Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far…
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is an adventure developed by DON'T NOD, released 13 February 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 44.7 hrs to finish.
What Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is an adventure game developed by DON'T NOD and released in 2024. It was published by Focus Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
New Eden, 1695. Antea Duarte and Red mac Raith are lovers and Banishers, ghost-hunters who vowed to protect the living from the threat of lingering ghosts and specters. Following a disastrous last mission, Antea is fatally wounded, becoming one of the spirits she loathes. In the haunted wilds of North America, the couple desperately searches for a way to liberate Antea from her new plight. Immerse yourself in a beautiful, intimate and powerful story between two fated lovers. As Banishers, enter the lives of New Eden’s communities and solve haunting cases in a mystical, lore-rich world plagued with supernatural creatures and ancient secrets. Use your wits or combine Antea’s spiritual powers…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 43 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 85 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 44.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 60 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-8300 / AMD Ryzen 3 2200G, 8 GB RAM and 4 GB VRAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 580. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 52GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden launched on 13 February 2024, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Helldivers 2 and Persona 3 Reload. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Helldivers 2, Persona 3 Reload.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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