The Outbound Ghost dev defaces his own Steam page in dispute with publisher

The developer of the indie adventure-RPG The Outbound Ghost (opens in new tab) is asking followers not to buy the game on any platform, because it is not currently up to the quality standards that he expects. He has also disabled sales of the game on Steam—the one platform where he says it was up to snuff—and is threatening legal action against publisher Digerati, who he says refuses to return control of the game to him.

Following a successful Kickstarter (opens in new tab) campaign in 2021, the PC version of The Outbound Ghost launched on Steam in September to mostly positive reviews. The console releases of the game, however—PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch—had problems. On December 1, Digerati said the Switch version was “awaiting an update (opens in new tab),” and missing additional languages. On December 4, Digerati tweeted another statement acknowledging ongoing performance issues with The Outbound Ghost on the Switch.

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On December 8, Digerati released a third statement saying that while the PlayStation editions of the game had already been patched twice (including a day-one patch), the Switch patch was still being reviewed by Nintendo. “Any users experiencing issues with The Outbound Ghost can @ or DM us,” the publisher wrote (opens in new tab). “Please be assured we are listening to all your feedback.