An online hide-and-seek game for PC where you hide a cursed shape
In a classic prop hunt mode, the hiders turn into everyday objects. Phantom Shapes flips that around: the Phantom does not become the object. It builds one cursed shape, hides it somewhere in the map where it looks like a normal object, and then protects it from a whole team of seekers. Here is how it works.
One Phantom, a whole team of Workers
Each round, one player is the Phantom, a ghost, and everyone else is a Worker. The room holds 2 to 7 players, so it is 1 Phantom against up to 6 Workers. The Workers are a team: they share marks on objects they suspect, and they need more than half of the team still in the round to confirm the right object to win. The Phantom wins if time runs out first or every Worker is caught.
The Phantom builds the cursed shape
The Phantom opens a Shape Designer and builds one cursed shape: a body (a cube, an orb or a wedge), a face, and paint on every side. It can copy colors straight from the walls nearby, carve the cube into a new form, or use the Cloner to turn a real prop on the map into the shape. Then it places the shape somewhere it looks normal: a box on a shelf, a lamp on a desk. Read the Phantom guide for the details.
The game checks that a hiding spot is fair. Part of the shape has to be visible from places Workers can stand, so nobody wins by hiding it inside a wall.
The Workers have gadgets
Workers always carry a Flashlight for dark corners, a Scanner that says how close the shape is and roughly which way, and Ghost Salt. They also pick gadgets at the lockers, like a Motion Chime that rings when the Phantom comes near. Every tool is free from your first game. See All Tools.
The Phantom protects its shape
The Phantom is not stuck waiting. It flies around the map, unseen while it flies, and protects its shape in a lot of ways:
- Guarding it. It can stay close to the shape and watch who comes near. Workers can see the Phantom when it sits on a seat or prop, or drags its shape, so guarding has its risks.
- Tricks from afar. It can move the shape, cloak it for a short time, replay a Worker's voice from a nearby spot, lock doors, plant a fake mark and possess a Worker for 15 seconds.
- Hunts. When a Hunt is ready, the Phantom appears and chases the Workers. A Worker who gets caught is swallowed by the Phantom and no longer counts toward the vote. During a Hunt the Phantom has to leave its shape: if it stays within 7 m for about 5 seconds, it turns to stone and the Hunt ends. Read The Hunt.
Every trick has a fair tell or a counter. A cloaked shape still blocks you, shimmers up close and shows on the Scanner. A locked door can be picked. A cursed Worker can be cured with salt.
Four places to hide a shape
- North Phantom Plaza: a 1980s mall after closing, on two floors.
- Hotel Phantasma: a grand old hotel on three floors.
- After-Hours Museum: dinosaurs, gems and an ocean hall.
- Moonmeadow High: a school after the last bell.
The basics
- Online multiplayer for 2 to 7 players, with Steam invites, room codes and Quick Play for public rooms.
- Windows PC, on Steam from December 2, 2026.
- Proximity voice chat, or text chat and emotes if you prefer.
- Spooky and silly, with no blood or gore. For players 13 and older.
- A training round against bots to learn both sides.
New to it? Start with How to Play, then read How to play with friends.