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Markus Ritter - The Lost Family
Play as Markus Ritter in this short full motion video game in the style of the famous 90's point-and-click adventures.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“Full Motion Video games (or FMV games) were always an acquired taste, even back in the 1990's when they were a novelty. You either bought into the cheesy camp and went along for the ride, or you didn't. If you've never played a FMV game, Marcus Ritter is a fair introduction to…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2021-11 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Play now part 2: Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past
Our next installment: Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past is out now! Help Markus get his life together. We worked on it for over two years and hope you enjoy it! <3
Sequel!
Hello everyone, Finally: You can wishlist the second entry of the Markus Ritter series. Ghosts Of The Past will be released august 2023. If you don't follow us on Kickstarter or other Social Media, we
Quality of Life
We fixed a few bugs and mistakes, but most importantly we added a hint feature which you can turn off and on to highlight some of the more important interactionpoints in the game.
Twitch Stream - Producer Talk
We gonna talk a lil bit in the beginning, will play Markus Ritter together live and talk about the events and fun facts. Afterwards we will continue to Gabriel Knight 2 and maybe Phantasmagoria if we
Kickstarter is now live!
Thank you all for playing! It has been a real pleasure to see the reactions to our little project! BUT "Markus Ritter - The Lost Family" was just the introduction, the first chapter of this game serie
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | FMV · Point & Click · Adventure · 1990's · Interactive Fiction · Casual · Simulation · LGBTQ+ · Puzzle · Fantasy · Atmospheric · Exploration (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German * * |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Official site | https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/markusritter/markus-ritter-ghosts-of-the-past |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Dual Core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT 220 Storage: 10 GB available space