Pop the Ghosts is an indie developed by Potato Devs, released 24 September 2026 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Pop the Ghosts is
Pop the Ghosts is an indie game developed by Potato Devs and released in 2026. It was published by Little Giant. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The ghosts have taken over the building. Do you have what it takes to drive them all out? In Pop the Ghosts, you take on the role of a paranormal hunter armed with a special gun. Explore a haunted building, face different types of ghosts, and overcome challenges that become increasingly difficult. Take on a campaign with 30 platform-style levels, run, jump, break boxes, and explore the environments to find your way to the enemies. Eliminate all the ghosts to advance, but stay alert: some enemies require more than one shot to defeat. Find TVs to activate checkpoints and watch out for traps scattered throughout the environment, such as dangerous drops of acid falling from the ceiling. Take…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Pop the Ghosts launched on 24 September 2026, within three weeks of Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant and Onimusha: Way of the Sword. It arrived 6 years into the Xbox Series's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Wolverine, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
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