Ghost in the Dark
Platform: Web Browser — best on PC (keyboard/mouse)
Controls: Mouse click on the surface to move your character
Editor review updated: 2026-09-19
Escape haunted places in this scary online horror game! Solve puzzles, find necessary parts, and survive before creepy ghosts catch you. Explore the New Wishlie Hospital, the eerie High School, and a cursed apartment with friends in multiplayer mode. Use voice chat to find anomalies, avoid monsters, ghosts, and maniacs, and unlock exits like garage doors and elevators. Will you survive the haunted
Editor's take
A haunted-location tour with real stakes: the New Wishlie Hospital, an eerie high school, a cursed apartment — three solid horror geographies in one package, each with its own puzzles, parts to find, and resident ghosts who object to your presence. The stealth is the star: crouch, hide, watch patrol patterns, and learn that line-of-sight is a resource. Multiplayer with voice chat elevates it from good to genuinely special for a browser game — coordinating an escape while a ghost is actively hunting your friend two rooms away is exactly as chaotic and hilarious and terrifying as it sounds. Solo it's a solid stealth-horror puzzler; together it's a party game with teeth. Best for: friend groups, Phasmophobia fans on a budget, and stealth players who like their scares social.
📖 Tips & Walkthrough
Ghost in the Dark sends you through three haunted locations — the New Wishlie Hospital, an eerie high school, and a cursed apartment — to solve puzzles, find missing parts, and reach the exit before the resident ghosts catch you. Stealth is the core skill: crouch, hide, watch patrol patterns, and treat line-of-sight as a resource.
- Learn the patrols first. Each location has its own ghost routes; crouching (and staying out of sightlines) is what lets you watch them without being seen.
- Treat line-of-sight as a resource — break it around corners and doorways, then reposition, instead of outrunning the ghosts in open space.
- Search for parts room by room, one wing at a time, and keep a hiding spot in mind for every room you enter.
- Unlock exits as you go — garage doors and elevators are the escape routes, and solving the location's puzzles is what opens them.
- In multiplayer, coordinate with voice chat: split the searching, warn the group the moment a ghost fixes on someone, and never let the hunt separate the team.
Quick tips:
- Sound matters: footsteps and creaks broadcast where the ghosts are — use the audio to time your moves.
- The hospital, the high school, and the apartment each have different puzzles — adapt instead of repeating one strategy.
- Monsters, ghosts, and maniacs all patrol — learn which one is guarding your current objective before committing to a route.
How to play
Mouse click on the surface to move your character
FAQ
Is Ghost in the Dark free to play?
Yes — Ghost in the Dark is completely free and runs directly in your browser. No download, no signup, no installation.
Can I play Ghost in the Dark on my phone?
This game is designed for keyboard/mouse and works best on a PC or laptop browser.
Do I need to download anything?
No. The game loads instantly in this page — just scroll up and press play.
What games are similar to Ghost in the Dark?
If you enjoyed Ghost in the Dark, try Topsy Turvy, Diner in the Storm, Night Shift at Block 13, Red Flow — more in Puzzles.
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