Ghost Janitors

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• Patch Notes·29 Jul 2026Official

  Ghost Janitors — UPDATE V2.2.0

  Ghost Janitors — UPDATE V2.2.0Talk, Ping, and Hide Better 💬Cleaning a haunted house with strangers is a lot easier when you can actually tell them where the ghost is.V2.2.0 is our biggest quality-of-life pass yet: in-game text chat, player pings, full controller support, and a heavy round of work on connection stability. Plus a change to how ghosts detect you when you're crouching, and a long list of fixes.💬 IN-GAME TEXT CHATYou can now type to your crew mid-match. No mic, no problem, and no more frantically pointing at a wall hoping someone looks.📍 PLAYER PINGSMark anything in the world for your team. Tasks, tools, doors, or the thing that just walked past the doorway behind you. Fast, silent, and a lot clearer than screaming.🎮 FULL CONTROLLER SUPPORTGhost Janitors is now fully playable on a controller, start to finish. Every menu, every tool, every interaction.🌐 CONNECTION IMPROVEMENTSWe fixed a large number of connection problems between players, and we've added tooltips that explain what went wrong when a connection fails, instead of leaving you staring at a dead screen.🫣 SMARTER HIDINGGhost detection against crouching players has been reworked. You can now hide behind objects much more effectively, so cover actually means something during a chase.👻 GHOST BEHAVIOURGhosts can no longer spawn directly on top of players. If they do spawn too close, they'll flicker for a few seconds while they move away from youThe fake Jester now has yellow eyes, while the real Jester has red eyes. Look closer before you run🧹 GAMEPLAY CHANGESTwo players can no longer clean the same task at the same time, so no more wasted effort doubling upIf you've played on Nightmare, it now stays unlocked in the difficulty selection panelRemoved some of the books from Crimsonwood and Ravenwood✨ VISUAL & QUALITY OF LIFEThe post-game screen has been redesignedAdded tooltips on interactable objects in the lobbyAdded an info tip when you're holding an object in the lobby⚡ PERFORMANCEFixed a memory l...
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• Patch Notes·6 Jul 2026Official

  Ghost Janitors v2.1.0 – Permanent Upgrades Update

  Ghost Janitors v2.1.0 – Permanent Upgrades Update Hey Janitors! 🧹👻 This update brings a brand new progression system, a new perk, plenty of bug fixes, and a big thank you to all of you. Let's get into it! ✨ New: Permanent UpgradesIntroducing Permanent Upgrades – buy them once, keep them forever! Faster Cleaning, Faster Sprint and Stronger Flashlight have been moved from perks to Permanent Upgrades. 🆕 New PerkTrash Juggler – you can now carry 2 trash bags at the same time! ⚖️ Balance & ChangesAll perks are now cheaper!Player names now appear above their heads when you look at them (only at close range). The inventory is back to 3 slots and the Extra Tool perk has been removed. We heard your feedback loud and clear – thanks for sharing your opinions, this one's a revert based on what you told us! Everyone who had removed perks active has been fully refunded for them. 🔧 Bug FixesFixed the broken hammer animation. Fixed the "buy all items" achievement not unlocking. Also, you no longer need to buy the perks to earn this achievement. Fixed a spectate bug where the wrong player name was sometimes displayed. Fixed a bug where the Clown's clone would burn your Secondary Life perk. Now only the real Clown consumes your Secondary Life on touch. 💚 Thank You – 800 Reviews! We just hit 800 reviews on Steam and we couldn't be more grateful. Thank you for playing, reporting bugs, and sharing your feedback – this community is the best! 🎁 We currently have an active giveaway on our Discord where we're giving away 10 free Ghost Janitors keys – come join us! And that's not all… we have an even bigger surprise planned for when we reach 1,000 reviews! 👀 Happy cleaning, and watch out for the Clown (the real one)! – Interactive Wave Studios
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• Patch Notes·29 Jun 2026Official

