, strategic hiding spots, improved gameplay flows, and beyond! Get a sneak peek at the transformations with the before-and-after clips below! 👀

Before
After

🔫WEAPON SKINS🔫

That’s right, Hunters now have their choice of weapon skins for all of the weapons, unlockable via Ghost Shards! Earning the “Master” achievement for a weapon will unlock the shiny new ✨golden✨skin for that weapon. Other skins can be acquired with Ghost Shards like other cosmetics.

🤖 ALL NEW BOT AI, Difficultly levels, Profile Pictures, and more!🤖

Both the Hunter and Ghost bots have gotten a MAJOR upgrade! Their revamped AI will employ improved strategies and navigation - and will make for indispensable allies or formidable foes!

Ever envisioned a Hunter bot equipped with a Radar following you on the hunt? Your wish is now a command away! Direct them to wield specific weapons or perks, or simply have them follow your lead.

They also now have 3 difficultly levels for you to choose from (easy, normal, hard), or leave them on auto to adjust to the average player level in the server!

But that's not all – these bots now exude more personality than ever with fresh names, skins, and profile pictures!

👻new ghost VISUALS👻

Our new and improved Ghost visuals enriches the appearance and aura of our spectral friends. From the default skin to the Krampus and everything in-between, our overhauled Ghost visuals are a significant upgrade.

🛠️NEW HUNTER WEAPON VFX🛠️

Spectral Cannon, Project X, Ghostsmasher, Grenade, and more all received new and improved visual effects for improved clarity! Generally, the effects are warmer colors so they contrast better against all the Ghost blue.

🚗NEW HUNTER VAN DESIGN🚗

The van's interior has been revamped for maximum comfort during those long nights of Ghost Hunting across all of the haunted maps! 👻

And so much more just waiting for you to discover on the hunt!

Thanks for reading, and for joining us on our early access journey! What started as an after-hours passion project has grown into what Midnight Ghost Hunt is today, and we couldn't have done it without you.

We are so very excited to release 1.0 on March 21st, 2024, and we can’t wait to see you on the hunt very, very soon! 🥳

👻 -Team MGH 

UPDATE 11: 2ND HUNTER GADGET SLOT, MAIN MENU UI OVERHAUL, SEPARATE EMOTES/VICTORY POSES FOR GHOSTS, AND MORE!

Season’s greetings, Ghosts and Hunters!

As the holiday season blankets the world in warmth and cheer, our ghostly game is no exception to the festive magic. 'Tis the season for festive spirits, so grab your gear and get ready for a hauntingly delightful Christmas hunt!

❄️2ND HUNTER GADGET SLOT ❄️

Previously, Hunters had only one gadget slot that would force a player to pick either a tracking gadget or something else. Internally, we’ve experimented with adding a second gadget slot to Hunters that gave lesser-used gadgets a time to shine without needing to give up the ability to track Ghosts. The results were promising, so we are rolling this change out in this update!

Hunters now have the choice of a weapon, a regular gadget, a utility gadget, and a perk. We have currently split the gadgets in a way that we think makes the most sense to prevent a solo Hunter from being overly strong, but please note this is experimental, and we would love to hear your feedback!

The “regular” gadgets are Radar, Vacuum, Camcorder, Spectrophone, Pathfinder, and Trap. While the “utility” gadget options are Defibrillator, Medic Kit, Grenade, Grappling Hook, and C4.

Our goal with this change is to allow the Hunters to use more of the niche gadgets while still retaining a tracking gadget. We can’t wait to see what new crazy builds you come up with!

In an attempt to balance out this change, we have decreased Hunter movement speed by about 10% to compensate for the extra power that Hunters gain to hopefully prevent a major swing in balance. We will be keeping a close eye on the analytics and your feedback, and we will adjust as needed!

💻 MAIN MENU UI OVERHAUL💻

The first thing you will notice when booting up Update 11 will be the newly overhauled main menu! This new main menu allows for easier navigation through the various menus, brings the style up to date, and adds a widely-requested new feature: you can now toggle between Ghost and Hunter skins for your party in the main menu!

💃 SEPARATE EMOTES & VICTORY POSES FOR HUNTERS & GHOSTS💃

You may also spot a new feature in the new main menu, separate emote and victory pose selections for Hunters and Ghosts! You know you have always wanted to Praise the Duck as a Hunter and do the Forbidden Gesture as a Ghost, right? RIGHT? Well, now you can!

🎄SEASONAL DECORATIONS 🎄

What would the holiday season be without some seasonal decorations? We’ve once again covered all the maps and the van with decorations galore. You might even find Santa or his elves across the maps as well 👀

💵UPDATE 11 SALE💵

To celebrate our eleventh Early Access update, we’re also celebrating with a discount. If you haven’t had a try at hunting and haunting quite yet, now is a perfect time to do so! MGH is 66% off right now on Steam for the Steam Winter Sale and 66% off on the Epic Games Store as well! Gather your crew and hop on in. The sale runs until January 10th on EGS and January 4th on Steam!

