Snapchat launches AR horror game Ghost Phone

Snap revealed its newest game, Ghost Phone. According to the company, Ghost Phone incorporates Snap’s world-scan tech to make an augmented reality horror title. Players will be accosted by “ghosts” via their Snapchat camera, which they must attempt to defeat.

The game is a sort of found-footage horror title. The player discovers an abandoned phone and must find out what happened to its previous owner, Lisa. The investigation includes poking around the phone’s apps and eventually confronting the spirits around them using the phone as a sort of camera obscura. Based on the footage, the game looks similar to found-phone horror titles like Simulacra or Sara is Missing. It also resembles the AR horror game Night Terrors, albeit with slightly more cartoonish spooks.

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Rachel Kaser

Rachel Kaser is a gaming and technology writer for from Dallas, Texas. She's been in the games industry since 2013, writing for various publications, and currently covers news for GamesBeat. Her favorite game is Bayonetta.