The Other Side
by Vectora Games · 7 Mar, 2025
40 downloads
About the Game
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The Other Side is a 1-6 player cooperative paranormal investigation game. Players work together to identify and cleanse entities using a range of equipment, and environmental tools. Gather evidence, track ghost behavior, and complete objectives across different locations using both traditional, and modernized tools.
Players can customize their characters and unlock items to personalize their headquarters. Built in Unreal Engine 5, the game focuses on modern, functional investigation systems and detailed environments.
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Play solo, or with up to five other players as you investigate haunted locations. Work together to identify and cleanse entities by gathering evidence and completing objectives.
In-Game Voice Chat:
Communicate with your team using proximity-based voice chat. Share information, coordinate movement, and respond to events in real time. Players can even communicate with their fallen friends by using the spirit box.Shared Equipment:
Players can bring and use equipment during contracts, allowing teams to coordinate loadouts and approach each investigation strategically. Success depends on how effectively tools are used, and information is shared.
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Progress through the game to unlock more customization options across your loadout, character, and headquarters. Earn money via contracts to spend on customization options for yourself, your vehicle, and headquarters. Upgrading to a larger vehicle increases the number of items you can bring into investigations.
Character Customization:
Customize your character with a range of apparel, hairstyles, and skin tones.Headquarters Outfitting:
Unleash your creativity as you furnish and upgrade your base, sculpting its appearance to reflect your success in completing contracts and tasks. Create an atmospheric hub that fellow ghost hunters envy.
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Identify:
Determine the ghost type by gathering evidence, and observing behavior. Use investigation tools to track activity, collect date, and correctly identify the ghost haunting the location.Cleanse:
Now that the Identify Team has done their job, it's time for you to do yours. Work as a team to cleanse the location of the ghost haunting it. Use your ghost-hunting tools to identify the ghost's characteristics, and input them into the Spectral Affixer, revealing the location of the artifacts binding the ghost to the location. Find the artifacts and destroy them to banish the ghost from the location.
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Investigate a range of locations, each with distinct layouts, environmental details, and each with their own gameplay challenges. Every location is designed to support evidence gathering, ghost tracking, and contract objectives.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Version 0.9.8.0_b
A small update focused on balancing, quality-of-life improvements, and bug fixes.
Added
Added Seasoned and Veteran difficulty presets (6 standard difficulty presets total)
Added Hidden Presets that can be copied for Custom Difficulties but do not appear in the main difficulty selection menu
Added XP multipliers to sessions in the Session Browser
Added 7 new Official Content Creator Cosmetic Packages
Balance & Quality of Life
Balanced all standard difficulty presets
Increased the rate at which temperatures rise in non-favorite rooms after the ghost changes favorite rooms
Increased evidence drop chance (33% → 50%)
Reduced Loaner Box fee (33% → 12%)
Removed idle breathing animation when Headbob Reduction is enabled
Hidden Presets
The following presets have been moved to Hidden Presets:
Masochist
Streamer Bait
Forensic Lockdown
These presets can still be copied and used as a starting point for Custom Difficulties.
Fixes
Fixed a Wraith issue that could cause it to incorrectly show feet after extending a hunt
Fixed an issue where some players could incorrectly receive a 1.0x reward multiplier at the post-contract payout screen despite primary tasks being completed successfully
Known Issues:
Post contract summary stat "Time in Favorite Location" shows only the time the ghost spent in the last favorite location
Version 0.9.8.0_a - Hotfix
Changes:
Increased decimal precision for reward multiplier text in Difficulty Selection and Custom Difficulty user interfaces
Money is now refunded for furniture removed from the game, including furniture previously removed
Stored Photo Limit inside the laptop can now be adjusted from the Photos app
Fixes:
Custom Difficulties would sometimes not appear in the Difficulty Selection interface until a game restart was performed
Equipment from training could be brought back to the HQ
Version 0.9.7.5_h
Thank you to the entire community for helping spot many of these issues and suggesting several of these quality-of-life additions during our last stage meeting in the Discord. Your feedback genuinely helps shape The Other Side and we appreciate everyone who took the time to participate!
Additions:
Added live Steam player counts to the session finder
Added a visual indicator in the HUD equipment slots when equipment is powered on
Added equipment status indicators to the HUD for relevant items, including remaining Holy Spray charges, Anxiety Pill usage, and Glowstick light intensity
Added the ability to interact with dropped equipment
Added an always-on HUD reticle/crosshair option (this is experimental and will be expanded upon in coming updates)
Players you encounter in-game are now automatically added to Steam's Recent Players list
Added a filter option to hide full sessions in the session browser
Changes:
Session sorting now maintains its state after refreshing
Session codes are now case insensitive
Players can no longer join sessions that are already at capacity
Reduced radio voice chat volume
Improved Spectral Affixer lighting quality
Reduced the long black screen delay after the drive-up intro finishes
Fixes:
Fixed an issue where rapidly clicking could cause Holy Water to spray multiple times at once, instantly consuming all charges
Fixed an issue where the mouse cursor would snap back to the center of the screen after returning to the main menu
Removed the Easter Event tab from the HQ laptop browser's homepage
Fixed an issue where disconnecting from the session while interacting with the Spectral Affixer would leave it unusable
Fixed glitch spots in Abaddon Hallows East
Fixed glitch spots in Summerhill Psychiatric Institution
Corrected Shura and Skia ghost speed discrepancies from previous patch notes
Fixed an event in Summerhill Psychiatric Institution causing the door to remain locked for several minutes
Fixed the tricycle causing players to glitch through the floor in St. Joseph's Orphanage
Fixed the Doppelganger being able to hunt from outside of its favorite room
Version 0.9.7.5_g - Adopt Your Bunny!
