Mayor May Knott

Mayor May Knott is a 3D adventure game about May, a shy girl who accidentally becomes mayor of a haunted ghost town. She initially runs from the monsters there, but as she explores, solves puzzles and plays minigames, she grows more confident and learns that the monsters are friendly. By fixing up houses and buildings and welcoming residents, May can turn the abandoned town into a thriving community.

Explore the town

The game cycles between day and night, and monsters follow their own schedules. Meeting them may mean finding them at the right time and place, or building up the courage to talk to them. Each new resident helps around town and opens up more ways to meet ghosts and monsters, solve puzzles, play minigames and explore new areas.

There are over 30 characters, including Grandfather Clock, a clockwork retired rapper who helps repair machines; Reel McKoi, who fishes junk from a polluted lake; Madame Pastrami, a mysterious sandwich-headed fortune teller; and Dick Tater, the tyrannical owner of the neighboring Glitzberg apartment complex.

Help the ghosts

Early in the game, May repairs an Ectophone that lets her speak with the ghosts haunting houses around town and help them remember their names. Once she knows a ghost’s name, she can find their record in the Hall of Records, a combination record store and city archive.

The Hall of Records’ Edjukebox plays the original song on each record. Listening to a new record teaches May a crafting or cooking recipe. She can make what each ghost needs to move on, after which the ghost leaves behind the key to their house. May can give these keys to monsters to invite them to become permanent residents.

Songs, recipes and puzzles

The game features over 30 original songs across genres including rap, rock, country, punk, girl-band and boy-band music. Records played on the Edjukebox teach recipes that May uses to cook and craft.

Puzzles and minigames include working out a ghost’s name, finding ingredients for a difficult recipe and befriending a monster. May also explores a spooky abandoned mine and bowling alley, a puzzle-filled haunted mansion and an endless hallway stalked by a creature.