'Ghosts Again' is a sublime reveal by Depeche Mode, with Gore and Gahan aspiring to new heights of their creative powers in creating a song of perfection for the ages.

"[10] Music magazine Clash was positive on the composition stating, "Taken from the LP, new song 'Ghosts Again' pivots between light and shade, the imposing crunch of the electronics lit up by some distant form of hope.

"[11] Damien Morris of The Guardian praised the song, saying "Gore's say-what-you-see lyrics are always best on the essentials of life—sex and death—and 'Ghosts Again' is the pair's best single in aeons, a singalong meditation on mortality that's concise and powerful.

[13] The story focuses on Gore and Gahan reenacting the chess game with Death in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1958) on an urban rooftop.

[14] In May 2023, several remixes of the tune were released, including by Chris Liebing, Luke Slater, Rival Consoles, Matthew Herbert and Davide Rossi.