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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective cover
Developers
Capcom
Engines
RE Engine
Release dates
Windows June 30, 2023
Reception
Metacritic 90
OpenCritic 86
IGDB 86
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Point and select, Direct control
Genres Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles Anime, Pre-rendered graphics, Cel-shaded
Themes Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Supernatural
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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is a singleplayer real-time scrolling side view puzzle adventure game developed by Capcom.

The 2023 release is a remastered version of the original Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, first released on Nintendo DS and iOS devices in 2010.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam, Enigma Protector, and Obsidium DRM.[1]
Denuvo Anti-Tamper and VMProtect DRM were removed on December 18, 2023.[2][3][4]

Demo

A demo is available from Steam.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Bonus Content Adds four screen backgrounds and two music tracks that can be listened to in the Music menu.
Originally exclusive to pre-orders, later made widely available on September 21, 2023.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\config.ini[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1967430/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1967430\remote\win64_save\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1967430/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Windowboxing at 16:10
Windowboxing at 16:10

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
The game has a 16:9 static aspect ratio, and gameplay is 4:3 pillarboxed within this.
This results in windowboxing at resolutions narrower than 16:9.[5]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Button icon settings
Button icon settings

Audio

Sound settings
Sound settings
Language settings
Language settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sliders for Master volume, Music and Sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Windows Media Video Used for multiple FMV sequences, gameplay transitions, and the RE Engine splash screen.[6]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-8350K
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel UHD Graphics 630
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
DirectX 12 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Fds29 on 2023-12-18
    Scanned the executable with Detect It Easy.
  2. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective History · Change #21592507 · SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-12-18
  3. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective History · Change #U:43745993 · SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-12-18
  4. Verified by User:Fds29 on 2023-12-19
    No trace of Denuvo or VMProtect according to a new scan of the executable after the December 18 update.
  5. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2023-07-04
    Tested at 2560x1600.
  6. Verified by User:Fds29 on 2023-07-03
    Checked the files in re_chunk_000.pak.