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GhostControl Inc.
Developer bumblebee
Manage a team of ghosthunters and free London from paranormal terror in turn-based battles. Develop your own strategy and build your business well. From the Steam store page
132 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jul 28, 2025 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
69
Fresh
91 positive · 41 negative
95% range 61–76%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
130 of 180 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 132 · most liked firstSeems like a rather nice casual TurnBasedStrategy game. Simple mechanics (for a turnbased veteran at least, but not too simple that it gets booring) that are still rather engageing and forgiving. Small quick maps, that can still potentially overwhelm you. It's not X-com: Ufo Defense or Jagged Alliance 2. (Or the newer ones: Xenonauts or JA: Flashback) but still lots of fun. The turorials are nice and clear. The random newscasts are somewhat entertaining :D I have not had any problems with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tl:dr - Overall, this is a decent game, but lacks some of the tension and tactical flexibility that would make it great. Probably not worth the full sticker price. GhostControl Inc. is a turn-based small squad tactics game. Very small squad. You never get more than three people in your deployable team, and never wind up clearing any buildings larger than a three-bedroom house. The mechanics for laying and picking up traps is kind of cumbersome, but works in the framework of the game. The real…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ever since that fateful incident with my neighbor lady's cat and a vacuum cleaner (sorry Cinnamon!), I've tried to find a healthy outlet for my ghost busting fantasies. Until now it has been fruitless. UNTIL NOW. "Ghost Control Inc." provides such an outlet. Part management sim, Part XCOM combat/base strategy, this is a fun little distraction of a game. You name your starting character (My guy is Fat Indiana... you'll know him when you see him) and start your own paranormal cleaning service (I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only buy this game if its 75% off or more. You'll get 5 hours out of this game and I'll explain why. The game starts out fun. Its like a combination of the old Ghostbusters game (minus the ghost catching driving sections) for the 128K era mixed with X-Com. You can buy equipment, upgrade equipment, upgrade your HQ and buy new vehicles. So far so good, and then you relise thats it - the game is grindy and repetitive, and not in a fun way like Diable 2 There is little variety in the ghosts…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy Turn-Based Strategy, Ghost Busters and/or Business Management, there is no way I could recommend this game more highly than I do right now. Pros: Ghost Busters Simulator (but not so much like Ghost Busters it feels like plagiarism), a great depth of tactics and strategy afforded by different character classes (not so much) and a huge arsenal of weapons with varying abilities (this is what truly adds the depth of strategy), a decent amount of monsters that handle uniquely and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Game started out to be very nice for about 3h of playtime. But then it got more and more boaring. Since there is nothing else to do than you already did in the first 3 hours . -Buy a bigger HQ, -Fight the same Ghosts for money -upgrade weapons -buy a new car and that repeats all over again until you are boared to death.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What can I say? It's the ghosthunting game I ever wanted to play for myself. Startup-feeling just like in my beloved Ghostbusters-movies, turn-based strategy and a bit of micromanagement. Create your dreamteam and bust those ghosts back to where they came from. We put a lot of love and effort into this game and with the version 2.0 released here on Steam it's the game I wanted it to be. It's been such a fun creating it and I love to play it to this very day (I'm in phase 3 in my new session…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In a nutshell, what you're basically looking at with Ghost Control is not so much a business simulation game but something more akin to an X-COM with a ghostbusters theme. Just like X-COM, you have to manage and upgrade your HQ, but the HQ management doesn't really require much careful decision making or strategy. It's more like just waiting until you have enough money to purchase a thing and then purchasing it. So there is base management, but it's not complex enough to really feel like a true…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ Ghostbusters nostalgia + Cool retro graphics + Plenty of upgrades + X-com turn-based combat +/- Just a few things to buy for your base, therefore moving to a bigger building doesn't really do anything except to give you the illusion that you're getting bigger as a company +/ Insanity is a cool mechanic but instead of permanently limiting your character for the entirety of a battle (for example, by limiting your AP, or decreasing weapon damage) they become completely useless when the bar is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Essentially a modern day non IP related version of the classic Ghostbusters game from the 80s. Great music despite not having any of the actual tracks from the movie and the gameplay of running a "Ghost Control" business was fun. The only catch is that there isn't much meat to the gameplay either in terms of running the business or capturing ghosts. But it's a great foundation and something that I hope we see developed further or get a fully fleshed out sequel from.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“Who you gonna call?” ~Ray Parker Jr. In 1984, Columbia Pictures released Ivan Reitman's masterpiece. Based on Dan Aykroyd's weird ideas, Ghostbusters instantly became a worldwide phenomenon. And it was easy to see why. A star team of Aykroyd himself, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson drove around in that crazy-ass car based on ambulance conversion of 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor, hunted ghosts, tried to save possessed Sigourney Weaver and fought giant marshmallow man in the end.