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title: "Netghost"
description: "Ian Newfield is a talented grey-hat hacker who works as a high-ranking cyber security engineer at Daikon Industries, an Information Technology company that is p"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/22/74722.jpg"
---

# Netghost

![Netghost](https://t.vndb.org/cv/22/74722.jpg)

**Developer:** Dragonfire Studios

**Release date:** Dec 7, 2022

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 7.5/10 (avg, 3 votes)

## Description
Ian Newfield is a talented grey-hat hacker who works as a high-ranking cyber security engineer at Daikon Industries, an Information Technology company that is part of a shadowy branch of a larger conglomerate of corporations. His job is to type in the letters and numbers that make up the encryption for top-secret software his company is hired to guard, details of which he knows nothing about.

Ian basks in a frail sense of financial security - that is, until he is told by his boss that their product was cracked and posted anonymously online. Now, Ian is tasked with finding the leaker among his peers by using any method at his disposal, in a workplace where anyone, from his fellow coders to the janitor of the building, could be the perpetrator...

Meanwhile, Ian's sister, Vivie, is confined to a hospital bed for years now, ill from a bone-wasting disease, and Ian works overtime to cover all her expenses and keep her happy. Despite his generous salary at Daikon, their situation has them living from paycheck to paycheck, and their objective of going for an expensive, experimental treatment for Vivie seems way out of reach.

With Ian's earnest effort to uncover the elusive Daikon leaker, his life and career begin to converge with the criminal underworld of Tri-State City. As fate would have it, opportunities rise for Ian to cut corners and make big money, money that could, perhaps, help find a cure for his sister. An age-old question is brought forth: 

Does crime pay?

[From [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonfirestudios/netghost)]

## Characters
### Ian Newfield
"I am Ian Newfield. I work as a cyber security engineer at Daikon Industries, a secretive IT company. Recently, I learned that the code we work hard to protect was leaked online. I consider myself responsible, and will do anything in my power to rectify the situation - my career and livelihood depend on it, after all. Without my job, I couldn't possibly provide for my ailing sister, and I am the only family she has left."

[From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonfirestudios/netghost/description]Kickstarter[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Dress Shoes, Suit, Glasses, Necktie, Belt, Formal Shirt
- **Personality:** Proactive, Serious
- **Items:** Handgun
- **Subject of:** Child Abuse, Blackmail, Kidnapping, Homicide, Unavoidable Death
- **Role:** Hacker, Coder
- **Engages in:** Murder, Frameup

### Mike Milan
"Mike is a colleague of mine, working at Daikon Industries. He's an extraordinary coder - one of a kind, I'd say - who was hired by Daikon after exposing a flaw on the company's online network. I don't think he's the leaker of the Daikon files, but I have to look into him all the same... better safe than sorry."

[From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonfirestudios/netghost/description]Kickstarter[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 16 July
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Goatee
- **Body:** Pale, Adult, Overweight
- **Eyes:** Black, Sanpaku Eyes
- **Clothes:** Jacket
- **Role:** Hacker, Coworker, Coder

### Vivie Newfield
"Vivie is my sister. For years she has been confined to a hospital bed, ill with a bone-wasting disease. She has been attending school classes from her laptop and honestly, she finds a way to smile and be happier than even me... She deserves better than this."

[From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonfirestudios/netghost/description]Kickstarter[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Pink, Long
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Kid
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Clothes:** Boots, Thigh-high Stockings, Hoodie, Band-aid
- **Subject of:** Child Abuse, Illness, Surgery
- **Role:** Younger Sister
- **Personality:** Cheerful

### Andrey Makowski
"Andrey is the janitor of the building. Sociable by nature it seems, he is a competent and diligent worker, and on good terms with everyone in the office. Like me, he has family to take care of, so I can relate to him. Does he have the skills to leak the Daikon product? I have no idea."

