Midnight Ghost Hunt

What is Midnight Ghost Hunt?

Midnight Ghost Hunt is an asymmetric multiplayer game by Vaulted Sky Games. Two teams face off against each other: the ghosts hide within the furnishings of the map and turn into perfectly ordinary objects, while the ghost hunters go after them with specialized equipment and take a closer look at every suspicious chair, vase and trash can.

The appeal lies in the ticking clock: until midnight the hunters have the upper hand and work their way through the map. Once the clock strikes midnight the tables turn — the ghosts unleash their full power and start hunting the remaining hunters instead. Both sides have their own abilities, perks and equipment that noticeably change how a round plays out.

The game is played in short rounds on a fixed map and in a fixed game mode. The available modes are 4v4 Hunt, 6v6 Hunt and Darkness, played on maps such as Mansion, Asylum, Theatre, Museum, Ghost Ship, Carnival, School, Graveyard, Doll Factory and Mall. Updates 1.5 ("Ghost Town") and 1.6 ("Farm") added further maps. If there are not enough players, bots can fill up the teams.

Your own server is particularly interesting if you want to stay among your own group and decide on the map, the game mode and the rules yourself. On the server side, Midnight Ghost Hunt is primarily controlled through its startup parameters — server name, region, map, game mode, password and the bot settings. If you want to go deeper, you can additionally use the CustomRules.ini configuration file to set round timings, respawns as well as banned weapons, perks and ghost abilities.

There is no classic savegame: every round starts fresh, no world and no progress is stored on the server. Midnight Ghost Hunt is especially popular with players looking for short, chaotic rounds of hide-and-seek with friends. The game is available on PC via Steam.