Dancing with Ghosts, the life-sim about finding joy from grief from legendary game developer Greg Johnson’s HumaNature Studios, tells a tale of spirits lifting people’s spirits in the reveal trailer today with its first public hands-on today at The MIX Fall Game Showcase in Seattle, ahead of a 2026 release on Steam for PC and Nintendo Switch.
Inspired by personal tragedy and the cultures and traditions of his family from Thailand, Johnson set out to create a life-sim about contending with sadness while persevering to make the world a better place. As Mai, a 15-year-old girl in a Thai river village who lost her parents, and Pim, a 10-year-old ghost that only Mai can see, do good deeds to help Pim’s Karma. Complete mini-games to help villagers, use Pim’s ghost abilities to discover what truly ails people, and experience major story events through fun dance sequences.
