There Are No Ghosts at the Grand launches in Early Access for PC in December
New demo due out in October.
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam and Microsoft Store in December, developer Friday Sundae announced. A full release will follow for Xbox Series and PC. A new demo will be available in October as part of Steam Next Fest: October 2026 Edition.
Friday Sundae also announced that the game will feature Billy Boyd of The Lord of the Rings fame as MacBrushy, a talking and singing Scottish power tool.
“MacBrushy has been a fun character to play,” Boyd said in a press release. “He’s funny, a little rude, and doesn’t mince his words! but there’s a lot more to him than it might seem at first. As the story develops, you gradually see different sides of him, and it’s clear that he has some hidden depths and maybe a few secrets too. Working with Friday Sundae, we’ve been developing MacBrushy’s voice and personality, and he’s got a song or two to sing as well, which has been fun to do in character.”
Friday Sundae co-founder and creative director Anil Glendinning added, “MacBrushy started out as a bit of a joke about Clippy, but underneath that he’s really a father figure, drawn from the different kinds of dads and father figures I knew growing up in Scotland. He can give you brilliant advice and genuinely look out for you, but he can also lose his patience and let you know when you’ve annoyed him. Billy really understood that balance. He makes MacBrushy funny, warm and occasionally infuriating, which is exactly who we wanted him to be.”
Here is an overview of the game, via Friday Sundae:
About
When Chris David unexpectedly inherits a dilapidated English hotel, he has exactly 30 days and 30 nights to restore the crumbling edifice before it… or something else… claims him.
Nothing is as it seems in the hotel—lurking beneath the veneer of paper and paint he applies by day, something horrible shivers and slithers in the night. Don’t believe them when they tell you that there are no ghosts at the Grand.
Key Features
- Decorator by Day, Ghost Hunter by Night – While the daylight lasts, restore the hotel’s faded grandeur by wielding friendly, talking power tools—a sand blaster, paint sprayer, furniture cannon, and daisy-chain gun. When night falls, those same tools transform into weapons against the supernatural. Unleash the vacuum on vengeful spirits, expose invisible assailants with the paint sprayer, or subdue slithering spooks with a well-aimed bookcase to the face using the furniture cannon.
- Restore the Hotel and the Surrounding Village – Restoring the hotel by day demands sharp aim and some occasional lateral thinking. You’ll shoot paint and paper on the walls, blow out broken windows, and smash old furniture. At other times, you’ll need to slow down to consider light environmental puzzles, using the hotel’s dark past to unravel cryptic clues.
- An Eerie, Intriguing, Supernatural Mystery – At the heart of the game lies a rich, supernatural mystery—one that winds through the Grand Hotel’s storied history, its former owners, and the player’s own buried past. The hotel and its surrounding village hold more than meets the eye, with every townsfolk guarding secrets of their own. Yet beneath the surface, even Chris harbors truths yet to be revealed…even to himself.
- A Ghost Story in Song – There are No Ghosts at the Grand is many things, including a musical. Each mysterious character you meet or choose to help has their own story and song waiting to be uncovered. From spooky ska to wartime jazz to skater punk, each song is uniquely theirs and sometimes surprisingly so. Duet with them to reveal their deeper truths.
- A Village Worth Exploring – The faded English seaside village is full of activities. Explore the streets on your scooter, play mini-golf, comb the beach with a metal detector, or snap photos on the old pier. Take the fishing boat out to explore hidden coves and dredge up sunken treasures. Just be sure to be home by nightfall, because around here, things change when the sun goes down.
Watch a new trailer below.