Commitment can be scarier than any ghost story.

That’s the commitment they make to each other.

Death to the dead, and life to the living.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden official screenshot showing the silhouette of a man with a gun facing a ghost levitating in front of a pointed window

As Red and Antea travel through the region, they meet other haunted people.

Partway throughBanishers: Ghosts of New Eden, I wondered if I’d committed too early.

Each haunting requires a little detective work.

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He was dead, now, and soon he wouldn’t be able to hurt anyone anymore.

Go become little blue sparkles.

I’d probably consider sacrificing the equivalent of a small town for her too, in his position.

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing Red and the ghostly Antea clasping hands and holding each other close

While I didn’t sacrifice the town for her, taking the peaceful option doesn’t make everyone happy.

While the dead pass on, the living have to continue with the consequences of your and their decisions.

Optional aim assist for both mouse and gamepad.

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing Red and Antea preparing to fight a bony bestial monster three times their size

Optional visual threat indicator.

Toggle-able HUD elements for navigation and combat.

Music, dialogue and SFX on different sliders.

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing Red looking around a small hut with interactable objects, while commenting on a terrible pun Antea made

Optional ‘night mode’ audio which raises dialogue and lowers loud noises.

Full remapping for mouse and keyboard and gamepad.

In the end, I know its love story will haunt me for long after its parting words.

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing Red with two dialogue options, reading ‘It’s a story about a man’, or ‘It’s a story about a woman’.

A copy of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden was provided for review by Focus Entertainment.

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing Antea looking into a large blue sigil in the air

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing the beginnings of a haunting file being filled out about the victim

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing Red lining up a rifle shot against a glowing spectre on a cliff

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing Red attacking a wolf at melee range

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing Red facing off against an enormous bestial skeleton with three full health bars

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing Antea in a rocky void, next to a tooltip explaining how void breach combat works

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing the gear levelling screen

Screenshot of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing a skill tree with branches only two nodes long, with a large tooltip visible for a ‘perfect switch’ skill