Ghost Games Online: Haunted Places, Friendly Ghosts, Chases
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Ghost games online come in a few kinds: haunted places you escape or defend, ghosts you bash away, friendly ghosts you play as, and chases where spirits run after you. Most of the games here need only a tap, a click or the arrow keys. They play free in the browser, with no install and no registration.
Kinds of ghost games
| Kind | What you do | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Haunted places | Escape a haunted building or defend a harvest from ghosts | Ghost in the Dark |
| Ghost hunting | Bash or pop ghosts with a tap or a click | Ghost Bash |
| Friendly ghosts | Play the ghost: fly, jump or sneak | Ghostly Spikes |
| Spirit chases | Jump over traps and ghostly figures | Pale Pursuit |
| Ghost puzzles | Drag jigsaw pieces into place | Ghostly Jigsaw |
Haunted places
These two put you where the ghosts are, and the ghosts are the danger.
- Ghost in the Dark is a horror escape game. You solve puzzles, find the parts you need and survive before creepy ghosts catch you, in places such as a hospital and a cursed apartment. The description mentions a multiplayer mode with friends and voice chat. You move by clicking on the surface.
- Ghostly Night Harvest splits the day in two. By day you grow a pumpkin harvest as a farmer, and at night you defend it from a ghostly invasion. WASD or a joystick on mobile moves you, and Space or the slingshot button shoots.
More dark rooms and first-person scares are in scary games online, and rooms to break out of are in escape room games tips.
Ghost hunting: bash and pop the ghosts
The ghost-hunting games here are quick ones: you get rid of ghosts with a tap or a click.
- Ghost Bash has one rule. Ghosts are escaping from a graveyard, and you bash each one on the head to send it back into the darkness. One tap or click does everything, and the description warns that it gets hard.
- Trick Or Treat Candy Carnival is a Halloween carnival of seven small games. One of them is popping ghosts, and the others include jigsaw pictures, matching pairs and catching falling candy. You can pick gentle play or a challenge.
NEWFriendly ghosts: play as the ghost
Here you are the ghost or the spirit, and the people and the obstacles are the problem.
- Save The Ghost puts you in the ghost's place. Be quick and sneaky, scare the ghost hunters and watch out for the cameras and traps. The arrow keys move the ghost.
- Ghost Patrol 3D makes you a mischievous ghost who sneaks up behind people to scare them. You lose your ability if they spot you, and you may vanish if you stay in their vision cone. At the museum you can hide inside a suit of armor.
- Ghostly Spikes gives you a ghost to fly past the spikes. Tap to fly, survive as long as you can and challenge a friend to beat your score.
- Ghost Jump steers a ghost through colorful barriers. Tap the screen to make it leap, and line up the ghost's color with the barrier ahead. A mistake means starting over, and the description's hint is to focus on timing.
- Ghost Shift is an endless runner with two modes. In human mode the red blocks are deadly and the blue barriers can be passed through, and in ghost mode it is the other way around. Space, the Up arrow or a click jumps, and S or the Down arrow switches mode. On a phone you tap to jump and tap the Switch button.
- Spirit Boy is a puzzle adventure about a boy who turns into a ghostly soul when he faces danger. As a soul he floats past spikes and reaches hidden areas, but he must return to human form to use the exit door, and you have three lives. It plays with mouse and keyboard on a computer and with touch on mobile.
- Spirit Drops From Dew is a catching game. You play a mystical being that catches falling drops of light, and your spirit grows from a small glowing orb into a spirit of light. Dark orbs must be avoided, and you have 60 seconds. Use the arrow keys or swipe.
Games you play with a single tap are collected in one button games.
Spirit chases
In these three, ghosts and spirits are behind you, and you keep moving.
- Pale Pursuit is a chase. You run and jump over ghostly figures and deadly traps, and the pace never slows. A click jumps.
- Dark Spirit Run sends a lone ninja sprinting through a cursed world. Dodge flaming hazards, spinning blades and ghostly spirits with the arrow keys.
- Autumn Endless Runner has a creepy pumpkin ghost chasing you through an autumn forest. Tap to jump over obstacles and animals, and double tap to double jump.
More runs are in the running games collection.
Ghost puzzles
- Ghostly Jigsaw is a Halloween jigsaw. Drag and drop the picture pieces to their exact locations with the mouse or a touch pad.
- Halloween Ghost Jigsaw is another Halloween puzzle, played with the left mouse button.
Jigsaw habits are in online jigsaw puzzle tips.
Tips for ghost games
- In Ghost Shift, check your mode before you jump. Red blocks are deadly in human mode, and blue barriers are deadly in ghost mode.
- In Ghost Jump, match the ghost's color to the barriers, and put timing first, as the description's hint says.
- In Save The Ghost, watch for the cameras and traps while you sneak up on the hunters.
- In Spirit Boy, return to human form before you reach the exit door.
- In Autumn Endless Runner, use the double tap to double jump over obstacles and animals.
Ghost games FAQ
Are ghost games online free?
Yes. Every game here plays free in the browser, with no install and no registration.
Can you play ghost games with friends?
Ghost in the Dark describes a multiplayer mode with friends and voice chat, and Ghostly Spikes suggests challenging a friend to beat your score. For two people on one keyboard, read 2 player games on one keyboard.
Are there ghost hunting games?
Ghost Bash and the ghost-popping game in Trick Or Treat Candy Carnival are about getting rid of ghosts. Ghostly Night Harvest has you defend a pumpkin harvest from a ghostly invasion. Save The Ghost turns it around: you are the ghost, and the hunters are the ones to scare.
Do ghost games work on a phone?
The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer, but the controls differ by game. Ghost Bash, Ghostly Spikes and Autumn Endless Runner are all taps, Ghost Shift has a Switch button and Ghostly Night Harvest has a joystick on mobile. Save The Ghost lists only the arrow keys.
More ghosts, witches and monsters are in the Halloween collection, and witches have their own list in witch games online.
