The remaster of Shu Takumi’s standalone DS game Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, is imminent, and a free demo is available now on Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
During today’s Capcom Showcase, Takumi himself made an appearance to announce the demo and walk newcomers through the world of Ghost Trick. The original game was released 13 years ago on the Nintendo DS, and since Takumi is also the creator of the Ace Attorney franchise, it comes with a lot of the same vibes. It follows a man named Sissel, who has been murdered and is now a ghost. He’s lost his memory and only has a day to live, but is determined to solve the mystery of his own murder with the help of a redhead detective before he vanishes.
To do so, he uses his ghost powers, which allow him to possess and “trick” items, or move them around in different ways. He can also go back in time up to four minutes before someone’s death and use his tricks to change their fate.
We reviewed Ghost Trick way back in 2011 and called it “a spirited point-and-click adventure that manages to innovate in an aging genre and the animation has to be seen to be believed.” Its upcoming remaster includes HD graphics and a newly-arranged soundtrack.
Ghost Trick is coming to Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on June 30 and is fully remastered from the original game. The demo is available now, and save data from the demo transfers to the full version when it releases. While you wait, you can catch up on everything else we saw at the Capcom showcase, or even every piece of news, trailer, and more from this last week of Summer of Gaming.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.