Play Ghost Trick - Phantom Detective Online

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective came out on the Nintendo DS in 2010, developed by Capcom. It was a time when the DS library was full of inventive, touchscreen-driven games, and this one fit right in with its unique premise.

You play as Sissel, a ghost who has lost his memory and must solve his own murder before dawn. The core gameplay involves moving between the real world and the spirit world on a screen-by-screen basis, possessing and manipulating objects to alter the fates of other characters. You can rewind time to moments just before a death occurs, then use your ghostly powers to interact with the environment, flipping switches, moving items, or even guiding souls, to prevent tragedies. The puzzles require careful observation and creative thinking, and the story unfolds at a deliberate pace, though the difficulty feels fair because you can always try again. It feels like putting together an intricate clock where every tiny gear you adjust changes the entire mechanism.