🤑DOUBLE GHOST SHARDS🤑

We’ll also be granting double the normal amount of Ghost Shards throughout this whole week to celebrate the Holiday season!

👀AND MORE… 👀

This update also includes:

  • Prevent full-screen “Logging into your Epic Account” popup from happening mid-match

  • Fix weapon projectiles sometimes stopping and instantly breaking flinging props

  • Many smaller bug fixes as well

That’s all for now, Ghosts and Hunters! We wish you a great holiday season, and a wonderful start to your New Year! As always, thanks for your unwavering support and we can’t wait to see you back on the h(a)unt soon! 😊

👻 -Team MGH 

UPDATE 10: SCARY SEASON, ECTOPLASM & MIDNIGHT BALANCE CHANGES, UI REFRESH, AND MORE!

Hey there, Ghosts and Hunters!

As the crisp, cool breeze of autumn fills the air, it can mean only one thing: Halloween season is here! So don your favorite duck costume, and join us in the excitement as we delve into Update 10!

🎃SCARY SEASON DECORATIONS 🎃

What would scary season be without some seasonal decorations? We’ve once again decorated all the maps and the van with ghostly adornments galore. The three Halloween hero props are back once again for you to enjoy!

Chomping Pumpkin - Much like our Mimic Chest friend, this pumpkin will have no problem taking a bite or two out of you

Pumpkin Jack-in-the-box - Is the hammer from our regular Jack-in-the-box too aggressive for you? How about launching pumpkin guts at them instead?

Witch Doll - Who needs a knife when you have a broom? Zoom across the maps and bonk the hunters to your heart’s content

🕸️ ECTOPLASM BUILDUP/Radar CHANGEs 🕸️

With this update we have also made some pretty serious balance changes, and that starts with how Ectoplasm buildup works.

We have heard from the community that Radar detecting Ghosts with 0 Ectoplasm buildup didn’t make much sense, so we changed it! Our intention is for Radar to be much more accurate, while also making Ectoplasm buildup more clear for Ghosts.

  • 0 Ectoplasm buildup now means 0 reading on Radar/Spectrophone

  • Moving in a small circle as a Ghost will no longer reduce Ectoplasm buildup

  • Radar will no longer get confused between different floors

    • Before, Radar could show a high reading if a Ghost with high Ectoplasm buildup was on the floor above you, that is no longer the case

  • Radar will no longer get confused if you have a low Ectoplasm ghost directly in front of you, and a high Ectoplasm ghost slightly further away

    • Before, this would cause Radar to show almost no signal, even though you have a high Ectoplasm ghost nearby

  • Taunting still lowers Ectoplasm buildup, however we have increased the volume to make this more risky in revealing your location

  • The Ectoplasm buildup bar now will show a shaking Radar icon the higher your Ectoplasm buildup gets to clarify what having high Ectoplasm actually means: High Ectoplasm = High Radar reading

🕷️ MIDNIGHT BALANCE CHANGES🕷️

We’ve focused this update on improving balance and how Midnight plays out during matches. Hunters missing even a single Ghost previously meant that all Ghosts come back at full health, or they could easily heal any damage they took pre-midnight.

This new system is designed to still allow Ghosts to feel powerful at Midnight, while assuring Hunters that the last 5 minutes weren’t for nothing. Destroying 3 out of the 4 ghosts before Midnight will now make a drastic difference to the possible outcome for Hunters at Midnight.

  • At midnight, all health orbs will despawn, and they will not respawn for the rest of the match

  • If you die as a Ghost before midnight, you will come back with less health

    • If you were not vacuumed, you will come back with 60hp

    • If you were vacuumed, you will come back with 35hp

  • There are only two ways to heal as a ghost after Midnight

    • Consuming a Hunter soul will do one of the following:

      • If you are <100% HP, you will heal some damage

      • If you are 100% HP, a health orb will spawn at this location for a teammate

    • Destroying the Generator will drop 2 health orbs, allowing you/your team to heal

  • UI will indicate how much health you will have when you respawn at Midnight

  • Ghosts will look less saturated at lower health after Midnight, making it easier to choose which Ghosts to target

We hope that these Midnight changes will reward Hunters for any success they do have before Midnight, while still allowing the Midnight Ghosts to feel powerful. Do give it a shot and let us know what you think over on our Discord!

💻 UI CHANGES💻

Alongside our Midnight balance and Ectoplasm/Radar changes, we have also made some UI changes to add additional clarity:

  • Health bars are now segmented into ~25HP chunks - this should allow you to roughly determine how much health you have in various props or Hunter perks

  • The health bar now animates more clearly and with more polish when taking damage or healing

  • When you are low health, you now have a more intense red outline on the outside of the screen so can more clearly understand you are low health

🥳 DEDICATED SERVER PROPS FIXED 🥳

A major issue that we noticed over the past few months was related to unpossessed props stuttering after a dedicated server had been online for an extended period of time. This was causing lots of other issues as well, such as Hunters teleporting around when getting hit by these specific props, as well as Ghosts being able to occasionally teleport outside of the maps when attempting to possess these props.

