Phantom Tag: Manifest Brings 4v4 Asymmetric Thief vs Ghost Play to Steam and Switch 2
The game's core hook is that each side plays in a different perspective, with thieves in third-person and ghosts in first-person, creating a distinct asymmetric feel within an 8-minute match.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
C&R Creative Studios announced PHANTOM TAG: MANIFEST, a 4v4 asymmetric multiplayer game where thieves and ghosts battle in a ruined mansion. The Steam version launches this summer, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version due within 2026. Both versions cost 1,800 yen and support Japanese and English.
Thieves work in third-person, ghosts in first-person. That split is the design spine of PHANTOM TAG: MANIFEST, a 4v4 asymmetric multiplayer game announced by C&R Creative Studios for Steam this summer and Nintendo Switch 2 within 2026.
Each match runs eight minutes. The thief team collects ten treasures to form a secret treasure, then throws five of those out a window to win. Ghosts win by imprisoning all four thieves at once or by protecting five secret treasures until time runs out. Captured thieves can be rescued from a jail called Hitokago.
Both sides have class-based skills, but ghosts are not overwhelmingly stronger than thieves, so coordination matters. A private match mode for streamers and viewers is included. The game will be playable at TikTok for Gaming GG祭 2026 in Tokyo on August 11.
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