- Ghosts with Heart! - 10 February 2026
Speed Dating for Ghosts is super proud to be a small part of Games with Heart, a fundraiser for the American Heart Association that runs on Valentine's Day and several days adjacent! From February 10-17, all of Copychaser's proceeds from the sale of Speed Dating for Ghosts on Steam go straight to the American Heart Association. I lost my dad to a heart attack last year. He struggled for decades with pulmonary issues. Three successful surgeries added years to his life. But as so many of us learn in the most difficult ways, there's never enough time.Making grand use of his retirement, my dad used to create and send me "viral content" to help promote my work, including Speed Dating for Ghosts. He would make these marketing assets using sketchy applications he somehow found and downloaded with reckless abandon. I miss him so much. If you're reading this, you probably already have Speed Dati…
- Ghosts and Aliens: Together At Last! - 22 June 2024
Hi friends! I have a new video game out and it is in a bundle with Speed Dating for Ghosts! This means if you already own Speed Dating for Ghosts, you can get a better deal on the new game! Neat, right? That's mathematics for ya. This new game is called Times & Galaxy and it's a lot bigger! Like a solar system bigger! You play as a robo intern reporter on a news spaceship, where your job is to fly around to various planets to interview subjects and assemble stories about all kinds of weird stuff. We created more than 100 characters for T&G who you can befriend, be-enemy, and question. With branching conversations, assignments, and endings, here's a LOT of game in here. Even some romance and existential dread, because how can I not put in romance and existential dread. I think it is going to be a fun debate which is weirder: Speed Dating for Ghosts or Times & Galaxy. I think if you liked…
- Introducing Times & Galaxy! - 5 May 2023
Hi! It's me, Ben, and I have some exciting as heck news! We've announced our new game: Times & Galaxy. It's a character-driven sci-fi adventure game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMjufslCX0o It's got the same bones and good vibes as Speed Dating for Ghosts, with a lot more characters and a lot more content. Plus, you can actually walk around in this one, proving once again that Copychaser is a company synonymous with innovation in video game development! There's romance, because of course there is. There's lots of humor too. And some serious stuff. I am absolutely not kidding when I say it is STUFFED with characters. https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExYzE0MTUwYWJkMzYwODk5N2I2OTNlMDg0NGVmNjFkOTU1Y2I4YTFjMSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZzX2dpZklkJmN0PWc/6OH3LQ8lnI6knJbhdT/giphy.gif We've partnered with amazing narrative indie publisher Fellow Traveller. They've also released ge…
- The Spooky Peter Pin Set is Here! 👻 - 15 October 2021
Happy October, Ghouls ‘n Goblins! It’s officially the best time of year. And to celebrate, we're excited to announce our very first piece of Real Life merchandise! In partnership with our friends at Dual Wield Studio, we've created a limited edition, glow-in-the-dark statement pin set featuring Spooky Peter from every body’s favorite existential crisis sim Speed Dating For Ghosts. Spooky Peter knows the importance of vaccinations. The boo-bonic plague got him in 1665, and the good doctor’s not taking any chances with this latest pandemic. Pete hopes you'll show your support for public health by putting him on your denim jacket. Or backpack. Or wherever your finest pins are worn. The set, conceived by Ben (me), features an exclusive Spooky Peter re-design by super talented artist Hannako Lambert. It also comes with a "I'm fully vaccinated" dialogue bubble pin that you can pair with Peter…
- Speed Dating for Ghosts Nominated for Fans’ Choice Award! - 29 March 2021
When we first made Speed Dating for Ghosts, we would have been happy if the game had ten fans. Now, with last year’s expansion and releases on the Nintendo Switch and App Store, we somehow have enough fans that our ghosts are nominated for the Fans’ Choice Award at this year’s Canadian Game Awards! How? Why? Is it your fault?
