The Phantom Fellows is about two best friends who start a paranormal investigation business together, since one of them is already dead.
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Positive (18) - 94% of the 18 user reviews for this game are positive.
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Sep 27, 2024
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Oliver Cobblestone can see and communicate with a dead. Not the dead, just a one Englebert Picklebender who has been in an ethereal entanglement with Oliver for many years. Together they run The Phantom Fellows, a paranormal investigation service that provides the breathers that hire them peace from hauntings, while bringing closure and rest to the floaters who torment the living, and often, themselves.

Take control of Oliver and Englebert in this point and click adventure comedy as you explore the town of Elderberry, Colorado and spend 7 days in the life of The Phantom Fellows. Share laughs with the living and the respiratorily challenged in a game where exploration is rewarded and there is more to the story than meets the eye.

Use Oliver's ability to... be alive, or switch to Englebert if the physical world is in the way. Negotiate with spirits, some of which seek closure, others a long lost possession and even some who just enjoy a good pranking- I mean, haunting. Don't forget to also provide proof of service to the breather that hired you, they will need more than Oliver's word for it and seeing is believing!

Throughout your week with The Phantom Fellows you will meet many breathers, plenty of floaters and as you navigate through each day's task, something more malevolent begins lurking in the shadows, with it's eye on Oliver and an aim set on something bigger, something... otherworldly.

  • Narrative based adventure game where the writing and the story come first.
  • Hand-drawn pixel art and animations!
  • Walk or float around the environments, freely explore the world you're in.
  • Switch between Oliver and Englebert! Sometimes being dead has its perks. Maybe. Switching between the two unlocks in Day 2.
  • 7 Playable Days: Each day features it's own goals and characters, while an over-arcing story builds to an unavoidable confrontation!
  • Fast Travel Map: Unlocks in Day 3, freely explore the town of Elderberry, revisit the location of previous days for more interactions, world building and alternative puzzle solutions!
  • Real World Puzzle Reasoning: Some puzzles have alternate solutions based on simple reasoning- you never have to leave the location of the day, but if you saw something in a previous day's location that would help you in your current day, you can go get it and use it!
  • Dialog-based Hint System: Englebert often plays the role of mentor to Oliver. You can speak to him for advice on what to do, and he will give you hints with increasing levels of detail, along with the option to have him stop so you may take as much or as little help as you wish.
  • Hotspot Heaven: It's all clickable! Oliver and Englebert will look at and interact with everything and provide you with unique lines, laughter and world building, for doing so.
  • Dual Controls: Optimized for easy, keyboard based control, while maintaining the option to instead point and click.

System Requirements

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macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    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
    Recommended:
    • OS *: Windows 8 or higher
    • Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher drive
    • DirectX: Version 9.0
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Snow Leopard
    • Processor: Apple Silicon or Intel
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce GT 120, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX5600 ATI Radeon 4850, Radeon 4870
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Yosemite or higher
    • Processor: Apple Silicon or Intel
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce GT 120, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX5600 ATI Radeon 4850, Radeon 4870
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: 64-Bit Linux OS
    • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (or equivalent AMD processor)
    • Memory: 1 GB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible graphics card with at least 256 MB of VRAM
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Achievements not supported for 32-Bit Linux OS
    Recommended:
    • OS: 64-Bit Linux OS
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 (or equivalent)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 compatible graphics card with 1 GB of VRAM
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: Achievements not supported for 32-Bit Linux OS

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