How to Play
One player is the Phantom and hides as a cursed shape that looks like a real object. Everyone else is a Worker, and the Workers must find the shape before time runs out.
You play online with friends, with up to 6 Workers and 1 Phantom in a room. The game is spooky, funny and family friendly, with no gore.
A round, step by step
- Gather in the Staff Lounge. Everyone waits in the lounge between rounds, next to the lockers. The host presses START at the Round Console.
- Roles are revealed. One player is picked as the Phantom. Everyone else is a Worker. A player who was the Phantom before can be picked again.
- The Phantom hides. The Phantom designs a cursed shape and places it somewhere it could pass as a real object. Workers wait in the lounge and cannot watch.
- The search begins. Workers enter the map. They use the flashlight and the Scanner to look for the shape. The Phantom flies around and uses tricks. Workers cannot see the Phantom.
- Hunts. A little after the search starts, the Phantom can start a Hunt. It is revealed and chases the Workers. A Worker caught by the Phantom is out for the rest of the round.
- Confirm the shape. When Workers think they found it, they Mark it and then hold to Confirm. A wrong guess locks every Worker's tools for a short time.
- Results. The round ends and a results panel shows the shape, a map of where it hid and who won. Everyone goes back to the lounge.
The host chooses how long hiding and searching last.
Who wins
| Side | Wins when |
|---|---|
| Worker | More than half of the Workers still in the round confirm the right shape. |
| Phantom | Time runs out, or every Worker is caught. |
Workers who are caught do not count. With 4 Workers still in the round, 3 must confirm. With 2 Workers, both must confirm.
If the Phantom leaves in the middle of the search, the Workers win.
The two sides
Worker
You are on the night shift with your team. Search every room, use your tools, share what you find and stay together when the Hunt starts. Read the Worker guide.
Phantom
You hide as a cursed shape. Place it well, move it, vanish for a short time and scare the Workers off the trail. Read the Phantom guide.
Your first round
- The game offers a training round the first time you play. Training rounds pay no Tokens, but they teach the basics.
- As a Worker, turn on your flashlight and look at things that seem a little out of place.
- Use the Scanner often. It is always on your bar.
- Stay near a teammate. A Worker alone is easier for the Phantom to catch.
- As a Phantom, pick a spot where a real object would sit. The face must look into open air.
- New Phantoms get a small picker with ready-made disguises for the map, so you do not need to design a shape from scratch.
- You join every room muted until you choose to turn your mic on.
Every tool is free from the first minute. Levels and Tokens only buy looks and emotes. See Levels, Tokens and Shop.
