Ghost of Yōtei is an action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The title is a standalone sequel to the 2020 game Ghost of Tsushima and is released on the PlayStation 5 platform.

Ghost of Yōtei follows a third-person perspective and combines sword fighting, stealth, and exploration. Players can wield a diverse arsenal of weapons, such as a traditional katana, tanegashima, ōdachi, yari, kusarigama, and the traditional Kaginawa (or grappling hook), enabling varied tactical approaches. Additional features include dynamic weather effects including snow, rain and auroras inspired by the real environment around Mount Yōtei.

Also, a flexible, non-linear quest structure allows players to choose the order in which they confront the Yōtei Six, fostering emergent narrative paths and player-driven momentum. Players can also take on side missions, similar to the first game, with added content such as hunting outlaws for bounty rewards.

The story is set in and around Mount Yōtei in Ezo (modern day Hokkaido, Japan) in 1603, 329 years after the events of Ghost of Tsushima. The main character, Atsu (Erika Ishii/Fairouz Ai), is a wandering rōnin who adopts the persona of the onryō – a spirit of vengeance in Japanese folklore – to exact revenge on the “Yōtei Six,” led by renegade samurai Lord Saitō and including the Snake, Oni, Kitsune, Spider, and Dragon. The group was responsible for slaughtering her family and destroying her home sixteen years previous to the game’s beginning, with Atsu being pinned to a burning ginkgo tree with her father’s katana and left for dead. The player explores a large open world, choosing the order in which to face each enemy.