The Outbound Ghost
Skip · RPG · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 22, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 14.9h 15.4h to 100%
- Value
- $1.34/hr
- Reviews
- 69% of 283 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
The Outbound Ghost is an adventure RPG about helping ghosts ascend to the afterlife. Battle the past using figments of your personality. Craft badges to earn abilities. Explore a town of troubled spooks and discover life can be tough, even when you're dead.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 29 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 74 percent. Beast Saga ($20.99, scores 38) outscores it, and so does The Lamplighters League ($12.49, scores 24). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about The Outbound Ghost
Of the 225 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2022 to March 2026.
The drop-off
91% start to 7% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I love this game. I know that it had its problems with the lawsuit, but those are over. This game is original. The story on great so far. I actually love the writing, the battles (on the hardest difficulty) require thought and inginuity. Dev, thank you for sticking with this game through the lawsuit and updating it to get through the issues from before. I really look forward to the sequel even though I'm not done...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
My review plus some info about the sequel / "Reborn Edition." Oh yeah! Thank goodness they fixed all their legal problems and fixed this this game! I just played for almost 20 hours straight and LOVED it. I wish they could have gotten rid of all the old reviews about the older version tarnishing this little fun pearl that kept me from trying it. Yes, it isn't quite Paper Mario, but it is Paper-Mario-like and a fun...
Overall I'd give this game a 4/10. The visuals are beautiful to look at, and the timing of the combat inputs is really tight (which would be annoying if they didn't). However, I'd say that's where the redeeming qualities end. It felt like oftentimes I was just wandering through the map from Point A to Point B, sometimes taking a detour to Point C and fighting whatever got in my way. There's no puzzles. Minimal...
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Cite this score
The Outbound Ghost scores 22/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1276810/the-outbound-ghostReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.