I am happy to report that this should be completely fixed now! So go forth and enjoy the nice, stable dedicated servers once more, and if you run into any issues please let us know on our Discord! 🥳

💵UPDATE 10 SALE💵

To celebrate our tenth Early Access update, we’re also celebrating with a discount. If you haven’t had a try at hunting and haunting quite yet, now is a perfect time to do so! MGH is 66% off right now on Steam for the Steam Scream Fest and 66% off on the Epic Games Store as well! Gather your crew and hop on in. The sale runs until November 1st on EGS and November 2nd on Steam!

🎵SEVERAL NEW GHOST TAUNTS🎵

We also added several new Ghost taunts for you to unlock and enjoy! Taunt the Hunters to your hearts content!

🤑DOUBLE GHOST SHARDS🤑

Trick or treat! We’ll be granting double the normal amount of Ghost Shards throughout this whole week to celebrate the Halloween season!

👀AND MORE… 👀

This update also includes:

  • Activating voice chat should no longer cause FPS drops

  • Join friends match in progress button from the Social menu should work again

  • Players from all platforms (Epic/Steam) should now show in the Social menu, regardless of what platform you are playing on

  • Implemented improved experimental bot pathing

  • Many smaller bug fixes as well

That’s all for now, Ghosts and Hunters! As always, thanks for your unwavering support and we can’t wait to see you back on the h(a)unt soon! 😊

👻 -Team MGH 

UPDATE 9: VAN RIDE ENTERTAINMENT, CONTROLLER SUPPORT, STEAM TRADING CARDS, AND MORE!

Hey there, Ghosts and Hunters!

The summer season is over, and we have been hard at work on some of the things we called out in our July blog post. We’ve got a new update for you today, so let’s get into it!

🚗New Van Ride Entertainment 🚗

One of the suggestions we have heard from a ton of players is that the Hunters seem a little bored and need something to do (other than the spray 😉) while they are heading to their next haunted destination on those van rides.

Hunters will be idle no more! Introducing: the GhostMaster handheld gaming console! You can play “Ghost Invaders” and pass the time on your next ride. You can also customize the handheld with multiple color choices (including transparent purple ✨)!

🎮 Full Controller Support 🎮

Full controller support is another highly anticipated feature. Although we’ve had experimental controller support since our Early Access launch, we’ve been working hard to perfect the experience of playing with a controller. We’re thrilled with the results and can’t wait for you to try it out! Whether you prefer using a mouse and keyboard or a controller, we’re confident that you’ll have a fantastic experience. As always, we welcome your feedback on Discord or Twitter (X) about this new feature!

🎉Steam Trading Cards🎉

We’ve added Steam Trading Cards to the game! Now, as you play MGH, you’ll have the chance to collect wicked virtual cards featuring artwork from the MGH world. Once you’ve collected a full set of cards, you can turn them into game badges and tradable Steam community items. The sooner you collect ‘em all, the sooner you can flex on your friends. 😉

🕹️QUICKPLAY IMPROVEMENTS🕹️

After observing the quickplay data, and of course listening to your feedback, we have made more adjustments to the quickplay algorithm that should now result in finding better, faster matches! Specifically, quickplay will look for a “perfect” match, and then fallback to a “good” match faster, which should result in finding a match faster, and ending up in your own match with bots less often. Please give it a shot, and let us know what you think over on our Discord!

💵UPDATE 9 STEAM SALE💵

To celebrate our ninth Early Access update, we’re also celebrating with a discount. If you haven’t had a try at hunting and haunting quite yet, now is a perfect time to do so! MGH is 66% off right now on Steam! Gather your crew and hop on in. The sale runs until the 26th of September.

👀AND MORE… 👀

This update also includes:

  • Fix Extra Gear not working with Camcorder and bumped default ammo count from 1 to 2

  • Female skins now have female voice callouts for both Hunter and Ghosts

  • Deflector can no longer be activated while charging a slingshot

  • Ghost Health Orb pickup radius increased

  • Hunters now have a unique running sound instead of a sped-up walking sound

  • Improvements to Buckler Shield with Ghostsmasher not always blocking hits (even more improvements for this coming soon)

  • Doppelganger will appear with the other player’s actual gadget/weapon, no longer just Spectral Cannon

  • Code refactor of most Hunter weapons and gadgets, leading to improved performance with bots and weapon projectiles, such as Frostbite and Project-X

  • Map exploit fixes (looking at you…Carnival 🎪)

  • Many other smaller bug fixes as well

Although that’s all the news we have for now, rest assured that our team is hard at work behind the scenes to bring you even more exciting updates! From enhancing performance and fine-tuning bots to improving matchmaking and beyond, we’ve got plenty of tricks up our sleeves. So keep your eyes peeled for future announcements!

That’s all for now, Ghosts and Hunters! We’re grateful for your unwavering support and can’t wait to see you back on the h(a)unt soon! 😊

👻 -Team MGH