  Ghost Janitors — UPDATE V2.0.3

  Ghost Janitors — UPDATE V2.0.33,000 Janitors Strong 🎉👻 Our Discord just crossed 3,000 members — three thousand of you, mops in hand, cleaning haunted houses together. We can't thank you enough. So we're doing what any good crew does: sharing the loot. A small patch this time, a couple of fixes — and a little gift to say thank you. 🧹 🎉 3,000 Members — A Gift For YouTo celebrate hitting 3,000 on Discord, here's a bonus code on the house: 3000DISCORD Head to the Shop, hit Redeem Code, and punch it in for a free $500 in-game. This one's LIMITED TIME, so jump in and grab it before the lights go out. ⏳ 🔦 Smarter HintsThe lost-and-found glow now helps on every difficulty: if a task goes untouched for 90 seconds, the game marks one for you — a soft light, right through the walls — so no crew gets stranded hunting that last stubborn mess in the dark. 📻 The Lobby RemembersTurn the radio off before heading out on a job and it stays off when you come back to the lobby — no more music starting itself back up. 🛠️ Bug FixesFixed the lobby lights showing as ON for players who joined after someone had already switched them off Fixed a few spots on the Circus map that were glitching out 🌟 Next Stop: 800 ReviewsAnd we're not done. When we hit 800 reviews on Steam, there's an even bigger surprise waiting in the wings. You know what to do. 👀 Thank you for cleaning haunted houses with us — all three thousand of you. Found a bug? Report it in #bug-report on our Discord or in the Steam discussions. Grab your code. Stay in the light. 🔦👻
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• Patch Notes·25 Jun 2026Official

  Ghost Janitors — MAJOR UPDATE V2.0.0

  Ghost Janitors — MAJOR UPDATE V2.0.0Step Into The Circus 🎪Two years ago, four janitors picked up a mop and walked into their first haunted house.Today, we're throwing open the gates to the biggest update Ghost Janitors has ever had.V2.0.0 brings a brand-new map, a brand-new ghost, a fully reworked cleaning system, new tools and tasks, and a long list of fixes and improvements. The lights are dimming. The big top is open.Step right up. 👻🎪 NEW MAP — THE CIRCUSWelcome to our biggest map yet. Silent carousels, abandoned tents, and a big top that hasn't seen an audience in years, but something down here is still performing in the dark. The Circus is a sprawling new playground of haunted attractions, with more ground to cover, more places to hide, and a lot more places for something to hide from you.🤡 NEW GHOST — THE JESTEREvery circus has a ringmaster, and this one wants you to play. The Jester can summon multiple clones of himself to chase and terrify your crew, but only the real Jester can land the killing blow. Figure out which one is real before the punchline lands.🧹 REWORKED CLEANING SYSTEMThe entire cleaning system has been rebuilt from the ground up with brand-new animations that make every scrub, wipe, and sweep feel more grounded and satisfying.🔨 NEW TASKS & A NEW TOOLThree new tasks join the rotation, along with a brand-new tool: the Hammer. New jobs, and new ways to fix what the dark keeps breaking.🎒 INVENTORY & TEAMWORKYour tool inventory has gone from 3 slots down to 2, with an optional perk that unlocks a third. Fewer slots means you can't carry everything yourself anymore: co-op teams now have to split the gear, coordinate who brings what, and actually rely on each other to get a house cleaned. More realism, more teamwork.The inventory box is now hidden by default and only appears when you have a tool equipped, for a cleaner HUD.💀 RESPAWN RITUAL REWORKEDThe respawn ritual is smoother now. Ritual items go straight into your inventory, no more holding "E" to...
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• Announcements·11 Jun 2026Official

  Happy Birthday, Ghost Janitors!

  🎂 Happy Birthday, Ghost Janitors!Today marks 2 years since Ghost Janitors launched on Steam.What started as a small project slowly grew into something much bigger than we ever imagined. Over the past two years, we've shared countless updates, added new content, fixed bugs, listened to feedback, and watched an amazing community form around the game.None of this would have been possible without you.Whether you've been with us since launch or discovered Ghost Janitors more recently, thank you for playing, sharing your feedback, reporting bugs, posting clips, leaving reviews, and supporting our journey. Every single one of you has helped shape the game into what it is today.To celebrate this milestone, we're excited to announce that Ghost Janitors V2.0, the biggest update in the game's history, is scheduled to arrive later this month.This update brings a brand-new map, a new ghost, new tasks, gameplay improvements, animations, quality-of-life features, visual upgrades, and much more.We're also opening the doors early through our public beta testing. If you'd like to help us test Ghost Janitors V2.0 before release, join our Discord server and we'll get you set up on the beta branch.Discord: https://discord.com/invite/TnBqANra8JThank you for an incredible 2 years.Here's to many more haunted cleanups ahead.
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