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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

CAPCOM Co., Ltd. · 2023-06-29

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 28, 2024 (iOS), Mar 28, 2024 (Android), Jun 30, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 30, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 30, 2023 (Xbox One)

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, the classic puzzle-solving mystery adventure directed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, is back! This long-awaited HD remaster features upgraded visuals and sound and new gallery content.

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is an Action, Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 8591 reviews).

96
playing now
97%
positive of 8.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
95/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (923 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

96 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is a 2010 puzzle adventure video game developed and published by Capcom. The story follows Sissel, an amnesiac ghost with supernatural powers, and his journey to rediscover his identity. Players solve environmental puzzles, interact with eccentric characters, and uncover the truth of Sissel's death over the course of one night. Gameplay is split into two sections: gathering information by navigating through the city, and saving lives by traveling back in time.

Trailer

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective trailer thumbnail

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈264,361 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 96 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,085 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~136/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 172k–387k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,591 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$8.38-72%
Gamesplanet$9.15-69%
Humble Store$9.89-67%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.92 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 149 of 187 observed days · $2.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20232026Week of 2023-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

182212026-09-14 23:00 — 44 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 71 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 95 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 24 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 81 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 182 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 31 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 52 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 93 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 39 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 41 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 60 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 29 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 44 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 115 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 72 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 37 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 111 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 65 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 113 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 102 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 96 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
29735Jul 2023Aug 2026Jul 2023 — avg 297 · peak 1,459Aug 2023 — avg 66 · peak 166Sep 2023 — avg 38 · peak 91Oct 2023 — avg 67 · peak 533Nov 2023 — avg 126 · peak 402Dec 2023 — avg 82 · peak 233Jan 2024 — avg 99 · peak 244Feb 2024 — avg 40 · peak 99Mar 2024 — avg 73 · peak 181Apr 2024 — avg 46 · peak 178May 2024 — avg 59 · peak 182Jun 2024 — avg 51 · peak 130Jul 2024 — avg 52 · peak 120Aug 2024 — avg 55 · peak 116Sep 2024 — avg 47 · peak 125Oct 2024 — avg 35 · peak 118Nov 2024 — avg 70 · peak 218Dec 2024 — avg 60 · peak 163Jan 2025 — avg 54 · peak 160Feb 2025 — avg 58 · peak 156Mar 2025 — avg 50 · peak 156Apr 2025 — avg 39 · peak 107May 2025 — avg 42 · peak 123Jun 2025 — avg 51 · peak 139Jul 2025 — avg 53 · peak 138Aug 2025 — avg 58 · peak 186Sep 2025 — avg 41 · peak 114Oct 2025 — avg 48 · peak 156Nov 2025 — avg 111 · peak 452Dec 2025 — avg 110 · peak 420Jan 2026 — avg 101 · peak 250Feb 2026 — avg 95 · peak 271Mar 2026 — avg 59 · peak 194Apr 2026 — avg 61 · peak 190May 2026 — avg 53 · peak 178Jun 2026 — avg 70 · peak 195Jul 2026 — avg 69 · peak 196Aug 2026 — avg 57 · peak 173
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$7.192023-03-092026-10-142023-03-09 — best price $29.992023-07-01 — best price $24.982023-10-26 — best price $17.222023-11-22 — best price $19.792023-12-26 — best price $16.542024-02-08 — best price $18.142024-03-22 — best price $19.792024-04-26 — best price $24.982024-06-02 — best price $26.092024-07-18 — best price $19.792024-08-22 — best price $15.032024-09-24 — best price $29.992024-11-03 — best price $24.982024-12-01 — best price $13.402024-12-26 — best price $13.402025-01-24 — best price $12.492025-02-18 — best price $29.992025-03-30 — best price $13.052025-05-01 — best price $13.802025-05-30 — best price $15.002025-07-13 — best price $28.492025-08-20 — best price $14.992025-09-23 — best price $14.992025-10-28 — best price $12.692025-12-02 — best price $9.142026-01-15 — best price $9.892026-02-27 — best price $24.872026-04-23 — best price $8.202026-05-30 — best price $24.872026-07-06 — best price $8.422026-08-09 — best price $9.892026-08-31 — best price $8.872026-09-19 — best price $8.382026-10-14 — best price $9.15
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3351292026-05-29 — 159 pageviews2026-06-02 — 143 pageviews2026-06-06 — 193 pageviews2026-06-10 — 180 pageviews2026-06-14 — 250 pageviews2026-06-18 — 211 pageviews2026-06-22 — 201 pageviews2026-06-26 — 238 pageviews2026-06-30 — 185 pageviews2026-07-04 — 195 pageviews2026-07-08 — 177 pageviews2026-07-12 — 183 pageviews2026-07-16 — 154 pageviews2026-07-20 — 145 pageviews2026-07-24 — 161 pageviews2026-07-28 — 189 pageviews2026-08-01 — 160 pageviews2026-08-05 — 133 pageviews2026-08-09 — 149 pageviews2026-08-13 — 129 pageviews2026-08-17 — 154 pageviews2026-08-21 — 149 pageviews2026-08-25 — 201 pageviews2026-08-29 — 134 pageviews2026-09-02 — 154 pageviews2026-09-06 — 205 pageviews2026-09-10 — 183 pageviews2026-09-14 — 179 pageviews2026-09-18 — 178 pageviews2026-09-22 — 170 pageviews2026-09-26 — 149 pageviews2026-09-30 — 151 pageviews2026-10-04 — 175 pageviews2026-10-07 — 140 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned "7:02PM - 7:31PM"
49.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-06-30, latest 2023-09-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,17323%30
PS4 (PlayStation)1,84667%30
Switch (Nintendo)7160%0
Xbox One (Xbox)34833%30

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

AnimeFunnyActionPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichCult ClassicSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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