- Copychaser Newsletter and Ghosts Postmortem! - 10 December 2020
Hey. Hi there. I just wanted to let you know that we're raising our Copychaser mailing list from the dead to help promote our weird future releases like Slumber Clause and also just send out fun stuff. Fun stuff like a postmortem on Speed Dating for Ghosts that will explain how we decided on the art style, the ghosts' character traits, and more. 💀 🕯️ Sign up here by Dec 11 to receive the postmortem!🕯️ 💀 And thanks for being super rad! 👁️❤️👻, Ben
- Slumber Clause - 17 June 2020
Hi incredible Speed Dating for Ghosts fans and well wishers! Ben here. I figured you might be interested in what I'm making next! It's called Slumber Clause. The game is a throwback to classic text adventures, with modern choice and narrative mechanics piled on top. And it's extremely, totally, absolutely focused on story. If you liked Speed Dating for Ghosts, you're probably going to like the heck out of this too. I'm going for a similar weird, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes spooky vibe, though this one will lean a little more spooky than even Spooky Peter. Play as a recently-widowed paramedic mom battling a mean case of sleep paralysis. When you're not trying to hold your waking life together, you're navigating surreal dreams of unspeakable beauty and endless possibilities that always seem to end in tragedy. All the while, a hooded figure stalks you. Collect clues to discov…
- Speed Dating for Ghosts Goes Mobile - 15 February 2020
The complete Speed Dating for Ghosts is now available on the Nintendo Switch and iPhone/iPad. Now you can take your ghost dates out on the town! The iOS version includes fun stickers that let you express your inner Kyo, Gary, and Dave via IM, while the iPad version has a special widescreen formatting to preserve the look of the game on the 4:3 display. Releasing our game on more platforms means we can reach new audiences. If you're reading this and you haven't yet purchased Speed Dating for Ghosts, now's a heck of a time! And if you already bought Speed Dating for Ghosts, just thank you. And thank you. And also, holy jeez, thank you. I did not at all expect our weird little sadness simulator would go over as well as it did and be embraced by so many players (at least one super rad person liked it enough to get a Gary tattoo!) I'm currently hard at work on two new games. Watch our Twitte…
- Free Expansion: It's Alive! - 1 December 2019
The long-teased free expansion to Speed Dating for Ghosts has risen from the dead to appear like a ghost in the dark bottom right corner of your games! This endgame expansion, included in the price of the main game, adds three new ghosts to date, including a dog ghost named Dave, as well as a huge ending where you can spend your final moments with all your favorite ghosts past and present! The new content features original ambient tracks from the super talented Doug Hoyer, whose music you can listen to here. Instructions on how to play the expansion are detailed in a previous post here. Because the expansion just went live, you may find the odd bump or bug. If you encounter any issues, please don't be afraid to report it in the dedicated forum thread or tweet us @copychasergames. We appreciate your immense patience as we pushed hard to finish this through too many hurdles to get into he…
- Expansion Release Date and FAQ - 17 November 2019
The long-teased, very much free expansion to Speed Dating for Ghosts finally has a release date. The expansion will appear on Steam and itch.io on Saturday, November 30: the spookiest day of the year. Note: A previous version of this post set release at November 28, but technical issues forced a delay! Thanks for your patience! Here are some answers to questions you may have about the whole ordeal: How can I prepare for the expansion? Without giving much away, the expansion concludes the game’s story and happens after you’ve finished playing ghost trivia with Fran. You’ll need to ensure you’ve finished that Fran date but haven’t restarted by erasing your data. If you have erased your data, you’ll need to play to the end of the main game again before you can play the expansion. You may want to do this anyway, as aspects of the expansion change based on choices you make in the main game.…
- Speed Dating for Ghosts Expansion Just Around the Corner - 29 October 2019
The long-teased free expansion to Speed Dating for Ghosts is nearing completion. Finally, I know. It'll be out when you least expect it! Here are some key updates/additions: - an honest-to-goodness pause function - the game now lets you know when it saves your progress - improved controller support - improved graveyard functionality oh, and... - four new ghosts to meet, making good on the promise of the trading cards and teaser trailer on this page - closure Watch this space. The next update will be when the expansion goes live! And in the meantime, in honor of Halloween, the game is cheaper than a king size chocolate bar. If you're reading this, you probably already own our game. But maybe it would make a nice gift for that special friend who would enjoy weird stuff like this. Thanks for your support and patience. More is coming. Sleep be damned. 👁 ❤ 👻, Ben
- Teeny Tiny Expansion Update - 26 March 2019
Hey all. Just a quick update regarding the Speed Dating for Ghosts expansion. Personal circumstances slowed work on it, but it's getting done, dang it. I'm hiding in a hole until it's finished. Then it should appear in your games via update like a ghost in the corner of the room, wavin' hello. More specific news soon and thanks for your patience! 👁 ❤ 👻, Ben
- 60% off Ghost Love for One Day Only! - 20 March 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31156685%2F5e86c5ca953a9b9462d48e68aa2fb33813e09799.png To celebrate the IGF Awards, happening tonight (March 20, 2019) at GDC, Speed Dating for Ghosts is on mega sale for a measly 24 hours! From now until Thursday at 10 am PST, take 60% off here on Steam! A ton of other great nominees are also being featured in an indie-centric sale for the ages! Support our fellow indies. The people who made these games are good and worked pretty hard probably. Here's a neat page that collects all the nominated indies available on Steam in one place.
