History OurGhostsAreDifferent / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight:'' The Wraith, Nurse and Spirit can each be described as a different form of corporeal specter. Though they all differ in appearance and traits, each of their respective powers involves entering and exiting a spiritual plane at increased speed. The Onryō (Sadako) shares traits with the other three; being thematically similar to the Spirit, the ability to cloak herself like the Wraith and uses telekinesis to perform manual actions like the Nurse.
* ''Franchise/DeadSpace'': Numerous people, a significant portion of them Unitologists, have claimed to see 'ghosts' near areas where necromorphs are on the loose. [[spoiler:This phenomena is actually caused by the presence of a [[ArtifactOfDoom Marker]], which can project the images of dead people- but only dead people- into other peoples' minds in order to manipulate them. The Black Marker did this in ''Literature/DeadSpaceMartyr,'' and in the original ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'', the Red Marker did this by creating an image of "Nicole" to keep Isaac on track.]]

* There are multiple types of entities that can haunt a location in ''VideoGame/ConradStevensonsParanormalPI''. Being aware of each type and how to recognize them is necessary to conclude investigations.
** [[LivingMemory Residual ghosts]] exclusively relive key memories of their life, and are unaware of you or anything surrounding them, as such they're unable to interact or communicate in any way.
** [[LivingShadow Shadow People]] are aware of the player and can interact with objects. They can be clearly identified when manifested by their [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shadow-like appearance]], and the fact they don't make footstep sounds as they walk.
** Intelligent ghosts appear more solid and, like shadow people, are fully aware of the player, and may even respond to questions through EVP.
** [[{{Poltergeist}} Poltergeists]] never vocalize or visually manifest, making their presence known exclusively through loudly throwing or moving objects around.
** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demons]] are the only actively hostile type of spirit. They have the power to influence and [[DemonicPossession possess]] their victims to carry out their evil purposes. Being monstrous spiritual beings from another dimension, they look the most visually distinct, and when manifested fully they will usually try to chase the player, causing them to briefly pass out on contact. Like intelligent ghosts, they will also respond to questions through EVP, though they [[LatinIsMagic only speak Latin]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Alone in the Dark|1992}}'' features a ghost woman sitting in front of a fireplace, as well as several [[TheDeadCanDance ghost dancers]] in JacobMarleyApparel in the ballroom. If any of these are disturbed by touching them, they will {{shapeshift|ing}} into a swirling multicolored mist which proceeds to chase the player. If it makes contact again, it's a OneHitKill to you. Fortunately, they are not {{intangible|Man}}, i.e., they can't pass through walls or closed doors.

* ''VideoGame/Ashes2063'': Haunts are ghosts that inhabit locations where people have died in isolation, and are intimately tied to a paranormal phenomenon called "[[TheCorruption background despair]]". They are not fond of the living, belting out shrill wails upon seeing something they don't like, and attack by launching balls of purple energy with a black aura, as if they radiated darkness. They're also known to wander outside at night and during radiation storms, as seen by the player and told to him by a traveler; the latter was key to his decision to never again go back to the ruined city of Atlanta. [[spoiler:[[SecretLevel Anomaly 210]] in ''Afterglow'' houses a different, stronger kind of Haunt called the Phantom, that don't make ghostly noises, but rather Russian radio sounds, almost like they're manifestations of the submarine itself; even more eerie, these sounds can be picked up by actual encrypted radios, which is how the Anomaly was discovered.]] Zig-zagged in that Haunts behave almost exactly like ghosts, but are actually [[BrainMonster a living brain and spine]] in the guise of a floating, decayed corpse.

* ''VideoGame/Metro2033'', hands down. The ghosts interfere with electronics, which means no NVG (if you obtain them) and no flashlight, only your bullet lighter. Some locations cause hallucinations, some can control you, and if you bump into them, [[AFateWorseThanDeath you'll be stuck with them, forced to relieve their final moments over and over again forever.]] Oh, and don't forget how [[spoiler: they trap, and if you allow so, KILL Pavel because they are alone. They do this by GOING INSIDE HIS MIND AND DRAGGING HIM IN WITH DOZENS OF ARMS, WHILE SCREAMING!]] Oh, and to make it worse? This isn't natural. Khan says that [[spoiler: heaven, hell and purgatory themselves were destroyed by the nukes, and the souls are [[BarredFromTheAfterlife trapped in the metro forever]]. Or at least until they rebuild.]]

** ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'': The ghosts you encounter are all [[spoiler:Walter's Victims.]] They come out of walls leaving blood and goo behind, and just being near them causes Henry to get massive headaches and lose health. They look like mangled versions of their former selves, and in the case of some of them like [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090119220034/silent/images/5/58/Victim17.jpg Jasper]], exactly how they looked while dying.

*** The game features the ghost of the Zora Queen, who offers Link the Zora Armor after he protects her ailing son from King Bulblin.

*** Death Sword, the MiniBoss of the Arbiter's Grounds, and the only boss that jointly requires Link to use both his Wolf and Human forms to weaken him. He is invisible like every other ghost enemy unless you use Wolf Link's senses. Unlike the other ghost enemies in the game, Death Sword doesn't host a soul fragment that can be extracted, and it disintegrates into Poison Mites when he’s defeated.

