Ghost Master

Ghost Master
Macintosh cover art
Developer(s)
  • Sick Puppies
  • Spiral House (PS2, Xbox)
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Gregg Barnett
Producer(s)Andy Severn
Designer(s)
  • Chris Bateman
  • Gregg Barnett
  • Neil Bundy
  • Nick Martinelli
Programmer(s)
  • David Hunt
  • Neal Tringham
Artist(s)
  • James Ellis
  • Mike Philbin
  • Nick Martinelli
Writer(s)
  • Chris Bateman
  • Richard Boon
Composer(s)Paul Weir
Platform(s)
Release
  • Windows
    • EU: May 23, 2003
    • NA: August 26, 2003
    • JP: January 29, 2004
  • Mac OS & OS X
    • WW: 2003
  • PlayStation 2 & Xbox
    • EU: August 27, 2004
  • Steam
    • NA: December 21, 2006
Genre(s)Puzzle, strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Ghost Master (released as Ghost Master: The Gravenville Chronicles on the Xbox and PlayStation 2) is a puzzle strategy game developed by British studio Sick Puppies for Windows. The game was later published on Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. The player assumes the role of a Ghost Master, a bureaucratic spirit tasked to perform certain duties. While the bulk of a Ghost Master's duties consist of hauntings, a Ghost Master may also be "called in" to increase belief in the supernatural, avenge deaths, and conscript renegade ghosts. Because a Ghost Master cannot directly interfere in the world of mortals, the Ghost Master is given a team of subordinate ghosts to do so. When not haunting, the Ghost Master is responsible for the training of the ghosts under their command.