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a very good concept and awful execution. The UI is clumsy, controls seriously lacking in any design and there is no real depth to this game. Gamapley is also riddled with, lack of, design where you receive mission calls at random times, and random positions with random stength that you won't know until you get on site and realize that your single crew member, because you've just started, is not good enough to go against 6 ghosts, hell you don't even have that many traps on you!…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ghost Control Inc seemingly has everything going for it. It's a game where you essentially play team manager for Ghosbusters! And it has a nearly-perfect blend of tactics and management gameplay! What could possibly be more fun? Unfortunately, the game is marred by several issues. Firstly, the art direction is uneven at best. Most of the ghosts have very uninspired designs that won't stick in your mind like those of other franchises involving catching ghosts. Several of the ghosts are just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Duplicating items, fights that don't end when you've beaten the enemies (and won't even let you quit the game because you can't continue it), a variety of other serious glitches, and the bare-bones tutorial make for a frustrating experience. GhostControl Inc. would be quite fun if it weren't full of game-breaking bugs. Here's hoping the developers fix their game soon.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GhostControl Inc. is an enjoyable turn based game with some management sim flavor. The closest game I can think of would be XCOM, but in GhostControl you are running a ghost hunting company (think Ghost Busters) instead of running a secret government agency tasked with defending earth from alien attack. In GCE you'll have to manage your team, a base, and your car. You can recruit additional members for your team from your home office and must keep their sanity maintained, periodically visiting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GhostControl Inc. is still very new. It's refreshing game that let's you relax after a hard day of work (for example. This game is just like the Ghostbusters, equip yourself with gear and weapons and you're ready to fight the ghosts, banshees and poltergeists.a The graphical side of this game is not something to tell about a lot. It's not much, but it somewhat gives this game an extra flavor. It's a small map you play in, which is easy, but on the other hand I get the feeling it's too small. A…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the concept, and the equipment system and ghost variety is decent. But it falls very short in the execution department. You respond to calls by driving to their location on the map... but you need to keep your car gassed up to get anywhere, and there's only a couple of gas stations in the city, meaning you spend more time trying to just keep your car fueled than actually responding to calls. And then if you take too long an opposing company will respond and you lose your chance.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ghostbusters meets xcom, easy to learn very addictive.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First of all, I have to say that yes, this is a fun game. However, I definitely wouldn't recommend it at the price point. The game feels amateurish, with not much depth compared to games it claims to be like (FTL, X-COM, etc), and it's littered with glitches, grammatical errors, and glaringly bad design choices. The devs don't have any interaction at all with the community, so it's hard to suggest any changes/fixes, too. Overall I'd give this a 5/10 at a reasonable price point, but at this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like the game, reminds me on childhood games from the 90s. + It is Ghostbusters ähh ...control + Mix of tactical, strategic and economic + graphics (which you just might hate) - too few ghosts
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I was a kid, there was a Ghostbusters game on the NES. This is what that game should have been.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A breath of fresh air in X-com style . The gameplay takes place in a turn-based system. The player's task is mainly to develop the company. To do this, we recruit employees, raise their qualifications and take care of acquiring increasingly better equipment. Our company is not a monopolist in the market, in addition to it there are many competing teams of ghost hunters in the city, which are controlled by artificial intelligence. During the game, from time to time we receive information…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I REALLY want to recommend this. It's an updated version of the old classic Ghostbusters, with some additional turn based combat for good measure. And what's there works. Unfortunately, the game has numerous bugs, some major. And as the developers show no inclination to patch them I can't in good conscience recommend this to anyone. Such a shame. If the bugs were fixed this would be a great game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm getting some classic X-Com Vibes from this game. Sure, it's not aliens but ghosts, and it's not got anything like the base building of X-Com, but the "Eliminate the enemy by not destroying too much of the place you're saving" element? It's there. So far, a fun game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59VNjHwW5AQ&list=UU7_-PLIhjsEBwIQXqKxmNpA Ghost Control Inc. is a turn-based strategy with money management aspects wrapped in. Paying homage to the 1980's movie, you play as a off-beat 'ghost-buster- that combats ghosts for fame and fortune. Graphically, the game is pretty basic, and the UI is distinctive, but basic, and it comes off feeling more like a management game than a turn based strategy game due to the lack of depth in the combat. As you grow and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried and tried to enjoy this, but I hate this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game. The music will drive you insane and the cheesy comments everytime my troops move make me physically angry enough to cause property damage. I hate it. You should hate it! The only ghosts I want to capture are the ghosts of my money that I spent on this piece of ♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've had a lot of fun playing through GhostControl Inc. The game merges turn-based strategic combat with business management to allow you to run your own ghost hunting business while busting the ghosts with the team you put together. As you advance through the game, you'll