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Ghost of Yōtei is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is a standalone sequel to the 2020 game Ghost of Tsushima. Set in 1603 in Ezo, Japan, the story follows Atsu, a mercenary seeking vengeance against the "Yōtei Six" for slaughtering her family sixteen years prior.
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The story is set in the environs of Mount Yōtei in Ezo (modern-day Hokkaido, Japan) in 1603, 329 years after the events of Tsushima. The main character, Atsu (Erika Ishii / Fairouz Ai), is a wandering mercenary who adopts the persona of the vengeful onryō in her quest to hunt down the "Yōtei Six" – renegade samurai Lord Saito (Feodor Chin / Miou Tanaka) and his lieutenants the Snake (Nelson Lee / Mutsumi Sasaki), the Oni (Tommy Kang / Atsushi Miyauchi), the Kitsune (Matthew Yang King / Jun Fukuyama), and Saito's sons, the Spider (Robert Wu / Tomokazu Sugita) and the Dragon (David Sakurai / Tomokazu Seki) – who, sixteen years prior, had slaughtered her family, destroyed her home, and left her for dead, pinned against a burning ginkgo tree with her father's katana.
September 24, 2024
Ghost of Yōtei was officially revealed during PlayStation's State of Play presentation on September 24, 2024, and it was nominated for Most Anticipated Game at the Game Awards in November 2024. On April 23, 2025, it was confirmed that the game was scheduled for release for the PlayStation 5 on October 2, 2025.
September 10, 2025
On September 10, 2025, Sucker Punch developer Drew Harrison posted a joke on Bluesky regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The next day, Harrison reported that she had been subjected to an ongoing harassment campaign and individuals were contacting her employer in an attempt to have her fired. Sucker Punch co-founder Brian Fleming condemned the comment, and Sony confirmed to Kotaku that she was no longer employed by the studio. Upon the release of the game's trailer on September 16, 2025, many of the respondents threatened to boycott Ghost of Yōtei while also writing "RIP Charlie Kirk".
September 20, 2025
By September 20, 2025, Ghost of Yōtei was one of the top-selling games on the PlayStation Store's pre-order charts, placing first in Australia and Canada, and second in France, Germany, Japan, Poland, United Kingdom, and the United States. By September 27, it had reached number one in thirteen countries.
October 02, 2025
Ghost of Yōtei was released for the PlayStation 5 on October 2, 2025. It received generally positive reviews and sold over 3.3 million copies by November 2025.
October 05, 2025
According to Famitsu, Ghost of Yōtei sold an estimated 120,196 retail copies during the week September 29 to October 5, 2025 of its debut in Japan. According to Alinea Analytics, it was estimated to have sold over 1.6 million copies to consumers after its first week of release (2 million when including sell-in to retailers), translating into roughly $100 million in revenue.
November 02, 2025
Sony's financial reports stated Ghost of Yōtei sold about 3.3 million units as of November 2, 2025.
2026
A sequel to Tsushima's co-op multiplayer Legends mode was announced, titled Ghost of Yōtei: Legends. Like its previous entry, it will feature two-player story missions and four-player survival matches where players will fight against gigantic, monstrous versions of the Yōtei Six and enemies inspired by Japanese mythology. Yōtei: Legends is set to release in 2026 as a free update for all base game owners.
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