MetaPhysical

MetaPhysical

Released Dec 2023

Supernatural phenomena are on the rise. In MetaPhysical you and up to 5 other friends can go on the hunt for eerie creatures to put an end to their sinister activities! Whether it's an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.

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Evaluation

MetaPhysical launched as a full 1.0 release on December 9, 2023, with the developers explicitly promising more creatures, maps, and features to come. They delivered consistently: the Vampire Update shipped on January 21, 2024 (adding a new creature and map), and the Anubis Update followed on August 5, 2024 (adding another creature with unique mechanics). That is two major named content drops in roughly seven months post-launch, alongside feature patches and bug fixes throughout. On September 1, 2025, the developers announced a forthcoming UI overhaul and a new creature based on player poll results. Then on October 31, 2025, they confirmed that work on the new UI, a new regular creature, and a new map was still ongoing — delayed but explicitly still in progress — and added a temporary seasonal Halloween creature as a bonus. As of today, October 1, 2026, the last developer communication was on October 31, 2025 — nearly 11 months ago. The announced content (UI overhaul, new creature, new map) has not shipped, and there has been no follow-up update, explanation for the delay, or any communication from the developers since. Given that the developers' major updates previously arrived roughly every six to seven months, the current silence well exceeds that pattern. The announced content remains outstanding and undelivered, with no word on its status.
Evidence
Developers confirmed a new UI, a new regular creature, and a new map are in progress but delayed. Added a temporary Halloween seasonal creature. Last official developer communication.
news post · Oct 31, 2025 source content planned
high
Developers announced a UI revamp and a new creature are coming soon, citing player poll results.
news post · Sep 1, 2025 source content planned
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
Paper Promises Programming
Achievements
88
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

Do you hear the knocking in the night? The footsteps in the hallway? Do you see the figures moving in the shadows? The danger is hidden in plain sight.

Above the natural, physical world we know lies the realm of metaphysics.

In MetaPhysical you can go hunting for these creatures with up to 5 other friends to put an end to their sinister activities!

Whether an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.

Or you can decide to challenge your friends and compete against them in the unique PvP mode!

You have the choice to play as a creature and put the fear of death into your friends. Or you can play as a hunter and exorcise a ghost friend!

The process of a hunt

First equip yourself with a selection of helpful items before you go hunting. In the catalog you'll find all the items you need for your hunt: from EMF equipment to a carpet to camouflage the devil's traps. After you feel ready, you can look for the next mission in the newspaper. What creature it is, what difficulty level it is or whether it's a shy or aggressive one, you'll find out once you get to the haunted house and get to work.

Once you arrive at the haunted house, you can equip yourself with your equipment and start searching for the ghost's signs inside the house. To do this, you can consult your journal, finding the descriptions of all the sinister creatures. Once you have identified which creature it is, you can set out to defeat it. For example, if it's a normal ghost, you'll have to burn the human remains. On each map you will find a small graveyard with labeled graves. In the house you will find notes with possible names on them. If the majority of the notes point to a certain grave, you have to open it, pour gasoline and salt from your trunk on the bones and set them on fire. If the ghost bursts into flames, your job is done. If you run into trouble, you can leave the job at any time with your car.

The game uses random-based logic: ghost names, placement of notes, difficulty level or aggression of the creatures are reshaped at each level, so no game feels like the game before.

Features

Looking for the deepest game in the genre? Then you've come to the right place!

  • Identify the creature, in order to know how to act against it. To do this, gather evidence using various items such as EMF devices, thermometers, motion detectors, holy water, etc.

  • Kill the creature before it can kill you: Depending on the type of creature, you may have to burn the human remains, perform an exorcism, or use a special weapon in the fight against it.

  • Co-op Multiplayer: experience a top-class horror spectacle together with up to five friends!

  • PvP Multiplayer: Whether as a creature or a hunter, compete against your friends!

  • Voice Recognition: use your voice to speak to the creatures or perform an exorcism. The game is also suitable for mute people. Use the built-in voice function for this!

  • Roles: Take on one of 10 possible roles and help your team. Use your skills to help your team defeat even the most difficult creatures!

  • The Doctor:
    - can heal or revive one teammate per mission
    - can heal himself

  • The Hunter:
    - Has more ammo in his shotgun and more HP

  • The Priest:
    - can exorcize without an exorcism book

  • The Medium:
    - Can locate the creature and can sense when a hunt is about to start

  • The Prepper:
    - Can place more salt and chalk and has more HP

  • The Psychologist:
    - Can take away the fear of fellow players and is not affected by the fear himself

  • The Witch:
    - Can cast a protective spell on fellow players

  • The investigator:
    - can get another clue about the creature and always sees possible fingerprints of the creature

  • The Druid:
    - Can place a protective seal on the ground that stops any creature

  • The half-demon:
    - Can abduct the creature to another location

Each role also has an associated box with further bonuses for each hunt. This box is located in the corresponding workroom of the role.

Further features:

  • choose one of up to 6 possible characters, each with four outfits

  • become an expert on creatures, which reveals their behavior and makes identification easier!

  • unlock unique skins for your items!

  • buy your bunker (your headquarters) from which you can operate!

  • buy up to three more cars!

  • customize the color of your car!

  • collect relics after every successful hunt and change the design of your bunker!

  • you can play poker with your fellow players!

  • buy expansions for your bunker that grant you further bonuses!

  • hire your own crew in Hunter's Crew, equip them and send your AI crew on missions that generate additional money for you!

  • form a clan with your friends and compete in a ranking with the best hunters in the world!

Your tools

  • Flashlight

  • Shotgun with rock salt cartridges

  • Motion detector

  • Salt

  • Chalk

  • EMF device

  • Thermometer

  • Lighter

  • Gasoline

  • Shovel

  • Katana

  • Book with instructions for exorcism

  • Ghost box

  • Knife soaked in sheep's blood

  • Holy water

  • Sake (Japanese alcoholic beverage)

  • Carpet

  • and more!

Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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