be able to upgrade things like your headquarters and vehicle, as well as hire (or fire) new hunters that have different classes (such as shooter, scientist and brawler.) With an upgraded headquarters, you'll be able to pay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now I dont usually write reviews So when I take the time to write about a game you know its special. As a long time fan of ghostbusters I always dreamed of starting a company where I can catch ghosts unfortuntly the technolgy is still not there and ghosts are not a huge problem(Some day though who knows a man can dream) Thankfully GhostControl Inc. Lets me fufill that dream by letting me manage my own ghostbusting company and also catch ghosts in a simple to learn hard to master comabt…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been following this since it launched on kickstarter. I'm delighted it's finally on steam - I find it an excellent hybrid of xcom and ghostbusters with lots of nice tongue in cheek humour. Yes it could be more complex, and it has one or two bugs (although I've found nothing gamebreaking) - but these are just indie devs doing their best - it's not like this is a AAA title. I'd highly recommend giving it a go - especially while it's still so cheap.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wish there was a broader rating scale for games like this. This isn't a really *bad* game. In fact, it's pretty fun for the first little while. The concept is great, the gameplay is well-thought out, it looks nice, if I was an indy dev, I'm sure I'd be very proud of it. The problem is that is that just gets kind of repetitive and grind after a few hours. It feels like you're just doing the same thing over and over again. There's no real story or content to keep it interesting. I had…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review need updating. The game has been updated and polished even further. Will update when I get around to playing it again. In short: Ghostcontrol Inc. is a solid and fun turn-based strategy ghost hunting simulator with very good humor. Ghostcontrol Inc. style and feel is that of a casual and fun game (but not easy :) ). The graphical style, sounds and music are similar to Theme Hospital. Gameplay is sufficiently deep for a turn based game and incorporates a simple 2 AP system which…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game does not run on Linux 64-bit. If I knew I was going to be used as a beta tester, I never would have bought it. I feel ripped off.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(edited) from what i've played so far the game is great. loved it straight away because i was itching to play this since i saw it a while ago on youtube and i haven't encountered any bugs so far so that is great but i also believe there will be new cities added in (hopefully, would make for some change of scenery). but all in all, i would recommend this to any strategy/ turn based games (and any fans of ghostbusters ;) ) anyway i hope my review helped anyone in purchasing this very enjoyful…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Getting this game on sale may be the only time to get this game. With that said I just about experienced all of the game within six hours. The best pull for me, at first, was the busting of Ghosts. Sadly the charm wears off quickly as you realize things peak with better equipment. Any nervousness goes away and not much of a challenge is left. I believe there isn’t much of a game once you hit that point and nothing to really drive towards with all of the bust and making money. The best part…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Glad I bought this on sale. The game is great all except for one major flaw. Occassionally when you pick your ghost trpas back up while on the battle grid, the game re-equips it to your character's headslot rather than their hand and makes it so that you can't use it again until you exit the battle you're in and re-equip it properly.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really cute and fun mashup between two iconic old games, X-Com / UFO (The original, not the remake) and the old Ghostbusters game. A great deal of care has been made to give the game a very specific and consistent 'feel' . Expect siimple but rewarding mini-battles wih spooks, between battle planning/logistics, endless popular references and snarky one liners. Developers are active on Steam, quick to respond and very personable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GhostControl Inc. is an excellent game about busting... I mean controlling ghosts. I've played about 12 hours now, and I'm confident that I'll play at least a few dozen more. The gameplay is heavily influenced by X-COM, which is of course a great thing to be heavily influenced by. The graphics and sound are polished and attractive. The writing is a bit hokey but solid, and I'm eager to see where it's all leading. Combat can get a little repetitive, though. I played for a while on Normal,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun. Very fun...but there's not much to it. The game ends after a couple of hours and it tells you to move to a new city that hasn't even been implemented yet. This would be fine for a new game, but this game has been out almost 2 years. There are posts on the message boards from the developers saying they are working on content back in July of 2015. Still nothing new has came. IF you can get this on a sale for a couple of dollars, then great, get it...but don't pay full…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a lot of fun, has a a lot of strategy, with a lot of funny bits sprinkled in. Want to know what it's like to run your own Ghost hunting business?... the game has that, you like turn based strategy? the game has that, you want to bust silly ghost? the game has that too. There is a story, but you can play at your own pace and catch ghost as long as you want, so lots of replay value here too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like this game but its really visually boring at times and UI seems a be rustic but hell if your into a game like this by all means go ahead
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What would happen if the NES Ghostbusters game and Xcom were mashed together? GhostControl would happen thats what! very simple game but lots of fun dialog and audio, good amount of enemy types as well. WOuld love to see a version with some more content like more maps and maybe better graphics but as it is the game is a great time killer with lots of laughs and for someone who grew up with Ghostbusters, its a total nostalgia-fest
