Ghost and Found

Somebody lost a toy. Now it's alive, it's hiding on a shelf full of identical copies.

Ghost and Found is a hide-and-seek party game for 1 to 9 players. Every round the store is shuffled and everyone gets a secret role. Owners know exactly what they lost but not where it is. Lost toys only get a hint about who their owner is. Nobody knows who belongs to whom until the round starts.

HOW A ROUND WORKS

Owners walk the aisles looking for the one toy that moves. Grab the right toy and you are reunited. Grab one that is for sale and the alarm goes off.

Lost toys can only move while nobody is looking at them. Sneak across the store, find someone who matches your hint, get in front of them, and wiggle. Be careful: anyone who sees you wiggle can grab you, and they will gladly turn you in at Lost & Found for the points.

Getting found is not the end. Your spirit rides along with whoever picked you up, and you can make store toys wiggle and squeak to send the other searchers after the wrong one. If your owner found you, team up. If a stranger did, make their search miserable.

THE ROLES

Owner

You know exactly which toy you lost. The shelves are stocked with lookalikes, so watch for the one that moves.

Lost Toy

Freeze when anyone looks your way. Wiggle to get your owner's attention. Squeak when they can't see you.

Found Toy

Ride along with whoever found you. Make store toys wiggle and squeak to fool the other searchers.

Security

You don't know what anyone lost. Sweep the aisles with your flashlight, turn lost toys in at Lost & Found, and chase down anyone who grabs a toy that is for sale. Catch them and they get a talking-to on the spot, and you get a shot at confiscating everything they are carrying.

WHAT'S IN THE STORE

- Online rooms with a 4-letter code for up to 9 players

- Bots fill every empty seat, so you can play solo or with just a friend

- Eight departments of lookalike toys: teddy bears, rubber ducks, toy cars, robots, dinosaurs, rockets, bouncy balls and alphabet blocks

- A ball pit, a kid who carries toys off, wandering shoppers, and a Security guard who takes shoplifting personally

- Fines that go up every time you grab the wrong toy

- Low, Medium and High graphics settings

CONTROLS

Owner and Security

WASD to walk, mouse to look, click to grab

F for the flashlight (Security)

Space to stop the confiscation meter (Security)

Lost Toy

WASD to move (only while nobody is watching), mouse to turn the camera

E to wiggle, R to squeak

Found Toy

Drag the mouse to look around

Hold Space and click a store toy to make it wiggle

Hold Space and right-click a store toy to make it squeak

Esc pauses. Click the game first so it can capture the mouse.

PLAYING ONLINE

Choose Play Online, type your name and create a room. Share the 4-letter code with your friends so they can join. The host picks the number of seats, rounds, round length and bot difficulty, then starts the game. Roles are dealt at random each round.

Best played in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a desktop or laptop with a keyboard and mouse. If the game feels choppy, lower the Graphics setting in Settings.