Spirit Detective

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Spirit Detective is a single player and multiplayer survival role playing game with a horror theme. It was developed by （Hong Kong）GKD and was released on March 16, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Spirit Detective is a realistic Oriental culture, 1V5 asymmetric competitive game launched by QL Studio. The game is based on the all-embracing traditional Oriental culture and designed to let players experience the charm of traditional Oriental strange culture.

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74%Audience ScoreBased on 269 reviews

gameplay10 positive mentions

optimization4 negative mentions

Unique asymmetrical horror gameplay with engaging mechanics and varied characters for both survivors and ghosts.
Visually appealing maps and character models with excellent animations and sound design.
Free to play with active developer support and potential for growth, especially enjoyable when played with friends.

Severe optimization issues causing high GPU usage and lag, including reports of potential hidden cryptocurrency mining.
Unbalanced gameplay favoring ghosts over survivors, leading to frustrating matches and steep learning curve.
Small player base resulting in long matchmaking queues, frequent connection issues, bugs, and clunky controls.

gameplay
30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
57%
10%
The gameplay offers unique and engaging mechanics with diverse play styles, particularly in asymmetrical survival, but can feel overwhelming and unclear for new players due to limited in-game explanations and some UI issues. While the combat and ghost abilities are praised as fun and intense, criticisms include a lack of tutorial clarity, confusing menus, and occasional bugs. Overall, it appeals to players willing to invest time learning its depth, though it still requires refinement and updates.
- “The game is filled with countless fun mechanics and the ghost is fairly strong if played correctly, but not unbeatable.”
- “Gameplay is really fun and the agents and spirits all have really cool abilities with super varied play styles.”
- “The mechanics are engaging and unique, and ghosts are fun to play as and against.”
- “There are also many mechanics that aren't explained in the in-game tutorial, such as addons that allow the ghost to change the order in which humans can be killed.”
- “- Definitely not noob-friendly, you need to play a couple of matches just to understand mechanics and whatnot.”
- “Matches are quite boring as both survivor and ghost, looping mechanic is crap.”
graphics
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
50%
17%
The game features solid, aesthetically pleasing graphics with unique Chinese-themed visuals and well-drawn characters, though some users report significant lag and high GPU usage even at low settings. While the graphics and animations are praised for their quality and style, performance optimization appears inconsistent across different systems. Overall, the graphics are a strong point, contributing positively to the game's appeal despite occasional technical issues.
- “Unbelievable if you look at the graphics.”
- “The graphics are pretty well optimized, and I haven't seen much lag or jittering.”
- “[u]The only thing I liked was the graphics and the drawing of the characters.”
- “Game was interesting and had potential but it lags so much. Tried lowering graphics and increasing frame rate, still lags a lot!”
- “To counter the GPU issue, I had to set all graphics settings to the lowest.”
- “It uses 100% of your GPU even on the lowest graphics settings.”
optimization
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
50%
29%
The game's optimization is inconsistent, with many users experiencing performance issues such as freezing and poor menu responsiveness, especially on powerful PCs. While graphics are generally well-optimized and in-game performance has improved since early access, significant optimization and bug fixes are still needed to enhance overall stability and experience.
- “The graphics are pretty well optimized, and I haven't seen much lag or jittering.”
- “Optimization is better than the early access launch and still can be improved more, which I know they have been working on.”
- “Being that this game is open beta, there is room for a lot of improvement in the optimization of the game.”
- “It's poorly optimized and many of the links didn't even work properly.”
- “Extremely under optimized and no one plays it. I love the game, but I hate how it's been treated.”
- “This game needs to be optimized because it freezes even on powerful computers.”
stability
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users acknowledge the game is quite buggy and has stability issues, but many find it enjoyable and see great potential if the glitches and errors are addressed with further work.
- “Game is fun, but really buggy and needs some balance changes.”
- “This game has its own potential but it needs a little bit of work to fix the glitches.”
- “Buggy but to me a little better than Dead by Daylight. Give it some more work and this game will blow up.”
humor
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is widely praised for delivering genuinely funny and memorable moments, especially in multiplayer play. Players often find themselves laughing out loud at the game's goofy and unexpected scenarios, despite occasional bugs and quirks. Overall, the comedic aspect is a strong highlight that adds to the fun experience.
- “There have been so many hilarious moments and I seriously haven't laughed this hard in a long time.”
- “This was really fun and hilarious to play with friends.”
- “My character somehow rocket blasted onto a roof or second floor after attempting to ride the paladin's sword, and couldn't move throughout the whole game but I couldn't stop laughing at how goofy it looked.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
25%
The game's story is highly praised for being revolutionary and engaging, with daily quests that feel rewarding. However, some users suggest adding more variety and quantity to the quests to further enhance the experience.
- “I found the game to be truly revolutionary in its story and plot 10/10 IGN”
- “Daily quests that feel rewarding”
- “Really only thing that can make the game better is maybe more quests to do or just mix up the type of quests based on maps.”
monetization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The game's monetization is heavy and intrusive, featuring lootboxes and microtransactions primarily for cosmetic items. Additionally, there is a lack of effective advertising to attract players, contributing to low user engagement and long queues. Overall, the monetization approach is viewed negatively, alongside issues like poor translation and netcode.
- “Lootboxes and microtransactions are present, but they are purely for cosmetics.”
- “Bad translation, horrible netcode, heavy monetization - everything is present here, too.”
- “This game is like one of those ads you see when you're playing games on your phone.”
- “Lootboxes and microtransactions (but this is just purely for cosmetics).”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music is praised for being good and scary, with a soundtrack that stands out, though some feel it isn't entirely fitting for a horror game. However, technical issues such as bugs can cause the music and sound to mute unexpectedly.
- “The music was really good and scary, adding to the overall atmosphere.”
- “The soundtrack is sick, although it may not fit a traditional horror game, it stands out uniquely.”
- “The music enhances the game experience with its quality and mood-setting.”
- “The soundtrack is not suitable for a horror game, which diminishes the game's atmosphere and overall impact.”
- “Ghost tutorial is bugged: the music turns off, the sound mutes, and you cannot progress beyond killing the five humans in the second room.”
- “The game desperately needs a UI change; there are way too many menus and unnecessary elements that disrupt the experience.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere is consistently praised for its well-designed maps, contributing positively to the overall experience.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the game to be heavily grindy, with progression requiring significant effort, especially due to the high cost of in-game skins.

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Spirit Detective is a survival role playing game with horror theme.

Spirit Detective is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing Spirit Detective.

Spirit Detective was released on March 16, 2022.

Spirit Detective was developed by （Hong Kong）GKD.

Spirit Detective has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Spirit Detective for its gameplay but disliked it for its optimization.

Spirit Detective is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Home Sweet Home: Survive, Monstrum 2, Hide Or Die, Soul Dossier, Soul Dossier and others.

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