*** Death Sword, the MiniBoss of the Arbiter's Grounds, is invisible like every other ghost enemy unless you use Wolf Link's senses. Unlike the other ghost enemies in the game, Death Sword doesn't host a soul fragment that can be extracted, and it disintegrates into Poison Mites when he’s defeated.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''

*** The game marks the debut of Ghoul Rats, ghostly mice that don't really attack, but like Poison Mites, they instead slow you down, leaving you open to other enemies. Like every other ghost enemy, they can only be seen and attacked when you use Wolf Link's senses.

Video Game examples of OurGhostsAreDifferent.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' features the ghost of the Zora Queen. It also features the very chilling ghosts of the guards of Hyrule castle, who silently and desperately point Link to the Princess.

* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight:'' The Wraith, Nurse and Spirit can each be described as a different form of corporeal specter. Though they all differ in appearance and traits, each of their respective powers involves entering and exiting a spiritual plane at increased speed.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Ghosts are just another [[ElementalRockPaperScissors type of Pokémon]]. In general, most Ghost-type Pokémon like to play pranks on people and scare them. A key characteristic of most is that they seem to be composed mostly of gases rather than solid flesh (or, in the case of [[EnergyBeing Rotom]], plasma). And for that exact reason some people don't think of them as real ghosts in the common sense... They simply have ''characteristics'' of ghosts.
** The exception to that general rule are Yamask, Cofagrigus/Runegrigus, Phantump, and Trevenant who are real human ghosts. Yamask is an animated death mask (while its Galarian variant is a human ghost being drawn into a cursed rune), Cofagrigus is an animated sarcophagus, and Runegrigus is a cursed rune that used the Yamask spirit to fully restore itself, while the latter two are essentially ghost-powered [[WhenTreesAttack treants]].
** Drifloon and Drifblim are also stated to be human and pokemon spirits.

* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' has Phantoon, a flying, bulbous, tentacled thing with an eyeball in its mouth. Its powers include {{invisibility}}, levitation, {{intangib|leMan}}ility, and attacking with flaming blue balls of plasma. Apparently it gets its nutrition by sucking on the electrical current of the wrecked ship it lives in. Also inhabiting the wrecked ship are coverns, ghost-like entities that look like half a dozen rotting human heads rolled together into a ball. [[spoiler: Then he returns in ''Other M'', where he's also absolutely huge with some sort of dimensional powers.]]

* Beached Things from ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' are very weird take on this. They're the souls of dead people that have been BarredFromTheAfterlife due to somehow being trapped on their Beaches, personal pathways to the afterlife, following the ApocalypseHow. They are invisible to the naked-eye and can only be sensed by [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual people with DOOMs]] ( an allergy to chiralium, causing mental instability and unusual abilities) and bridge babies (unborn babies with a connection to Beaches that were artificially moved from their stillmothers into portable pods). Their appearance varies a lot, but they usually take the form of a pitch-black floating humanoid attached to an umbilicus. They flock to locations of high chiralium density (such as when a dead body is cremated), their presence is hinted at by the manifestation of a black oil-like substance, seem to be blind and can sense people by their breath, can create more of themselves by devouring living humans, and if a dead body isn't cremated within 48 hours, it automatically becomes a BT. Larger BTs also have a small amount of antimatter at their core, so when they devour someone it causes a "voidout", a massive explosion caused by the energy released by the matter-antimatter annihilation. It is noted that most are actually benign and just kinda float around harmlessly, but enough of them are aggressive and their attacks do enough damage that they've nearly destroyed human civilization anyways.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': Ghosts are immune to 'normal' weapons and arrows (they pass though them) but are apparently solid if you try to walk pass them, even able to hit you. They also seem to be related to werewolves in that they can be killed by silver weapons.

* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark1992'' features a ghost woman sitting in front of a fireplace, as well as several [[TheDeadCanDance ghost dancers]] in JacobMarleyApparel in the ballroom. If any of these are disturbed by touching them, they will {{shapeshift|ing}} into a swirling multicolored mist which proceeds to chase the player. If it makes contact again, it's a OneHitKill to you. Fortunately, they are not {{intangible|Man}}, i.e., they can't pass through walls or closed doors.

* ''{{Franchise/Extrapower}}'' features a few minor ghosts enemies. The souls of those slain trying to trespass on Blackberry's pyramid appear in ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce Attack of Darkforce]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist Giant Fist]]'' as robed phantoms twisted into the pyramid's protection. The latter half of ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerStarResistance Star Resistance]]'' Stage 3 is populated by warrior ghosts from the Shakun Star's violent, warmongering past. These forsaken souls are bound to their buried battlegrounds and persist through the sheer force of their hunger for conquest. [[HitodamaLight Flaming wisp]] type ghosts also share the haunt with the Shakun ghost warriors.

* ''VideoGame/PacMan'': Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde (or Sue) are ghosts that are deadly unless Pac-Man (or Ms. Pac-Man) eats a power pill. Them being ghosts [[FlipFlopOfGod may not be true]]. They're referred to as either "monsters" or "ghost monsters", the "ghost" part being due to an early FanNickname. They appear to be alive and made of flesh, instead of being dead and untouchable.