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The Phantom Fellows
The Phantom Fellows is about two best friends who start a paranormal investigation business together, since one of them is already dead.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I really enjoyed this game As an 80's kid, I don't like these 320x200 like games, but this was fun. The story & humor was just right and it really reminded me of a game in the golden era of adventure games (800x600) My inner reading voices are good, but I'd love it if the next…”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played“I really wanted to like this, since I love the Darkside Detective games. Phantom Fellows is not for my taste, though. I am not saying the game is terrible and encourage any reader to weigh positive and negative reviews before making the choice to buy this game. With that out of…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2025-07 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The "Wow, This Thing Still Breaks?!" Update
Fixes: (huge thank you to Alex O.!) - Day 2: It was possible to light the campfire without Englebert in the room which caused a crash. - Day 4: It was possible to end up with a soft-lock by picking up
I Know What You Fixed Last Summer
Yikes, sorry about that title. I should have gone with Ghost In The Shell Script . Actually, shh, forget I said that, I'll use it another time. Ok here's whats new! - Not a lot. - New Autosave in Day
Ghost Portraits by Olan Mills
Are we... did that Olan Mills reference land? Here, I'll explain it into being funny, see they were the quintessential 80's family portrait people and this build has all new ghost portraits so that's
Bring Da [REDACTED] Ruckus!
- Lower default volume (streamers had been kinda yelling over the title screen) - Englebert has a new speech portrait that is up to 40% more ghostly! - Minor art adjustments to a few sprites to avoid
Ghost of Christmas Patch
-Significant safe guard to the final puzzle (thanks to YouTuber aulddragon) -A bunch of minor tweaks, fixes and improvements Unless something breaks beforehand—Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah & do a g
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Point & Click · Comedy · Investigation · Pixel Graphics · Funny · Detective · 1980s · 1990's · Atmospheric · Exploration · Dark Comedy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 100 |
| Official site | https://thephantomfellows.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 300 Mhz Processor Memory: 128 MB RAM Graphics: 320 x 240 32 bit DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Video: DirectX & Directdraw Supported