We’ve seen a massive wave of new investigators joining The Other Side recently, and a lot of you just missed out on the Easter Event’s exclusive Pet Bunny, our very first Headquarters pet.
So, we’re doing something special.
Content Creators will soon receive an exclusive HQ furniture item: a Bunny Kennel. Players who visit a participating creator’s Headquarters will be able to interact with the kennel to unlock their own Pet Bunny to keep in their HQs permanently.
Thank you all for the incredible support lately we have a ton of new stuff coming real soon!
Fixes:
Improved network stability for connections with changing NATs
Fixed shadows on some furniture
Fixed a spot in Abaddon East where ghosts could become stuck
Performance optimizations in Abaddon East/West
Tricycle in St. Joseph's Orphanage could cause players to get pushed below the floor
Various other minor performance/stability fixes
Changes:
Windowed Mode now has a border to allow resizing and dragging
Adjusted the radio volume to better match proximity voice chat
Adjusted Leaderboard TV furniture UI to support numbers above 999
Additions:
Content Creators now have a Bunny Kennel furniture that visiting players to their HQ can interact with to obtain their own pet bunny!*
*Starting at 4PM BST / 11AM EST - Visit a content creator lobby (labeled CONTENT CREATOR in the session finder) and interact with the kennel to claim your bunny. There are 5 different fur variations and is unchangeable. One bunny per person. No returns.
Version 0.9.7.5_d
Fixes:
Various stability issues have been addressed
Settings UI was showing in main menu before going to settings
Room bounds were not fully encompassing one of the lots in Abaddon Hallows West
Changes:
Wraith's disorientation time from Holy Water is now 5 seconds (as stated in previous patch notes)
Additions:
Added session filtering for lobbies that have hidden easter eggs
Session owners can now change session privacy without needing to restart the session
Ability to recover all easter eggs in your HQ if you've placed the maximum amount
Version 0.9.7.5_b
Fixes:
Alive players could sometimes to see dead players.
Purchasing 2XP tickets was inaccurately deducting the wrong currency.
Obsidian Shield Candle was not protecting players that were coming back to life.
"Buddy System" ankle monitor was incorrectly placed on some costumes.
Some eggs were inaccessible in Aspen.
Additions:
New furniture: Leaderboard Television
Version 0.9.7.4-8
This patch finally fixes a couple critical issues such as players sometimes getting disconnected back to the main menu upon loading into a contract along with the Open Mic voice chat crash.
Fixes:
Using open mic voice chat would often cause a crash for players when transitioning from HQ -> Contract or Contract -> HQ.
Players would sometimes lose connection to the host when transitioning from HQ -> Contract or Contract -> HQ.
Version 0.9.7.4_6 - Stability Patch
This update is to address a bunch of stability issues that are affecting a wide range of players. Notably the voice chat issue that would cause players to crash when using open-mic should be resolved. We are going to keep an eye on the bug-reports, so please make sure to submit those if your game crashes as it helps us out tremendously. [img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44830744/c1a8e27c3ad9b0c035bfc66b7ff033e41768f649.png"]
Fixes:
Increased stability when transition between maps
Voice chat causing a crash with open mic when transitioning between maps
Closing the game while in a session would often cause a "steam64" crash
Affixer would cause players to get stuck in it when interacted with by another player as they were exiting the interface
Increased brightness would cause odd fading in/out after respawning
Incorrect active audio input device would be displayed in the audio settings
Performance optimizations in Ravenwood, Cedar, and Stone Manor
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Changes:
Cellphone no longer flashes to complete darkness when near a hunting ghost, instead dims to half brightness
Initial setup durations have been adjusted per difficulty
Novice = 3 minutes
Intermediate = 2 minutes
Expert = 1 minute
Master = No setup time
Increased the Fast LOS speed slightly (Wewe Gombel and Wraith)
Loading screen visual refresh with new tooltips
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Additions:
Toggle Voice Chat setting
Developer cash register furniture which grants visiting players that interact with it $2,000 and a 2XP ticket*
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*Visit a developer lobby (labeled DEVELOPER in the session finder) and interact with the cash register to gain your reward. There is a 2-hour cooldown. When a developer lobby is open, there will be a global message in the text chat box. These lobbies will not be available too often, so get it while they're open!
Version 0.9.7.1 Hotfix 1
Fixes:
Pickup truck was incorrectly spawning 6th player when full
Some animated wallpapers were not loading
Players who unlocked all 29 base event rewards during the event can now purchase the Hans Trapp Trophy from the Event Shop.
Fixes:
- Date in Vehicle's CCTV UI was incorrectly formatted
Changes:
- Elf On A Shelf furniture is now a decorative furniture
- Christmas Tree furniture is now a decorative furniture
- Various changes to CC cosmetic packages
Additions:
- Floating Effigy Event Trophy (found in the event shop)
- Pickup truck now has CCTV laptop
- CCTV cameras can now zoom in/out
- Sound cue when a ghost lights a candle
Version 0.9.6.10 - Minor Patch
Fixes:
- UV left when a ghost interacts with light switches in 317 Aspen Heights was never visible
- Doors would sometimes slam when initially opened without Easy Door enabled
Additions:
- Even more Content Creator Cosmetic Packages (check with your favorite content creator to see if they have a package to redeem through the laptop)
Version 0.9.6.9 - Minor Patch
Fixes:
* FLX Pod would sometimes not sound the audible alarm when activated
* Dead player's cellphone would remain if the player left
* Various other small bugs/issues
Changes:
* Firework SFX adjusted
Additions:
* Initial implementation of Content Creator Cosmetic Packages (check with your favorite content creator to see if they have a package to redeem through the laptop)
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