Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (v1.5.0.0 & DLC)

Colonial New England becomes a cold, haunted frontier where every settlement hides grief, guilt, and something hungry in the dark. Set in 1695, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden follows Red mac Raith and Antea Duarte, professional ghost hunters whose partnership is shattered when Antea dies and remains beside Red as a spirit. Their hunt for the curse threatening New Eden becomes an intimate supernatural drama about love, duty, and the terrible cost of refusing to let someone go. The mood is brooding and melancholic rather than outright horror, balancing campfire conversations and human tragedy with vicious encounters against the dead.

Red handles the physical side of combat with firearms, swords, and other close-range tools, while Antea brings spectral attacks, possession-style powers, and abilities that expose enemies’ weaknesses. Fights encourage swapping between the pair and building combinations, especially against larger supernatural threats that demand dodges, timing, and smart use of both characters’ skills. Exploration spans forests, settlements, frozen paths, and ruined locations, with new powers opening previously unreachable routes and hidden resources improving gear. The central loop revolves around haunting cases: investigate a resident’s problem, learn what binds a ghost to the living, then decide whether to banish the spirit, grant it peace, or condemn a living person to restore Antea.

Its strongest feature is the way moral choices carry both narrative and mechanical weight. Every case asks players to judge flawed people rather than obvious villains, while the larger decision of whether to help Antea ascend or sacrifice others shapes the ending and gives the adventure real tension. DON’T NOD brings the character focus associated with Life Is Strange into a more traditional action-RPG structure, though the deliberate combat and interconnected exploration may also appeal to players who enjoy God of War’s modern pacing. It suits story-driven players who want meaningful decisions alongside accessible supernatural combat, while completionists have plenty of optional investigations, upgrades, and secrets to pursue.