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Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring

The Ghostbusters need your help. Step into and explore the iconic Ghostbusters firehouse, where you’ll meet Mooglie for the first time. Plus, get up close and personal with everyone’s favorite troublemaker…

55 30 September 2016

Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring is an adventure developed by CreateVR, released 30 September 2016 on PlayStation VR, Android, iOS and SteamVR.

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What Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring is

Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring is an adventure game developed by CreateVR and released in 2016. It was published by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality. It is available on PlayStation VR, Android, iOS and SteamVR. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Your adventure begins outside the firehouse in the streets of New York where Mooglie volunteers to be your guide. As you enter the firehouse, you’ll have the chance to explore Ecto-1, assemble and fire a proton pack, check out the basement where the Ghost Containment Unit lies, play with Slimer and much more! Don’t leave any stone unturned as ghostly surprises await your discovery.
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How it plays

It is played from a virtual reality perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ghostbusters series

Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring is the 24th of 33 entries we hold in the Ghostbusters series. The next entry was Ghostbusters Arcade in 2016. Its critic score of 55 is 6 points above the series average of 49. The highest-rated entry is Ghostbusters at 80.

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How it was received

Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 13 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring launched on 30 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, Battlefield 1, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI and Sid Meier's Civilization VI. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Persona 5, Battlefield 1, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, Sid Meier's Civilization VI.

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Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring was released on 30 September 2016 for PlayStation VR, Android, iOS and SteamVR.

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