[From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonfirestudios/netghost/description]Kickstarter[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 193cm
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Stubble
- **Body:** Pale, Adult
- **Eyes:** Grey
- **Items:** Rifle
- **Personality:** Friendly, Foreign Accent
- **Role:** Mercenary, Foreigner, Janitor
- **Engages in:** Murder
- **Subject of:** Injury, Confinement

### Glazer
- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult
- **Eyes:** Hidden
- **Items:** Handgun
- **Role:** Criminal, Mercenary
- **Clothes:** Hoodie
- **Engages in:** Kidnapping, Attempted Murder
- **Subject of:** Homicide, Completely Unavoidable Death

### Hope
"Hope is a colleague of mine, working in the accounting department of Daikon Industries. She is an intelligent, hardworking and highly ambitious career woman who has set her sights on the CEO chair... but is loyalty among her attributes? I'll have to find out..."

[Edited from [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonfirestudios/netghost/description]Kickstarter[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Long, Orange
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Tattoo
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Coat, Formal Shirt
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Engages in:** Smoking
- **Subject of:** Clinical Depression
- **Role:** Coworker
- **Personality:** Ambitious

### Ken
"That's Ken. He's far from clean, and one my prime suspects at the moment. He does a lot in the way of cutting corners and too little in the way of doing his job. I wouldn't put it past him to leak the Daikon code to make cash."

[From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonfirestudios/netghost/description]Kickstarter[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Short
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Scar
- **Eyes:** Black, Sanpaku Eyes
- **Role:** Criminal, Thief, Coworker, Antagonist
- **Engages in:** Blackmail, Attempted Murder
- **Subject of:** Homicide, Frameup, Completely Unavoidable Death

### Keyman
- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult
- **Eyes:** Hidden
- **Clothes:** Mask, Hoodie
- **Items:** Handgun
- **Role:** Criminal, Mercenary
- **Engages in:** Kidnapping, Attempted Murder
- **Subject of:** Homicide, Completely Unavoidable Death

### Mr. Bauer
"Mr. Bauer is my boss, the CEO of Daikon Industries. He tasked me with finding the leaker, and emphasized I should use any means at my disposal to do so. He's not easygoing, and he strikes me as the type of person who would do anything to protect his interests."

[From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonfirestudios/netghost/description]Kickstarter[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Slicked Back
- **Body:** Pale, Adult, Overweight
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Necktie, Vest, Belt, Formal Shirt
- **Eyes:** Black, Sanpaku Eyes
- **Role:** Executive

### Nadia
"Nadia is the talkative secretary of Daikon Industries. She's usually the first person I see when I clock in, as she works in the lobby. She's bubbly and cheerful by nature, and very popular in the office. And she also happens to have control of keys and passwords that grant access to any room in the building..."

[From [url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonfirestudios/netghost/description]Kickstarter[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Ponytail, Long, Ringlet
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Clothes:** Pantyhose, Skirt Suit
- **Role:** Secretary
- **Personality:** Talkative, Cheerful

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://dragonfire.ai/)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2890020/)
- [Itch](https://dragonfirestudios.itch.io/netghost)

## Releases
### English
- **2021-05-11**: Netghost - Demo - [Official website](https://dragonfire.ai/), [Itch.io](https://dragonfirestudios.itch.io/netghost-demo)
- **2022-12-07**: Netghost - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2890020/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/2890020/info/), [Itch.io](https://dragonfirestudios.itch.io/netghost)

## Tags
ADV, Male Protagonist, Adult Protagonist, Multiple Endings, Sickly Heroine, No Sexual Content, Illness, Crime, Hacker Protagonist, Hacking, Proactive Protagonist, Protagonist with a Face, Artificial Intelligence, Thriller, Bad Endings with Story, Open Ending(s), Internet, Mercenary Support Character, Serious Protagonist, Italian Mafia, No Gallery, No Romance Plot, Unavoidable Protagonist Death, Programmer Protagonist

## More Games from Dragonfire Studios
- [Netghost](https://pinovel.net/v31089)

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