A Tiny Ghost Game

Glide, dash and possess your way out of a cave in one cosy evening.

By Paul Nasdalack. Out now on PC.

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Official trailer

Demo release trailer for A Tiny Ghost Game, showing the ghost's climb through the pixel-art caves and its unlockable moves.

Screenshots

A Tiny Ghost Game screenshot 1 (Paul Nasdalack via Steam)

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Overview

A Tiny Ghost Game is a compact 2D platformer by solo developer Paul Nasdalack, released on Steam for Windows PC on October 30, 2026. It lists at US$4.99 and was running a 20% launch discount at release.

You play a small ghost trapped underground who wants one thing: to see the moon. Getting there means working through a cave system room by room, picking up bedsheets that grant new moves, and turning a ghost who can only jump into one that floats, dashes and takes over enemies.

The whole adventure takes about two to three hours, which is the point. It is built to be finished in an evening or two, with quick respawns so a tricky room never costs you much progress, and a set of colour palettes you can swap whenever you want a different look.

Gameplay

Each screen of the underground is a self-contained platforming puzzle. You start with a basic jump and nothing else, and the early rooms teach you the shape of the caves and the enemies that patrol them. Progress comes from bedsheets: each one you collect unlocks a new ability, and the developer lists floating, dashing and messing with your enemies among them, building up to full possession of the creatures in your way.

Those abilities stack, so later rooms ask you to chain them. A glide carries you across a gap, a dash corrects your line mid-air, and possessing an enemy can open a route that was not there a moment ago. The hardest rooms sit at the end and, as the store puts it, beyond, for players who want more challenge once the credits roll.

Death is cheap. Respawns are near-instant and drop you close to where you fell, so experimenting with a route costs seconds rather than minutes. Accessibility is better than you might expect from a game this size: Steam lists adjustable difficulty, colour alternatives, contrast controls, a keyboard-only option and full controller support, and there are 22 achievements to chase.

Key Features

Finish a complete platforming adventure in about two to three hours
Collect bedsheets that unlock gliding, dashing and enemy possession
Retry tricky rooms instantly thanks to quick respawns
Swap colour palettes to give the caves a different look
Tune the challenge with adjustable difficulty and contrast options
Play on keyboard alone or with a DualShock or DualSense pad

Platforms & Availability

PC Out 30 Oct 2026

Steam store ↗

A Tiny Ghost Game is out now on Windows PC through Steam at US$4.99 list price. During its launch sale Steam showed RM10.79 in Malaysia, S$4.71 in Singapore, ₱135.20 in the Philippines, ฿84 in Thailand, Rp 39,599 in Indonesia and 62,000₫ in Vietnam, all 20% off. Interface languages are English, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Latin American Spanish. It runs on almost anything: 2 GB of RAM, a DirectX 10-class GPU and 100 MB of storage. DualShock and DualSense pads are supported.

Why it matters

Most platformers ask for twenty hours. This one asks for an evening, and uses it well: every new bedsheet changes how you read the rooms you have already seen. It is ideal for anyone who loves precise movement games but rarely finishes them, and the low price and tiny spec make it an easy pick for older laptops. It also works as a gentle way into the genre thanks to quick respawns and adjustable difficulty. Players hunting for a long campaign or a story to sink into should skip it: there is about two to three hours here, and the narrative is one ghost and one moon.

PC specs

System requirements

Component	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10
Processor	X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Memory	2 GB RAM
Graphics	DX10, DX11, DX12 or Vulkan capable GPUs
Storage	100 MB available space