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Haunted

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August 18, 2014
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Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

Haunted scores a low 1/10 on wokeness by delivering a classic point-and-click rescue adventure where ghosts like Pirate Oscar and Mermaid Goldie serve purely as puzzle tools. No identity themes, romance systems, or activist messaging intrude on the family-focused story.

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Detailed Analysis

Haunted centers on a straightforward sibling-rescue premise in which the Victorian street urchin Mary enlists a band of ghosts to free her sister Emily from a mad professor.

The ghosts—Pirate Oscar, William Wallace, Confucius, Pope Boniface VIII, a ghost wolf, and Mermaid Goldie—function strictly as puzzle tools whose historical or fantastical traits supply specific abilities rather than any commentary on identity. The female lead is presented solely through the family story, with no established-character gender swaps, modern diversity mandates, or social themes intruding on the light-hearted supernatural adventure across London, Scotland, and Transylvania. Released on Steam in 2014, the game contains no romance systems, character customization, pronoun options, or identity subplots, keeping every element within classic point-and-click adventure conventions.

Developer statements and public records show zero activist positioning, and Metacritic reflects a clean 76 critic score against a 7.3 user score with no reception gap or named controversies. The result is a title whose casting, premise, and execution remain untouched by contemporary ideological framing.

Key Factors

  • Traditional sibling-rescue plot with no identity politics or social commentary
  • Ghost companions drawn from history/fantasy (Wallace, Confucius, etc.) for puzzle utility, not representation statements
  • Female protagonist justified by family story; no established-character swaps or modern DEI elements
  • 2014 release with zero developer activist statements, controversies, or critic-audience gaps on Metacritic (76/7.3)

Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.

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We've run a full content analysis on Haunted and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in Haunted?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Haunted's overall score.

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