- Rue Morgue's Best Indie Game of 2018 - 16 February 2019
Legendary horror magazine Rue Morgue has named Speed Dating for Ghosts the Best Indie Game of 2018 in their Jan/Feb issue. When the magazine reviewed the game back in May, they gave it five skull and crossbones out of five. Or is that skulls and crossbones? "It may be short and sweet," games editor Evan Millar wrote, "but Speed Dating for Ghosts' one-two punch of stellar writing and refined ambiance make it a debut title that's worth screaming like a banshee for, even to those scared stiff by the thought of playing a visual novel." Pretty rad. 👁 ❤ 👻, Ben
- Speed Dating for Ghosts Expansion Trailer - 15 February 2019
It's Valentine's Day. That means Speed Dating for Ghosts officially came out exactly one year ago! To celebrate, here's a trailer I put together for the upcoming free expansion to the game. The plan is to release it as soon as possible but also when it's ready, so like a ghost, it'll simply appear out of thin air one day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad2cpDiVIe0&t=2s Like I said on the Twitter, thanks to everyone who has played our weird thing. We love every tweet, every piece of fan art, every tattoo(!). You are all amazing! 👁 ❤ 👻, Ben
- IGF 2019 Honorable Mention for Excellence in Narrative - 4 February 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31156685%2F9984df0bb0a9ff7ab30ce7571501b63a897385f9.png Oh no, I forgot to post about this on Steam! Speed Dating for Ghosts has received an honorable mention for Excellence in Narrative from the 2019 Independent Games Festival. The nominees for Excellence in Narrative include: Wandersong Genital Jousting Unavowed Seers Isle Watch Me Jump Return of the Obra Dinn Other honorable mentions in the narrative category include: Do Not Feed The Monkeys; The Hex; after HOURS; Fortune-499; Marie's Room; and Tango: The Adventure Game. We are honored to be mentioned among these stellar story games and absolutely encourage you to give some of them a whirl. Steam links are above. Obra Dinn in particular is holy moly. Now is a particularly good time to get some new games, what with Steam's Lunar New Year Sale. And if for some god forsake…
- Price Drop: Date Ghosts for $6.99 USD - 2 November 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31156685%2F28e552365a3a09754f4a0a651f33e66d3d45b3ab.jpg Carl here. That's me up there. I'm a bank robber, so I know a deal when I see one. I just wanted to let you know that this game I have a small part in, called Speed Dating for Ghosts or something, is now just $6.99 USD. Every day. No sale required. That's basically the price of a footlong over roasted chicken submarine sandwich at your local franchised sandwich shop. I love footlong submarine sandwiches. But they go away once you eat 'em. Get these ghosts and they'll haunt your Steam library for way longer. Sincerely, Carl
- Trading Cards Hint at New Content - 2 November 2018
Today we finally released Speed Dating for Ghosts trading cards on Steam. We are also working on an expansion that adds some new ghosts! Check yer inventory. You just may get a sneak peek at a new ghost friend who isn’t in the game yet! Or you’ll get Kyo! Also badges, emoticons... all kinds of fun community content! Because you're all awesome and why the heck not! 👁 ❤ 👻, Ben https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31156685%2F54116f1f7f29036c6a51f2764386f096826cd3a8.jpg
- Introducing the Eerie Indies Bundle - 29 October 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31156685%2Fc9319c1f06b7aae03a984c946bf143bee266f3dc.png Beginning today, you can purchase Speed Dating for Ghosts as part of a scary good Steam bundle that also includes: Guacamelee! 2: Wrestle your way through the worlds of the living and the dead. Cultist Simulator: Grow a cult in a cunning narrative card game. Oxenfree: Investigate a spooky island and learn its haunting secrets. A Mortician's Tale: Prepare bodies and learn what life's like as a mortician. Flipping Death: Temp for Death to possess the living and aid the dead. Look at all these spooky stories! Buying the bundle gets you 20% off all of 'em. And if you already have some, you can take 20% off any remaining games! Halloween is a particularly good time to take advantage of this, as many of these eerie indies have additional sales going... including our game! S…
- Summer Sale's Home Stretch - 5 July 2018
It's the final day of the Steam Summer Sale and Fran's been having a ball. Over the past two weeks, tons of new players have met our ghosts for the first time, and it's been so great to watch our fanbase continue to grow. We've seen cosplay. Fanart. A whole new round of streams for the summer. Whether you picked up the game yesterday or all the way back at launch, thank you so much for your support. Every time someone buys this weird thing we made, or tells a friend about it, we get that much closer to being able to make the next weird thing (more on that soon). To celebrate the end of the sale, Mikey drew a special Summer Fun Fran! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31156685%2F655bc386dd08bbdb3b4e10ba0e3b381b7832ea43.jpg When Fran isn't running speed dating events, she plays softball in a ghost rec league. Her team's the Booston Ghastros. They beat the Gra…
