Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective similar games & best alternatives

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Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2023

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Unique and innovative puzzle mechanics
  • Engaging and well-written story with twists
  • Charming characters and expressive animations
  • Excellent soundtrack with remastered option
  • Accessible gameplay with forgiving trial-and-error

Things to keep in mind

  • Some ui and save system issues in remaster
  • Puzzles occasionally rely on trial-and-error
  • Short game length with limited replay incentives
  • Price considered steep by some players
  • Lack of skip function for repeated dialogue

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Song of Farca

  • Paper Lily - Chapter 1

  • PEPPERED: an existential platformer

  • American Arcadia

  • Decarnation

  • Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective but with less survival pressure

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

  • UNREAL LIFE

  • OneShot: World Machine Edition

  • Röki

  • Tangle Tower

  • Puzzle Agent 2

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

  • Ace Attorney Investigations Collection

  • Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2

  • Okami HD

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 04/08/2026