You can only play at night, too
FMV games can already range from campy to outright scary, but what about one you’re able to only play at night?
That’s the pitch behindGhosts, a new FMV adventure that just launchedits Kickstarter campaign. This live-action horror game from developer Visible Games and Limited Run Games takes place in real time, and the trick is, it’s meant to feel like it’s live. So essentially, you’ll only be able to boot up and playGhostswhen it’s 10 p.m. in your time zone.
Excited to announce that I’m making a REAL-TIME, live-action HORROR video game w/ creature design by@slimyswampghost& made by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop!
Released by@LimitedRunGames& starring Haley, Jemma, Emma, Radina and Caroline. They can tell you all about it-#ghostspic.twitter.com/5PeUa4CrHT
— Jed (@Jedshepherd)July 04, 2025
Ghostsis written and directed by Jed Shepherd, who also wrote the Zoom horror movieHost. Five actresses fromHost—Emma Louise Webb, Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Radina Drandova, and Caroline Ward—star inGhosts, with Trevor Henderson (SirenHead) on creature design and those creatures fabricated by the Jim Henson Creature Shop.
The plot ofGhostsis that you’re a broadcast producer of the live specter-hunting programGhosts, as the cast is on the prowl for the rumored Long Lady. With camera feeds and heartrate monitors in front of you, you decide what gets sent out live over the air.
The choices you make, and what you broadcast, will change the story, but you can also only boot it up at 10 p.m. (The campaign notes that you can crack the “test” card and play a version with saves, though where’s the fun in that?)
If you leave the broadcast station, the cast dies, so take care of any other responsibilites before 10 rolls around.Ghostsseems like a mash-up of modern-day FMV gameNot For Broadcastand older titles likeNight Trap, and as someone who grew up around live-action games, I’m pretty excited to see whether it can come together.
Ghostsis targeting an estimated delivery of Feb. 2022, though it notes that funding amount could move that around.
