Restless Relics is a free puzzle game set in sixteen of the haunted places we have written about on Paranormal Trip. Ghosts are trapped in the relics left behind at each one. Clear matching relics to set them free, before a Victorian spiritualist following your trail bottles them for his seances.
How to play
- Click or tap a group of two or more matching relics to clear it. Relics with a ghost inside set that ghost free.
- Free enough ghosts at each place to move on. Freeing several ghosts in one move, or on back-to-back moves, scores far more.
- The burning match above the board is your time. When it burns out, the Spiritualist arrives and takes every ghost still trapped.
- His bell jar holds ten ghosts. If it fills, the game is over.
- You carry three lanterns. Each one breaks a single relic of your choice, even a sealed one. Clear every relic at a place to earn another.
- On the second night, frozen shackles need two nearby clears to free, and grave stones block matches until they crumble.
- Big combos earn powers: a Spirit Storm earns Holy Water, which breaks a 3×3 patch of relics, and a Poltergeist earns an extra lantern.
The Spiritualist
He is a showman of the seance parlor, and real ghosts make a better show. He follows the light of your match from place to place. Once the flame passes the red notch, he rings his bell and marks a ghost in red. Clear that ghost’s group in time, or it goes into his jar.
Sixteen haunted places
Each place in the game comes from one of our articles. When you finish a place, the game links you to its story. The first night takes you through eight places. Survive it and the Spiritualist empties his jar for a second, harder night of eight more.
The first night
- Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio
- Gore Orphanage, Vermilion, Ohio
- The Bleachers at Kingman, Arizona
- Pico House, Los Angeles
- The Cobb Estate, Altadena, California
- La Lechuza, the Texas-Mexico border
- Devil’s Gate Dam, Pasadena, California
- The Bay Bridge, San Francisco
The second night
- Moonville Tunnel, Zaleski State Forest, Ohio
- Camp Chase Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
- Old House Woods, Mathews County, Virginia
- Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado
- The Copper Queen Hotel, Bisbee, Arizona
- The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
- Glastenbury Mountain, Bennington County, Vermont
- Dudleytown, Cornwall, Connecticut
Play anywhere
Restless Relics runs in your browser on a computer, phone or tablet, with no download. It works with a mouse, a keyboard, a touchscreen, or an Xbox or PlayStation controller. The music is played live by the game from public-domain classics, including sixteen level themes such as Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” and Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Turn your sound on.
Like spooky games? Try Church Grim, our side-scroller about the black dog that guards the churchyard.