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So the two things this game is going to be compared to over and over are Ghostbusters and X-Com. Right of the bat, that's a good thing. What made X-Com special is not just the tactical mission side of the game, but the director side where you maintain your base, research new technologies, and oversee your world defense organization. What made Ghostbusters special was not just the comedy and special effects, but the story of these 3 guys with this crazy idea starting a business, hiring new help,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I expected this to be a simplified X-com game that would be fun because of nostalgia. It ended up being way too simple to keep my interest past a few missions. I was intrigued by the promise of a "ghost business simulator." That is a flat out misnomer. You grind missions to buy things, there is no business simulation going on. I'm leaving a poor review mainly because I spent $14.99 on this, which is way overpriced. If it had been $3.99 I would have just forgotten about it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyable and fun, worth the money I paid in the sale. A Ghostbusters theme is really a great idea, the whole running a business whilst catching ghosts in a turn based tactial combat sim is something we don't seem to get much of, although Xcom comes close - it's still not ghosts. Some ideas I would like to have experienced in this game are: - A new city, the game promises another city but as it stands London is the ONLY city. - The option to take more than 3 team members. Some ghosts are very…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you love a turn-based games that is like an X-Com lite in strategy and love ghost busting you will find this game charming and humorous!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the "Ghostbusters" game we should have gotten back in the 80s.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No, even on sale it's not worth it. Too grindy and too retro (in a bad way) - not only graphics, but controls and gameplay too.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game while it lasts, but zero replayability. Different cities were planned but never implemented and with the tragic loss of the game's creator it's unlikely this game will ever be officially updated with no mod scene that I can find to make up for it. For some reason despite looking like a DOS game it CHUGS even on a moden system with decent specs. Very janky in places. Basically, buy it on sale and it'll keep you entertained for a day or two, but once you've played through it once you'd…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game takes a while to take off. It repeats some routines in the beginning before it becomes interesting. But then it is fun to explore the equipment and its stats to find out how to use it best and what the best value for your money is. I like it. Will keep bustin' those creepy ghosts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why are all ghosts males? Damn it. I don't wanna catch those...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quite a nice little game with retro/pixel graphics. You run your own "ghostbusting" business where you have to earn money (by busting ghosts, doh!) to pay the rent and buy equipment for your team. My only complaint is that it does get a bit repetitive, but still enjoyable. Recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a bad game, just asking to much for the price based on the quickly repetative content offered.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm sure this is a great game, and it looks fun as hell, it really does. Unfortunately, the UI is unresponsive and almost unusuable on smaller resolutions. The clunky UI has actually made it impossible, or seemingly imposible for me to continue with the game, which is a damn shame. I would assume this is a non-issue for those with bigger screens though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros *Turn based tactical ghost hunting, similar to the playstyle of 'UFO: Enemy Unknown'. *Character development – spend time developing your characters in order to make them more resilient in tackling hordes of the undead. *Lots of in game items - purchase new vehicles to get you to and from haunted places quicker to new weapons in order to subdue / capture ghost faster. *Unique ghost bosses requiring shrewd team tactics in order to take them down effectively. *Pixel graphics. *Hard mode…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is simply charming, especially if you are a fan of Ghostbusters, and lets face it, odds are thats why you are interested in this game in the first place. you start off with one hunter and a not so great car and HQ, Do a few missions, hire another person to come with, and make more money. Eventually youll get a better car so three people can go ghost bu--- controlling. The graphics are nice for what they are, a throwback to the 16-ish bit days, isometric view. A lot of the ghost…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OMG! I called my company Ghost Busters! I bet I was the only one with a big enough imagination to do that!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Controlling makes me feel good!" This is a fun, tongue in cheek, Ghost Busters management sim. Worth $15.00 and well worth the $6.00 sale price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it is like ghostbusters on sega master system with more depth. very fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lovely game, great game play. It might be useful to have seen the Ghostbusters films so you understand traps but it plays very well and the pixel art nods to a lot of different classic games. As your team expands they get in eachother way a bit, but you get the hang of that. London has never looks so charming!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't much experience with turn based strategy game but I liked the theme here and got it while on sale. I can't complain. It takes a bit to get into the routines and to figure out how to optimize strategy but that's OK. I like to explore weapons and other equipment needed and test the effect. However be aware there is some fake stuff that is just expensive but doesn't do the job. Let's be honest it's like in real life. ;-)
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