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2015 · Ivy Games · Indie · Puzzle

Gravity Ghost

PlayStation console exclusive

Gravity Ghost is a peaceful gravity hopper: Run, jump, and orbit your way through a handpainted galaxy. Join Iona the ghost as she searches for her lost best friend, the ghost fox. Explore a shattered galaxy and rescue its survivors, armed with powerups and mysterious terraforming powers. Meet the 7 magical guardians and best their challenges.

Released: 26 January 2015
Platforms: Linux PlayStation 4 Windows macOS
Genres: Indie Puzzle
Developers: Ivy Games
Publishers: Ivy Games
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Fantasy Science fiction
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E10+
Languages: English
Time to beat: 3hmain story4hcompletionist
Composers: Ben Prunty

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Gravity Ghost is a physics based puzzle game created by indie developer Ivy Games. It was released on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux on 26 January 2015. In Gravity Ghost, the player controls the ghost of a young girl named Iona, who flies through a fantasised version of space (analogous with purgatory) with her friend, a ghost fox. As a living girl, Iona lives on a secluded island with her three sisters, her mother and father.

The eldest sister, Hickory, becomes their guardian after the sudden death of their parents. The plot is revealed gradually through a series of animated cutscenes, as Iona seeks to mend a planet which has been torn apart and replaced by a black hole. The PlayStation 4 version was released on 6 August 2019.

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Story

The story is told through nonlinear narrative, this summary is given in chronological order.

Iona, a young girl, lives happily with her three sisters, mother and father in a secluded island community. Iona's oldest sister, Hickory, is in a relationship with another resident of the island, a young man named Arthur. The two want to get married, but Hickory plans to pursue an education in astronomy before settling down. One day, when Iona's youngest sister, Pepper, playfully wanders out of bounds through a hole in a fence, she unknowingly ingests a poisoned mushroom.