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Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past

Flimmersoft · 2023-11-30

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Nov 30, 2023 (Linux), Nov 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 30, 2023 (Mac)

In front of you lies a classic FMV point and click adventure game. Can you stop a serial killer who is murdering his way through Vienna? Experience a week in the life of Markus Ritter, who really just wants to lie on the couch at home, but suddenly has to juggle a job, love and the supernatural.

93%
positive of 55 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5h
to beat · rushed 4h
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 19,642 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at GOG (2025-06-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920232026Week of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FMVActionDemonsLGBTQ+PuzzleFantasyMysteryThrillerDetectiveRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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